Sonya Levien
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| Sonya Levien | |||||||
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| Born | December 25, 1888 Russia |
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| Died | March 19, 1960 (aged 71) Hollywood, California, USA |
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| Other name(s) | Sonya Hovey | ||||||
| Occupation | Screenwriter | ||||||
| Years active | 1921 - 1962 | ||||||
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Sonya Levien (December 25, 1888 – March 19, 1960), was a Russian screenwriter. She wrote for 72 films between 1921 and 1962. She won the Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay in 1955 for the film Interrupted Melody.
She was born in Russia and died in Hollywood, California.
[edit] Selected filmography
- State Fair (1962)
- Jeanne Eagels (1957)
- Bhowani Junction (1956)
- Oklahoma! (1955)
- Interrupted Melody (1955)
- The Student Prince (1954)
- The Merry Widow (1952)
- Quo Vadis (1951)
- State Fair (1945)
- The Valley of Decision (1945)
- Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)
- The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)
- Four Men and a Prayer (1938)
- In Old Chicago (1937)
- The White Parade (1934)
- Change of Heart (1934)
- State Fair (1933)
- Cavalcade (1933)
- Delicious (1931)
- The Brat (1931)
- Lucky Star (1929)
- Behind That Curtain (1929)
- The Power of the Press (1928)
- A Ship Comes In (1928)
- The Princess from Hoboken (1927)
- Salome of the Tenements (1925)
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| NAME | Levien, Sonya |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 25 December 1888 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Russia |
| DATE OF DEATH | 19 March 1960 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Hollywood, California |
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