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Sonya Levien (born Sara Opesken; 25 December 1888 – 19 March 1960) was a Russian-born American screenwriter. She became one of the highest earning female screenwriters in Hollywood in the 1930s and would help a number of directors and film stars transition from silent films to talkies. In 1955 she received an Academy Award for her screenplay Interrupted Melody.
Academy Awards
Best Writing, Original Screenplay
Known For
Quo Vadis
(1951)
Screenplay
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
(1939)
Screenplay
Oklahoma!
(1955)
Screenplay
Drums Along the Mohawk
(1939)
Screenplay
Pepe
(1960)
Story
Interrupted Melody
(1955)
Writer
Lucky Star
(1929)
Writer
State Fair
(1933)
Screenplay
State Fair
(1945)
Adaptation
In Old Chicago
(1938)
Screenplay
Kidnapped
(1938)
Screenplay and Writer
Ziegfeld Girl
(1941)
Screenplay
Full Filmography
Writing
Who Will Marry Me?
(1919)
Story
Cheated Love
(1921)
Writer
First Love
(1921)
Story
Pink Gods
(1922)
Writer
The Top of New York
(1922)
Story
The Exciters
(1923)
Writer
Salome of the Tenements
(1925)
Writer
Christine of the Big Tops
(1926)
Writer
Why Girls Go Back Home
(1926)
Screenplay
The Princess from Hoboken
(1927)
Writer
The Heart Thief
(1927)
Writer
A Harp in Hock
(1927)
Writer
A Ship Comes In
(1928)
Writer
The Power of the Press
(1928)
Writer
Behind That Curtain
(1929)
Writer
Frozen Justice
(1929)
Writer
Lucky Star
(1929)
Writer
South Sea Rose
(1929)
Writer
Trial Marriage
(1929)
Screenplay
They Had to See Paris
(1929)
Screenplay
The Younger Generation
(1929)
Screenplay
Liliom
(1930)
Screenplay and Dialogue
Lightnin'
(1930)
Writer
So This Is London
(1930)
Screenplay
Song o' My Heart
(1930)
Screenplay
Surrender
(1931)
Writer
Daddy Long Legs
(1931)
Writer
Delicious
(1931)
Writer
The Brat
(1931)
Writer
The Man Who Came Back
(1931)
Writer
Tess of the Storm Country
(1932)
Writer
After Tomorrow
(1932)
Screenplay
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
(1932)
Screenplay
State Fair
(1933)
Screenplay
The Warrior's Husband
(1933)
Writer
Mr. Skitch
(1933)
Writer
Berkeley Square
(1933)
Screenplay
Change of Heart
(1934)
Screenplay
As Husbands Go
(1934)
Writer
Navy Wife
(1935)
Writer
Here's to Romance
(1935)
Story
Reunion
(1936)
Writer
Paddy O'Day
(1936)
Story
The Country Doctor
(1936)
Screenplay
In Old Chicago
(1938)
Screenplay
Four Men and a Prayer
(1938)
Screenplay
The Cowboy and the Lady
(1938)
Screenplay
Kidnapped
(1938)
Screenplay and Writer
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
(1939)
Screenplay
Drums Along the Mohawk
(1939)
Screenplay
Ziegfeld Girl
(1941)
Screenplay
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
(1943)
Story
Rhapsody in Blue
(1945)
Story
The Valley of Decision
(1945)
Screenplay
State Fair
(1945)
Adaptation
The Green Years
(1946)
Screenplay
Cass Timberlane
(1947)
Adaptation
Three Daring Daughters
(1948)
Screenplay
Quo Vadis
(1951)
Screenplay
The Merry Widow
(1952)
Screenplay
The Student Prince
(1954)
Screenplay
Interrupted Melody
(1955)
Writer
Oklahoma!
(1955)
Screenplay
Hit the Deck
(1955)
Screenplay
Bhowani Junction
(1956)
Screenplay
Jeanne Eagels
(1957)
Screenplay
Pepe
(1960)
Story
State Fair
(1962)
Adaptation
Directing