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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 addition to Salome of the Tenements (1925), now lost, Levien wrote the story and scenario for the extant film The Princess from Hoboken (1927) and the lost A Harp in Hock (1927), all three of which deal with Jewish immigrant life.
Sonya Levien fou una guionista estatunidenca d'origen rus, nascuda Sara Opesken a Panemunėlis — Panemunek en jiddisch — (llavors part de l'Imperi Rus, actualment a Lituània el 25 de desembre de 1888, traspassada a Los Angeles — districte de Hollywood (Califòrnia, Estats Units) el 19 de març de 1960.
Sonya Levien (1888 - 1960) fue una guionista de Rusia conocida por: Quo Vadis, Esmeralda, la zíngara, Corazones indomables, Cruce de destinos, Oklahoma!, Cabalgata, Estrellas dichosas, Chicago, El valle del destino y El gran Caruso.
Sonya Levien. Writer: Interrupted Melody. Sonya, a graduate with a law degree from New York University, briefly practiced law before becoming a magazine editor and fiction writer. After several of her stories were adapted to the screen, she became a screenwriter.
Sonya Levien. Writer: Interrupted Melody. Sonya, a graduate with a law degree from New York University, briefly practiced law before becoming a magazine editor and fiction writer. After several of her stories were adapted to the screen, she became a screenwriter.
9 de mar. de 2022 · The life of Sonya Levien (1888–1960) reads like a rags-to-riches fairy tale. But it is also a story of fortitude, feminism, and the ability to balance personal, family, and financial ambitions.
