Dec 25, 1888 - Panimunik, Russia Empire
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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.
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| TV Show | 1953 | The Oscars | Self | 1 |
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| Movie | 1951 | Quo Vadis | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1939 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1941 | Ziegfeld Girl | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1962 | State Fair | Adaptation | Writing |
| Movie | 1955 | Interrupted Melody | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1945 | Rhapsody in Blue | Story | Writing |
| Movie | 1945 | The Valley of Decision | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1943 | The Amazing Mrs. Holliday | Story | Writing |
| Movie | 1929 | Behind That Curtain | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1954 | The Student Prince | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1939 | Drums Along the Mohawk | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1946 | The Green Years | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1938 | In Old Chicago | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1957 | Jeanne Eagels | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1948 | Three Daring Daughters | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1938 | Four Men and a Prayer | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1933 | Berkeley Square | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1934 | Change of Heart | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1933 | State Fair | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1933 | The Warrior's Husband | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1932 | Tess of the Storm Country | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1928 | A Ship Comes In | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1938 | The Cowboy and the Lady | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1947 | Cass Timberlane | Adaptation | Writing |
| Movie | 1936 | Reunion | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1930 | Liliom | Dialogue | Writing |
| Movie | 1930 | Liliom | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1956 | Bhowani Junction | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1931 | Surrender | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1931 | Daddy Long Legs | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1929 | Frozen Justice | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1935 | Navy Wife | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1934 | As Husbands Go | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1955 | Hit the Deck | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1929 | Lucky Star | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1933 | Mr. Skitch | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1936 | The Country Doctor | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1936 | Paddy O'Day | Story | Writing |
| Movie | 1932 | Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1930 | Lightnin' | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1929 | South Sea Rose | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1960 | Pepe | Story | Writing |
| Movie | 1931 | Delicious | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1931 | The Brat | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1928 | The Power of the Press | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1931 | The Man Who Came Back | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1938 | Kidnapped | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1938 | Kidnapped | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1945 | State Fair | Adaptation | Writing |
| Movie | 1925 | Salome of the Tenements | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1952 | The Merry Widow | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1929 | Trial Marriage | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1955 | Oklahoma! | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1919 | Who Will Marry Me? | Story | Writing |
| Movie | 1929 | The Younger Generation | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1930 | So This Is London | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1927 | The Princess from Hoboken | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1926 | Christine of the Big Tops | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1921 | Cheated Love | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1926 | Why Girls Go Back Home | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1930 | Song o' My Heart | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1921 | First Love | Story | Writing |
| Movie | 1932 | After Tomorrow | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1927 | The Heart Thief | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1933 | Cavalcade | Continuity | Directing |
| Movie | 1935 | Here's to Romance | Story | Writing |
| Movie | 1922 | Pink Gods | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1927 | A Harp in Hock | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1922 | The Top of New York | Story | Writing |
| Movie | 1923 | The Exciters | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1929 | They Had to See Paris | Scenario Writer | Writing |
