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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 ...
- Screenwriter
- 19 March 1960 (aged 71), Hollywood, California, USA
- 1921–1960
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. Levien wrote several screenplays for Will Rogers films and for Fox studios during ...
- Writer, Script And Continuity Department
- December 25, 1888
- Sonya Levien
- March 19, 1960
“Sonya Levien Made Sacrifices to Have a Career.” New York World (5 July 1925): 3. Archival Paper Collections: Papers of Sonya Levien, 1908-1960. Huntington Library. Papers of Zoë Akins, 1878-1959. Huntington Library. Sonya Levien clippings file. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Margaret Herrick Library. Sonya Levien scripts ...
Sara Opesken Levien (“Sonya” is the Russian diminutive, which she used) was born on December 25, 1888, to Julius and Fanny Opesken in Panimunik, formerly Russia, now Lithuania. (She altered the date later to 1898.) By the time her father immigrated to the United States in 1891, she had two younger brothers, Arnold and Max.
Mar 9, 2022 · Sonya Levien and William Ludwig, draft of screen adaptation of Oklahoma!, March 1, 1954. Levien and Ludwig worked on several screenplays together toward the end of Levien’s career, including The Great Caruso (1951), the popular Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma! (1955), and the film that won them an Oscar, Interrupted Melody (1955).
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. Levien wrote several screenplays for Will Rogers films and for Fox studios during the 1930s. She wrote for a number of studios ...
Apr 15, 2017 · Dr. Rosenbloom then discussed Sonya Levien’s early history, including the story of her father’s, then her immigration to the United States in 1896, coming from Russia. Saying that her immigration story was typical and not unusual for immigrants from that area and that time, Rosenbloom also discussed the fact that Levien was quite poor, and ...
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