Sonya Levien

Sonya Levien
Born	(1888-12-25)25 December 1888 Russia
Died	Hollywood, California, USA
Other names	Sonya Hovey
Occupation	Screenwriter
Years active	1921-1962

Sonya Levien (25 December 1888 – 19 March 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.

Selected filmography

• Salome of the Tenements (1925)
• The Princess from Hoboken (1927)
• The Heart Thief (1927)
• A Ship Comes In (1928)
• The Power of the Press (1928)
• Behind That Curtain (1929)
• Lucky Star (1929)
• So This Is London (1930)
• Daddy Long Legs (1931)
• The Brat (1931)
• Delicious (1931)
• Cavalcade (1933)
• State Fair (1933)
• Change of Heart (1934)
• The White Parade (1934)
• In Old Chicago (1937)
• Four Men and a Prayer (1938)
• The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)
• Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
• The Valley of Decision (1945)
• State Fair (1945)
• The Green Years (1946)
• Quo Vadis (1951)
• The Merry Widow (1952)
• The Student Prince (1954)
• Interrupted Melody (1955)
• Oklahoma! (1955)
• Bhowani Junction (1956)
• Jeanne Eagels (1957)
• State Fair (1962)

External links

• Sonya Levien at the Internet Movie Database
• Sonya Levien at the Women Film Pioneers Project