Personal Info

Known For

Writing

Gender

Female

Birthday

December 25, 1888

Died

March 20, 1960 (71 years old)

Place of Birth

Panimunik, Russia Empire

Also Known As

Sonya Hovey
Соня Левин

IMDb Profile

Sonya Levien

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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.