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