Sonya Levien

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Sonya Levien was a prominent American screenwriter known for her work on numerous Hollywood films from the silent era through the 1950s, often adapting literary and theatrical works for the screen.

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Sonya Levien canonical 13

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instanceOf American screenwriter
person
screenwriter
activeYearsEnd 1950s
activeYearsStart 1910s
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story
surface form: Academy Award for Best Story
awardReceivedFor State Fair (1945 film)
birthDate 1888-12-25
birthPlace Russia
citizenship United States of America
countryOfResidence United States of America
deathDate 1960-03-19
employer 20th Century Fox
Fox Film Corporation
ethnicGroup Jewish
familyName Levien
fieldOfWork cinema
journalism
gender female
genre adaptation
film screenplay
givenName Sonya
immigratedTo United States of America
influenced Hollywood adaptation practices
knownFor adapting literary works for film
adapting theatrical works for film
languageOfWork English
name Sonya Levien self-link
nationality United States of America
notableWork Cheaper by the Dozen (1950 film)
Love Me or Leave Me
surface form: Love Me or Leave Me (1955 film)

O. Henry's Full House (1952 film)
Quo Vadis
surface form: Quo Vadis (1951 film)

State Fair (1933 film)
State Fair (1945 film)
occupation journalist
screenwriter
writer
partOf classical Hollywood cinema era
placeOfDeath New York City
spouse Carl Hovey
workedOn Hollywood films
silent era films
wroteFor newspapers
women's magazines

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Oklahoma! (1955 film) screenwriter Sonya Levien
Ziegfeld Girl screenwriter Sonya Levien
State Fair screenplayBy Sonya Levien
subject surface form: State Fair (1945 film)
Sonya Levien name Sonya Levien self-link
Quo Vadis screenwriter Sonya Levien
Berkeley Square (film) screenwriter Sonya Levien
The Great Caruso screenwriter Sonya Levien
State Fair (1933 film) screenwriter Sonya Levien
earlier non-musical State Fair (1933 film) screenwriter Sonya Levien
subject surface form: State Fair (1933 film)
State Fair (1945 film) screenwriter Sonya Levien
In Old Chicago screenwriter Sonya Levien
Drums Along the Mohawk screenwriter Sonya Levien