Sonya Levien

Sonya Levien

writer, script and continuity department

Sonya Levien was born on Dec 25, 1888 in Russia Empire. Sonya Levien's big-screen debut came with The Snow Bride directed by Henry Kolker in 1923. Sonya Levien is known for Quo Vadis directed by Mervyn LeRoy, Robert Taylor stars as Marcus Vinicius and Deborah Kerr as Lygia. Sonya Levien has got 2 awards and 3 nominations so far. The most recent award Sonya Levien achieved is Academy Awards, USA. The upcoming new movie Sonya Levien plays is Pepe which will be released on Apr 26, 1962.

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 including RKO and Warner Bros., but most of her work was with MGM.

  • Birthday

    Dec 25, 1888
  • Place of Birth

    Panimunik, Russia Empire

Known For

Awards

2 wins & 3 nominations

Academy Awards, USA
1956
Best Writing, Story and Screenplay
Winner - Oscar
Writers Guild of America, USA
1953
Winner - Laurel Award for Screen Writing Achievement

Movies & TV Shows

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Movies