Sonya Levien

Highest Rated: 100% Bhowani Junction (1956)

Lowest Rated: 11% State Fair (1962)

Birthday: Not Available

Birthplace: Not Available

A U.S. citizen from childhood, Russian-born Sonya Levien had been a lawyer, magazine editor and fiction writer before concentrating on screenwriting in the early 1920s (one of her short stories had previously been cinematized as Who Will Marry Me). Most often employed by Fox Studios in the first decade of the talkies, Levien wrote or co-wrote the scripts of several Will Rogers vehicles; her script for Rogers' 1933 State Fair not only earned her an Oscar nomination, but served as the model for the 1945 and 1962 remakes. Also at Fox, she worked extensively on the Janet Gaynor starrers, and in addition worked on the 1930 adaptation of Molnar's Liliom (intended as a Charlie Farrell-Janet Gaynor picture, but ultimately starring Farrell and Rose Hobart) and John Ford's first Technicolor offering, 1939's Drums Along the Mohawk. Her efforts at other studios included RKO's Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) and Warner Bros.' Gershwin biopic Rhapsody in Blue (1945). From 1941, Levien could usually be found at MGM; in 1955, she won her first Academy Award for the studio's Interrupted Melody. Sonya Levien's final screen credit was Pepe (1960).

Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

Movies

		Credit
11%	State Fair	Screenwriter	—	1962
No Score Yet	Jeanne Eagels	Screenwriter	—	1957
100%	Bhowani Junction	Screenwriter	—	1956
67%	Hit the Deck	Screenwriter	—	1955
No Score Yet	Interrupted Melody	Screenwriter	—	1955
88%	Oklahoma!	Screenwriter	—	1955
57%	The Student Prince	Screenwriter	—	1954
No Score Yet	The Merry Widow	Screenwriter	—	1952
No Score Yet	The Great Caruso	Screenwriter	—	1951
88%	Quo Vadis?	Screenwriter	—	1951
No Score Yet	Three Daring Daughters	Screenwriter	—	1948
No Score Yet	The Green Years	Screenwriter	—	1946
83%	State Fair	Screenwriter	—	1945
No Score Yet	The Valley of Decision	Screenwriter	—	1945
No Score Yet	Ziegfeld Girl	Screenwriter	—	1941
82%	Drums Along the Mohawk	Screenwriter	—	1939
93%	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Screenwriter	—	1939
No Score Yet	The Cowboy and the Lady	Screenwriter	—	1938
No Score Yet	Kidnapped	Screenwriter	—	1938
50%	Four Men and a Prayer	Screenwriter	—	1938
67%	In Old Chicago	Screenwriter	—	1937
No Score Yet	The Country Doctor	Screenwriter	—	1936
No Score Yet	Reunion	Screenwriter	—	1936
57%	The White Parade	Screenwriter	—	1934
No Score Yet	Change of Heart	Screenwriter	—	1934
No Score Yet	Berkeley Square	Screenwriter	—	1933
No Score Yet	State Fair	Screenwriter	—	1933
No Score Yet	The Warrior's Husband	Screenwriter	—	1933
No Score Yet	Mr. Skitch	Screenwriter	—	1933
No Score Yet	After Tomorrow	Screenwriter	—	1932
No Score Yet	Surrender	Screenwriter	—	1931
No Score Yet	Delicious	Screenwriter	—	1931
No Score Yet	Liliom	Screenwriter	—	1930
No Score Yet	Song O' My Heart	Screenwriter	—	1930
No Score Yet	So This Is London	Screenwriter	—	1930
No Score Yet	They Had to See Paris	Screenwriter	—	1929
No Score Yet	Lucky Star	Screenwriter	—	1929
No Score Yet	Behind That Curtain	Screenwriter	—	1929

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