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Salka Viertel(1889-1978)

  • Writer
  • Actress
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Salka Viertel was born on 15 June 1889 in Sambor, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Sambir, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine]. She was a writer and actress, known for Seven Faces (1929), Anna Christie (1930) and Deep Valley (1947). She was married to Berthold Viertel. She died on 20 October 1978 in Klosters, Switzerland.
BornJune 15, 1889
DiedOctober 20, 1978(89)
BornJune 15, 1889
DiedOctober 20, 1978(89)
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Known for

Seven Faces (1929)
Seven Faces
6.7
  • Catherine of Russia(as Salka Stenermann)
  • 1929
Greta Garbo and Herman Bing in Anna Christie (1930)
Anna Christie
6.9
  • Marthy(as Salka Steuermann)
  • 1930
Dane Clark, Ida Lupino, and Wayne Morris in Deep Valley (1947)
Deep Valley
6.8
  • Writer
  • 1947
Prisoner of the Volga (1959)
Prisoner of the Volga
5.2
  • Writer
  • 1959

Credits

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Writer

  • Prisoner of the Volga (1959)
    Prisoner of the Volga
    5.2
    • writer
    • 1959
  • Loves of Three Queens (1954)
    Loves of Three Queens
    5.1
    • screenplay
    • story
    • 1954
  • Dane Clark, Ida Lupino, and Wayne Morris in Deep Valley (1947)
    Deep Valley
    6.8
    • screen play by
    • 1947
  • Greta Garbo and Melvyn Douglas in Two-Faced Woman (1941)
    Two-Faced Woman
    6.2
    • original screenplay
    • 1941
  • Charles Boyer and Greta Garbo in Conquest (1937)
    Conquest
    6.5
    • screenplay
    • 1937
  • Freddie Bartholomew, Greta Garbo, Maureen O'Sullivan, Clarence Brown, and Fredric March in Anna Karenina (1935)
    Anna Karenina
    7.0
    • screen play
    • 1935
  • Greta Garbo and Herbert Marshall in The Painted Veil (1934)
    The Painted Veil
    6.5
    • screen play
    • 1934
  • Greta Garbo in Queen Christina (1933)
    Queen Christina
    7.5
    • screen play
    • from the original story by
    • 1933

Actress

  • Gustav Fröhlich and Dita Parlo in Die heilige Flamme (1931)
    Die heilige Flamme
    • Frau Taylor (as Salka Steuermann)
    • 1931
  • Ilja Lapiner in Die Maske fällt (1931)
    Die Maske fällt
    • (as Salka Stenermann)
    • 1931
  • Greta Garbo and Herman Bing in Anna Christie (1930)
    Anna Christie
    6.9
    • Marthy (as Salka Steuermann)
    • 1930
  • Seven Faces (1929)
    Seven Faces
    6.7
    • Catherine of Russia (as Salka Stenermann)
    • 1929

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Salka Stenermann
  • Born
    • June 15, 1889
    • Sambor, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Sambir, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine]
  • Died
    • October 20, 1978
    • Klosters, Switzerland(undisclosed)
  • Spouse
    • Berthold ViertelApril 30, 1918 - December 20, 1947 (divorced, 3 children)
  • Children
    • Peter Viertel
  • Other works
    Autobiography: "The Kindness of Strangers," 1969.
  • Publicity listings
    • 2 Print Biographies
    • 1 Portrayal

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Writer, in the U.S. from 1928. Worked for MGM under contract, 1933-37.

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