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 Le repaire du forçat (1947). She was married to Berthold Viertel. She died on 20 October 1978 in Klosters, Switzerland.

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Known for

Seven Faces (1929)

6.8

Catherine of Russia(as Salka Stenermann)

1929

Greta Garbo and Herman Bing in Anna Christie (1930)

6.9

Marthy(as Salka Steuermann)

1930

Dane Clark, Ida Lupino, and Wayne Morris in Le repaire du forçat (1947)

Le repaire du forçat

6.8

Writer

1947

Charles Boyer and Greta Garbo in Marie Walewska (1937)

6.5

Writer

1937

Credits

Writer

Les bateliers de la Volga
5.4
- writer
- 1959
L'amante di Paride
5.1
- screenplay
- story
- 1954
Le repaire du forçat
6.8
- screen play by
- 1947
La femme aux deux visages
6.2
- original screenplay
- 1941
Marie Walewska
6.5
- screenplay
- 1937
Anna Karénine
7.0
- screen play
- 1935
Le Voile des illusions
6.5
- screen play
- 1934
La reine Christine
7.5
- from the original story by
- screen play
- 1933

Actress

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)
Other works
Autobiography: "The Kindness of Strangers," 1969.
Publicity listings
- 2 Print Biographies
- 1 Portrayal

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

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