Salka Viertel (15 June 1889 – 20 October 1978) was an Austrian Jewish actress and Hollywood screenwriter. While under contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer from 1933 to 1937, Viertel co-wrote the scripts for many movies, particularly those starring her close friend Greta Garbo, including Queen Christina (1933) and Anna Karenina (1935). She also played opposite Garbo in MGM's German-language version of Anna Christie in 1930.
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Salomea Steuermann 15 June 1889 Sambor, Galicia, Austria-Hungary
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Died |
20 October 1978 (aged 89) Klosters, Switzerland
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Zodiac | Gemini |
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