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Salka Viertel (June 15, 1889 – October 20, 1978) was an Austrian 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).
Jan 11, 2019 · Excerpted from Lawrence Weschler’s introduction to The Kindness of Strangers, by Salka Viertel, reissued by New York Review Books. The screenwriter Salka Viertel hosted salon-like gatherings attended by Thomas Mann, Greta Garbo, and other expatriates.
Salka Viertel was a recently naturalized American when Hitler’s war began, having arrived from Berlin on a visitor visa in Hollywood with her husband during one of the earlier waves...
Jan 28, 2020 · Salka Viertel and Hitler’s Exiles in the Golden Age of Hollywood. By Donna Rifkind. The Galician-born actress turned American screenwriter Salka Viertel was never famous, but she always made...
Salka Viertel was an influential actress, writer, and organizer of Jewish European immigrants in Hollywood. In 1908 Salka joined the Viennese company Neue Wiener Bühne as a principal actress. In 1916, she met Viennese writer and director Berthold Viertel, who left his wife to marry her in 1918.
The Kindest of Strangers. A new biography revives the generous life of Salka Viertel, L.A. ‘salonnière,’ memoirist, ‘Garbo specialist,’ and Jewish mother to Hollywood stars. by....
Mar 15, 2020 · Salka Viertel (1889-1978) was an actress, screenwriter, influential hostess and effective humanitarian. She was born on the estate of her wealthy Jewish family in Sambor, western Ukraine, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
