Salka Viertel was born on June 15, 1889 in Sambor, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Sambir, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine] as Salomea Steuermann. She was a writer and actress, known for Queen Christina (1933), Anna Karenina (1935) and Conquest (1937). She was married to Berthold Viertel. She died on October 20, 1978 in Klosters, Switzerland.
Anna Christie, Queen Christina, The Painted Veil, Anna Karenina, Conquest, Two-Faced Woman, Deep Valley, Prisoner of the Volga, Die Maske fällt, Die heilige Flamme, Loves of Three Queens