Salka Viertel was born on June 15, 1889 in Sambor, Galicia, Austria-Hungary as Salomea Steuermann. She was a writer and actress, known for Seven Faces (1929), Anna Christie (1930) and La reine Christine (1933). She was married to Berthold Viertel. She died on October 20, 1978 in Klosters, Switzerland.