Susan Kohner

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Known For:
Acting

Birthday:
November 11, 1936

Place of Birth:
Los Angeles, California, USA

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Susan Kohner

Biography

Susanna "Susan" Kohner (born November 11, 1936) is an American former actress. She is best known for her role as Sarah Jane in Douglas Sirk's drama Imitation of Life (1959), which earned her a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.

Kohner has also starred in the films The Gene Krupa Story (1959), for which she won a Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer – Female, All the Fine Young Cannibals (1960), By Love Possessed (1961), and Freud (1962).

Kohner retired from acting in 1964, after marrying menswear designer John Weitz, with whom she had two sons, filmmakers Paul and Chris Weitz.

Known For

Filmography

Year Movie Role
2022 A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story Self
1962 Freud: The Secret Passion Martha Freud
1961 By Love Possessed Helen Detweiler
1960 All the Fine Young Cannibals Catherine McDowall
1959 Imitation of Life Sarah Jane (18)
1959 The Gene Krupa Story Ethel Maguire
1959 The Big Fisherman Fara
1957 Trooper Hook Consuela
1957 Dino Shirley
1956 The Last Wagon Jolie Normand
1955 To Hell and Back Maria
Year TV Show Role
1963 Channing Rena Covic
1962 The Merv Griffin Show Self
1962 Going My Way
1962 The Nurses Terry Collins
1961 The Dick Powell Show Miriam Marks
1960 Route 66
1960 Checkmate Victoria Angelo
1959 Rawhide Abbie Bartlett
1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Therese
1955 Matinee Theater
1954 Climax! (segment "Child of the Wind")
1954 Climax!
1952 Cavalcade of America
1952 Four Star Playhouse Anita
1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars Angela O'Neill
1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars Lynn Howell
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