Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
November 11, 1936
Place of Birth:
Los Angeles, California, USA
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.
Year | Movie | Role |
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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 |
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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 |