Known For
Acting
Born
Nov 11, 1936
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Credits
26 titles
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
A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story
Self
Channing
Rena Covic
Freud: The Secret Passion
Martha Freud
Going My Way
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
The Nurses
Terry Collins
The Dick Powell Show
Miriam Marks
By Love Possessed
Helen Detweiler
Route 66
Checkmate
Victoria Angelo
All the Fine Young Cannibals
Catherine McDowall
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
Rachel Heller
The Gene Krupa Story
Ethel Maguire
The Big Fisherman
Fara
Imitation of Life
Sarah Jane (18)
Rawhide
Abbie Bartlett
Dino
Shirley
Trooper Hook
Consuela
The Last Wagon
Jolie Normand
Matinee Theater
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Therese
To Hell and Back
Maria
Climax!
(segment "Child of the Wind")
Cavalcade of America
Four Star Playhouse
Anita
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Angela O'Neill