- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- November 11, 1936
- Place of Birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Susan Kohner
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.
Filmography
movieA Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story
2022 · Self
tvChanning
1963 · Rena Covic
movieFreud: The Secret Passion
1962 · Martha Freud
tvGoing My Way
1962
tvThe Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
tvThe Nurses
1962 · Terry Collins
tvThe Dick Powell Show
1961 · Miriam Marks
movieBy Love Possessed
1961 · Helen Detweiler
tvRoute 66
1960
tvCheckmate
1960 · Victoria Angelo
movieAll the Fine Young Cannibals
1960 · Catherine McDowall
movieIn the Presence of Mine Enemies
1960 · Rachel Heller
movieThe Gene Krupa Story
1959 · Ethel Maguire
movieThe Big Fisherman
1959 · Fara
movieImitation of Life
1959 · Sarah Jane (18)
tvRawhide
1959 · Abbie Bartlett
movieDino
1957 · Shirley
movieTrooper Hook
1957 · Consuela
movieThe Last Wagon
1956 · Jolie Normand
tvMatinee Theater
1955
tvAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Therese
movieTo Hell and Back
1955 · Maria
tvClimax!
1954 · (segment "Child of the Wind")
tvCavalcade of America
1952
tvFour Star Playhouse
1952 · Anita
tvSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Angela O'Neill, Lynn Howell