Susan Kohner
November 11, 1936 (88 years old) in 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.
Known For
Credits
- 1963 · Channing as Rena Covic
- 1962 · Freud: The Secret Passion as Martha Freud
- 1962 · Going My Way as
- 1962 · The Merv Griffin Show as Self
- 1962 · The Nurses as Terry Collins
- 1961 · The Dick Powell Show as Miriam Marks
- 1961 · By Love Possessed as Helen Detweiler
- 1960 · Route 66 as
- 1960 · Checkmate as Victoria Angelo
- 1960 · All the Fine Young Cannibals as Catherine McDowall
- 1959 · The Gene Krupa Story as Ethel Maguire
- 1959 · The Big Fisherman as Fara
- 1959 · Imitation of Life as Sarah Jane (18)
- 1959 · Rawhide as Abbie Bartlett
- 1957 · Dino as Shirley
- 1957 · Trooper Hook as Consuela
- 1956 · The Last Wagon as Jolie Normand
- 1955 · Matinee Theater as
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Therese
- 1955 · To Hell and Back as Maria
- 1954 · Climax! as (segment "Child of the Wind")
- 1954 · Climax! as
- 1952 · Cavalcade of America as
- 1952 · Four Star Playhouse as Anita
- 1951 · Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Angela O'Neill
- 1951 · Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Lynn Howell