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
All Movies (12)
- A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story2022 · as Self
- Freud: The Secret Passion1962 · as Martha Freud
- By Love Possessed1961 · as Helen Detweiler
- All the Fine Young Cannibals1960 · as Catherine McDowall
- In the Presence of Mine Enemies1960 · as Rachel Heller
- The Gene Krupa Story1959 · as Ethel Maguire
- The Big Fisherman1959 · as Fara
- Imitation of Life1959 · as Sarah Jane (18)
- Dino1957 · as Shirley
- Trooper Hook1957 · as Consuela
- The Last Wagon1956 · as Jolie Normand
- To Hell and Back1955 · as Maria
All TV Shows (16)
- Channing1963 · as Rena Covic
- Going My Way1962
- The Merv Griffin Show1962 · as Self
- The Nurses1962 · as Terry Collins
- The Dick Powell Show1961 · as Miriam Marks
- Route 661960
- Checkmate1960 · as Victoria Angelo
- Rawhide1959 · as Abbie Bartlett
- Matinee Theater1955
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · as Therese
- Climax!1954 · as (segment "Child of the Wind")
- Climax!1954
- Cavalcade of America1952
- Four Star Playhouse1952 · as Anita
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951 · as Angela O'Neill
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951 · as Lynn Howell