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Actor
Susan Kohner
- Born November 11, 1936 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).
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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
Imitation of Life1959
Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955
The Last Wagon1956
Freud: The Secret Passion1962
To Hell and Back1955
Rawhide1959
Trooper Hook1957
Route 661960
Filmography
- 2025A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore StoryFilmSelf
- 1963ChanningSeriesRena Covic
- 1962Freud: The Secret PassionFilmMartha Freud
- 1962The Merv Griffin ShowSeriesSelf
- 1962Going My WaySeries
- 1962The NursesSeriesTerry Collins
- 1961By Love PossessedFilmHelen Detweiler
- 1961The Dick Powell ShowSeriesMiriam Marks
- 1960Route 66Series
- 1960All the Fine Young CannibalsFilmCatherine McDowall
- 1960CheckmateSeriesVictoria Angelo
- 1960In the Presence of Mine EnemiesFilmRachel Heller
- 1959Imitation of LifeFilmSarah Jane (18)
- 1959RawhideSeriesAbbie Bartlett
- 1959The Big FishermanFilmFara
- 1959The Gene Krupa StoryFilmEthel Maguire
- 1957Trooper HookFilmConsuela
- 1957DinoFilmShirley
- 1956The Last WagonFilmJolie Normand
- 1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeriesTherese
- 1955To Hell and BackFilmMaria
- 1955Matinee TheaterSeries
- 1954Climax!Series(segment "Child of the Wind")
- 1952Four Star PlayhouseSeriesAnita
- 1952Cavalcade of AmericaSeries
- 1951Schlitz Playhouse of StarsSeriesAngela O'Neill, Lynn Howell