Susan Kohner
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 11, 1936 (age 90)
- Birthplace
- Los Angeles, California, USA
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
Movie · as Self
Channing
TV · as Rena Covic · 1 ep
Freud: The Secret Passion
Movie · as Martha Freud
The Merv Griffin Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Going My Way
TV · 1 ep
The Nurses
TV · as Terry Collins · 1 ep
By Love Possessed
Movie · as Helen Detweiler
The Dick Powell Show
TV · as Miriam Marks · 1 ep
All the Fine Young Cannibals
Movie · as Catherine McDowall
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
Movie · as Rachel Heller
Route 66
TV · 2 eps
Checkmate
TV · as Victoria Angelo · 1 ep
Imitation of Life
Movie · as Sarah Jane (18)
The Gene Krupa Story
Movie · as Ethel Maguire
The Big Fisherman
Movie · as Fara
Rawhide
TV · as Abbie Bartlett · 1 ep
Trooper Hook
Movie · as Consuela
Dino
Movie · as Shirley
The Last Wagon
Movie · as Jolie Normand
To Hell and Back
Movie · as Maria
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV · as Therese · 1 ep
Matinee Theater
TV · 2 eps
Climax!
TV · as (segment "Child of the Wind") · 1 ep
Cavalcade of America
TV · 1 ep
Four Star Playhouse
TV · as Anita · 1 ep
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV · as Angela O'Neill, Lynn Howell · 1 ep