Susan Kohner
Actor
- Born
- November 11, 1936 (age 89) · 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 Life
April 9, 1959
The Last Wagon
September 21, 1956
Freud: The Secret Passion
December 12, 1962
To Hell and Back
September 22, 1955
Trooper Hook
July 12, 1957
By Love Possessed
July 19, 1961
The Big Fisherman
August 4, 1959
All the Fine Young Cannibals
September 15, 1960
The Gene Krupa Story
December 1, 1959
Dino
July 21, 1957
A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story
July 4, 2025
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
May 18, 1960
Acting12
- 2025A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story as Self
- 1962Freud: The Secret Passion as Martha Freud
- 1961By Love Possessed as Helen Detweiler
- 1960All the Fine Young Cannibals as Catherine McDowall
- 1960In the Presence of Mine Enemies as Rachel Heller
- 1959The Gene Krupa Story as Ethel Maguire
- 1959The Big Fisherman as Fara
- 1959Imitation of Life as Sarah Jane (18)
- 1957Dino as Shirley
- 1957