Person
Susan Kohner
Acting · Born 1936-11-11 · 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
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
Rawhide
Abbie Bartlett
Matinee Theater
1955
Climax!
(segment "Child of the Wind")
Four Star Playhouse
Anita
Route 66
1960
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Therese
Checkmate
Victoria Angelo
The Dick Powell Show
Miriam Marks
The Nurses
Terry Collins
Filmography
- 2022A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore StorySelf
- 1963ChanningRena Covic
- 1962Freud: The Secret PassionMartha Freud
- 1962Going My Way
- 1962The Merv Griffin ShowSelf
- 1962The NursesTerry Collins
- 1961The Dick Powell ShowMiriam Marks
- 1961By Love PossessedHelen Detweiler
- 1960Route 66
- 1960CheckmateVictoria Angelo
- 1960All the Fine Young CannibalsCatherine McDowall
- 1960In the Presence of Mine EnemiesRachel Heller
- 1959The Gene Krupa StoryEthel Maguire
- 1959The Big FishermanFara
- 1959Imitation of LifeSarah Jane (18)
- 1959RawhideAbbie Bartlett
- 1957DinoShirley
- 1957Trooper HookConsuela
- 1956The Last WagonJolie Normand
- 1955Matinee Theater
- 1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsTherese
- 1955To Hell and BackMaria
- 1954Climax!(segment "Child of the Wind")
- 1952Cavalcade of America
- 1952Four Star PlayhouseAnita
- 1951Schlitz Playhouse of StarsAngela O'Neill
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