Susan Kohner
Acting Born Nov 11, 1936 Los Angeles, California, USA 24 credits
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.
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Full filmography
- The Merv Griffin Show (1962) as Self
- Rawhide (1959) as Abbie Bartlett
- Four Star Playhouse (1952) as Anita
- Climax! (1954) as (segment "Child of the Wind")
- Climax! (1954)
- Matinee Theater (1955)
- Route 66 (1960)
- Checkmate (1960) as Victoria Angelo
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) as Therese
- The Dick Powell Show (1961) as Miriam Marks
- Cavalcade of America (1952)
- The Nurses (1962) as Terry Collins
- Going My Way (1962)
- Channing (1963) as Rena Covic
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951) as Angela O'Neill
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951) as Lynn Howell
- Freud: The Secret Passion (1962) as Martha Freud
- To Hell and Back (1955) as Maria
- Imitation of Life (1959) as Sarah Jane (18)
- The Last Wagon (1956) as Jolie Normand
- All the Fine Young Cannibals (1960) as Catherine McDowall
- Trooper Hook (1957) as Consuela
- The Big Fisherman (1959) as Fara
- By Love Possessed (1961) as Helen Detweiler