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Susanna "Susan" Kohner
Susanna Kohner
Susan Kohner
Acting
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 tw…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story
as Self
Freud: The Secret Passion
as Martha Freud
By Love Possessed
as Helen Detweiler
All the Fine Young Cannibals
as Catherine McDowall
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
as Rachel Heller
Imitation of Life
as Sarah Jane (18)
The Big Fisherman
as Fara
The Gene Krupa Story
as Ethel Maguire
Trooper Hook
as Consuela
Dino
as Shirley
TV Shows
Channing
as Rena Covic · 1 ep.
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self · 1 ep.
Going My Way
1 ep.
The Nurses
as Terry Collins · 1 ep.
The Dick Powell Show
as Miriam Marks · 1 ep.
Route 66
2 ep.
Checkmate
as Victoria Angelo · 1 ep.
Rawhide
as Abbie Bartlett · 1 ep.
Matinee Theater
2 ep.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Therese · 1 ep.