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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

26

Gender

Female

Birthday

1936-11-11 (89 years old)

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Also Known As

Susanna "Susan" Kohner

Susanna Kohner

Susan Kohner

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

Acting

Imitation of Life

1959

Imitation of Life

as

Sarah Jane (18)

Freud: The Secret Passion

1962

Freud: The Secret Passion

as

Martha Freud

The Gene Krupa Story

1959

The Gene Krupa Story

as

Ethel Maguire

The Last Wagon

1956

The Last Wagon

as

Jolie Normand

Trooper Hook

1957

Trooper Hook

as

Consuela

All the Fine Young Cannibals

1960

All the Fine Young Cannibals

as

Catherine McDowall

By Love Possessed

1961

By Love Possessed

as

Helen Detweiler

Dino

1957

Dino

as

Shirley

To Hell and Back

1955

To Hell and Back

as

Maria

The Dick Powell Show

The Dick Powell Show

as

Miriam Marks

Rawhide

Rawhide

as

Abbie Bartlett

Climax!

Climax!

as

(segment "Child of the Wind")

Channing

Channing

as

Rena Covic

Checkmate

Checkmate

as

Victoria Angelo

The Nurses

The Nurses

as

Terry Collins

Production

Crew

Directing