Susan Kohner
Acting
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.
TV Shows(14)
Channing
Rena Covic
1963
Going My Way
1962
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
The Nurses
Terry Collins
1962
The Dick Powell Show
Miriam Marks
1961
Route 66
1960
Checkmate
Victoria Angelo
1960
Rawhide
Abbie Bartlett
1959
Matinee Theater
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Therese
1955
Climax!
(segment "Child of the Wind")
1954
Cavalcade of America
1952
Four Star Playhouse
Anita
1952
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Angela O'Neill
1951
Movies(12)
A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story
Self
2022
Freud: The Secret Passion
Martha Freud
1962
By Love Possessed
Helen Detweiler
1961
All the Fine Young Cannibals
Catherine McDowall
1960
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
Rachel Heller
1960
The Gene Krupa Story
Ethel Maguire
1959
The Big Fisherman
Fara
1959
Imitation of Life
Sarah Jane (18)
1959
Dino
Shirley
1957
Trooper Hook
Consuela
1957
The Last Wagon
Jolie Normand
1956
To Hell and Back
Maria
1955