Susan Kohner
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderFemale
Birthday11 November 1936 (89 years old)
Place of birthLos Angeles, California, USA
Known credits26
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…
A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story
2025 · Self
Channing
1963 · Rena Covic
Freud: The Secret Passion
1962 · Martha Freud
Going My Way
1962
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
The Nurses
1962 · Terry Collins
The Dick Powell Show
1961 · Miriam Marks
By Love Possessed
1961 · Helen Detweiler
Route 66
1960
Checkmate
1960 · Victoria Angelo
All the Fine Young Cannibals
1960 · Catherine McDowall
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
1960 · Rachel Heller
The Gene Krupa Story
1959 · Ethel Maguire
The Big Fisherman
1959 · Fara
Imitation of Life
1959 · Sarah Jane (18)
Rawhide
1959 · Abbie Bartlett
Dino
1957 · Shirley
Trooper Hook
1957 · Consuela
The Last Wagon
1956 · Jolie Normand
Matinee Theater
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Therese
To Hell and Back
1955 · Maria
Climax!
1954 · (segment "Child of the Wind")
Climax!
1954
Cavalcade of America
1952
Four Star Playhouse
1952 · Anita
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Angela O'Neill
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Lynn Howell
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