Acting · Los Angeles, California, USA · Born November 11, 1936
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.
MovieA Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story
2022
as Self
TVChanning
1963
as Rena Covic
MovieFreud: The Secret Passion
1962
as Martha Freud
TVGoing My Way
1962
TVThe Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
TVThe Nurses
1962
as Terry Collins
TVThe Dick Powell Show
1961
as Miriam Marks
MovieBy Love Possessed
1961
as Helen Detweiler
TVRoute 66
1960
TVCheckmate
1960
as Victoria Angelo
MovieAll the Fine Young Cannibals
1960
as Catherine McDowall
MovieIn the Presence of Mine Enemies
1960
as Rachel Heller
MovieThe Gene Krupa Story
1959
as Ethel Maguire
MovieThe Big Fisherman
1959
as Fara
MovieImitation of Life
1959
as Sarah Jane (18)
TVRawhide
1959
as Abbie Bartlett
MovieDino
1957
as Shirley
MovieTrooper Hook
1957
as Consuela
MovieThe Last Wagon
1956
as Jolie Normand
TVMatinee Theater
1955
TVAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Therese
MovieTo Hell and Back
1955
as Maria
TVClimax!
1954
as (segment "Child of the Wind")
TVCavalcade of America
1952
TVFour Star Playhouse
1952
as Anita
TVSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Angela O'Neill
