Susan Kohner
Age: N/A | From: Los Angeles, California, USA
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Susanna "Susan" Kohner , Susanna Kohner
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
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Movie Involvements: 12
TV Involvements: 6
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Climax!
(1954) (segment "Child of the Wind")
Rawhide
(1959) Abbie Bartlett
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
(1955) Therese
Checkmate
(1960) Victoria Angelo
The Big Fisherman
(1959) Fara
The Nurses
(1962) Terry Collins
The Gene Krupa Story
(1959) Ethel Maguire
Imitation of Life
(1959) Sarah Jane (18)Acting
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Self | |
| 1963 | Rena Covic | |
| 1962 | Martha Freud | |
| N/A | ||
| Self | ||
| Terry Collins | ||
| 1961 | Miriam Marks | |
| Helen Detweiler | ||
| 1960 | N/A | |
| Victoria Angelo | ||
| Catherine McDowall | ||
| Rachel Heller | ||
| 1959 | Ethel Maguire | |
| Fara | ||
| Sarah Jane (18) | ||
| Abbie Bartlett | ||
| 1957 | Shirley | |
| Consuela | ||
| 1956 | Jolie Normand | |
| 1955 | N/A | |
| Therese | ||
| Maria | ||
| 1954 | (segment "Child of the Wind") | |
| N/A | ||
| 1952 | N/A | |
| Anita | ||
| 1951 | Angela O'Neill | |
| Lynn Howell | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
