Susan Kohner
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 11, 1936
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
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.
Movies with Susan Kohner
- Imitation of Life 1959 · ★ 7.4
- The Last Wagon 1956 · ★ 6.5
- Freud: The Secret Passion 1962 · ★ 6.5
- To Hell and Back 1955 · ★ 6.6
- Trooper Hook 1957 · ★ 6.7
- By Love Possessed 1961 · ★ 5.2
- The Big Fisherman 1959 · ★ 5.1
- All the Fine Young Cannibals 1960 · ★ 5.9
- The Gene Krupa Story 1959 · ★ 7.1
- Dino 1957 · ★ 7.4
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- In the Presence of Mine Enemies 1960