
Susan Kohner
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1936-11-11 (88 years old)
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Susan Kohner
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.
Known For
Acting
(1962)
Freud: The Secret Passion
as Martha Freud
(1961)
By Love Possessed
as Helen Detweiler
(1960)
All the Fine Young Cannibals
as Catherine McDowall
(1959)
Imitation of Life
as Sarah Jane (18)
(1959)
The Big Fisherman
as Fara
(1959)
The Gene Krupa Story
as Ethel Maguire
(1957)
Trooper Hook
as Consuela
(1957)
Dino
as Shirley
(1956)
The Last Wagon
as Jolie Normand
(1955)
To Hell and Back
as Maria