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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 11, 1936
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also Known As
- Susanna "Susan" Kohner
- Susanna Kohner
Susan Kohner
0.5 Popularity
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
7.0
Rena Covic
Channing
1963
6.5
Martha Freud
Freud: The Secret Passion
1962
5.7
Going My Way
1962
5.8
Self
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
5.0
Terry Collins
The Nurses
1962
5.5
Miriam Marks
The Dick Powell Show
1961
4.9
Helen Detweiler
By Love Possessed
1961
6.3
Route 66
1960
4.1
Victoria Angelo
Checkmate
1960
5.3
Catherine McDowall
All the Fine Young Cannibals
1960
Credits
Channing
as Rena Covic
1963
7.0
Freud: The Secret Passion
as Martha Freud
1962
6.5
Going My Way
1962
5.7
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
5.8
The Nurses
as Terry Collins
1962
5.0
The Dick Powell Show
as Miriam Marks
1961
5.5
By Love Possessed
as Helen Detweiler
1961
4.9
Route 66
1960
6.3
Checkmate
as Victoria Angelo
1960
4.1
All the Fine Young Cannibals
as Catherine McDowall
1960
5.3
The Gene Krupa Story
as Ethel Maguire
1959
7.0
The Big Fisherman
as Fara
1959
4.6
Imitation of Life
as Sarah Jane (18)
1959
7.4
Rawhide
as Abbie Bartlett
1959
7.2
Dino
as Shirley
1957
7.2
Trooper Hook
as Consuela
1957
6.6
The Last Wagon
as Jolie Normand
1956
6.5
Matinee Theater
1955
5.0
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Therese
1955
7.7
To Hell and Back
as Maria
1955
6.6
Climax!
as (segment "Child of the Wind")
1954
3.3
Climax!
1954
3.3
Cavalcade of America
1952
3.5
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Four Star Playhouse
as Anita
1952
6.3
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Angela O'Neill
1951
7.3
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Lynn Howell
1951
7.3