Actor
Susan Kohner
Born November 11, 1936 in Los Angeles, California, USA11 films
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.
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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.
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First watchImitation of Life19597.4as Sarah Jane (18)In 1940s New York, a white widow who dreams of being on Broadway has a chance encounter with a black single mother, who becomes her maid.View filmEssential films
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Filmography
11 films as actor- 1962Freud: The Secret PassionMartha Freud
- 1961By Love PossessedHelen Detweiler
- 1960All the Fine Young CannibalsCatherine McDowall
- 1960In the Presence of Mine EnemiesRachel Heller
- 1959The Gene Krupa StoryEthel Maguire
- 1959The Big FishermanFara
- 1959Imitation of LifeSarah Jane (18)
- 1957DinoShirley
- 1957Trooper HookConsuela
- 1956The Last WagonJolie Normand
- 1955To Hell and BackMaria