Susan Kohner
Actor
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.
Filmography
The Last Wagon
as Jolie Normand 1956
Freud: The Secret Passion
as Martha Freud 1962
To Hell and Back
as Maria 1955
Trooper Hook
as Consuela 1957
By Love Possessed
as Helen Detweiler 1961
The Big Fisherman
as Fara 1959
The Gene Krupa Story
as Ethel Maguire 1959
All the Fine Young Cannibals
as Catherine McDowall 1960
Dino
as Shirley 1957
A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story
as Self 2022