Known for

Acting

Born

Nov 11, 1936 (89 years old)

Place of birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Susan Kohner

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.

Titles

Climax!

Series • 1954

Rawhide

Series • 1959

Four Star Playhouse

Series • 1952

Route 66

Series • 1960

Checkmate

Series • 1960

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Series • 1955

The Last Wagon

Movie • 1956

Imitation of Life

Movie • 1959

Dino

Movie • 1957

Freud: The Secret Passion

Movie • 1962

By Love Possessed

Movie • 1961

To Hell and Back

Movie • 1955

All the Fine Young Cannibals

Movie • 1960

Trooper Hook

Movie • 1957

In the Presence of Mine Enemies

Movie • 1960

The Big Fisherman

Movie • 1959

A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story

Movie • 2025

The Gene Krupa Story

Movie • 1959