1936Born, Los Angeles
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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.
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Imitation of LifeSarah Jane (18)
Alfred Hitchcock PresentsTherese
The Last WagonJolie Normand
Freud: The Secret PassionMartha Freud
To Hell and BackMaria1962Freud: The Secret PassionMartha FreudMovie
1961By Love PossessedHelen DetweilerMovie
1960All the Fine Young CannibalsCatherine McDowallMovie
1960In the Presence of Mine EnemiesRachel HellerMovie
1959The Gene Krupa StoryEthel MaguireMovie
1959The Big FishermanFaraMovie
1959Imitation of LifeSarah Jane (18)Movie
1957DinoShirleyMovie
1957Trooper HookConsuelaMovie
1956The Last WagonJolie NormandMovie
1955To Hell and BackMariaMovie
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