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 BackMaria1963ChanningRena Covic · 1 episodeShow
1962Going My Way1 episodeShow
1962The NursesTerry Collins · 1 episodeShow
1960Route 662 episodesShow
1960CheckmateVictoria Angelo · 1 episodeShow
1959RawhideAbbie Bartlett · 1 episodeShow
1955Matinee Theater2 episodesShow
1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsTherese · 1 episodeShow
1954Climax!(segment "Child of the Wind") · 1 episodeShow
1952Cavalcade of America1 episodeShow
1951Schlitz Playhouse of StarsAngela O'Neill, Lynn Howell · 1 episodeShow
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