Susan Kohner
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 11, 1936, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Movies
- 12
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2025 | A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story | Self |
| 1962 | Freud: The Secret Passion | Martha Freud |
| 1961 | By Love Possessed | Helen Detweiler |
| 1960 | All the Fine Young Cannibals | Catherine McDowall |
| 1960 | In the Presence of Mine Enemies | Rachel Heller |
| 1959 | The Gene Krupa Story | Ethel Maguire |
| 1959 | The Big Fisherman | Fara |
| 1959 | Imitation of Life | Sarah Jane (18) |
| 1957 | Dino | Shirley |
| 1957 | Trooper Hook | Consuela |
| 1956 | The Last Wagon | Jolie Normand |
| 1955 | To Hell and Back | Maria |
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