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.
Acting
Movie
Imitation of Life
as Sarah Jane (18)
1959
TV
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Therese
1955
Movie
The Last Wagon
as Jolie Normand
1956
Movie
Freud: The Secret Passion
as Martha Freud
1962
Movie
To Hell and Back
as Maria
1955
TV
Rawhide
as Abbie Bartlett
1959
TV
Route 66
1960
Movie
Trooper Hook
as Consuela
1957
TV
Climax!
as (segment "Child of the Wind")
1954
TV
Climax!
1954
TV
Four Star Playhouse
as Anita
1952
Movie
By Love Possessed
as Helen Detweiler
1961
Movie
The Big Fisherman
as Fara
1959
TV
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
Movie
The Gene Krupa Story
as Ethel Maguire
1959
Movie
All the Fine Young Cannibals
as Catherine McDowall
1960
TV
Checkmate
as Victoria Angelo
1960
TV
The Dick Powell Show
as Miriam Marks
1961
TV
Matinee Theater
1955
Movie
Dino
as Shirley
1957
TV
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Angela O'Neill
1951
TV
Cavalcade of America
1952
TV
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Lynn Howell
1951
TV
Going My Way
1962