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name: "Susan Kohner"
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born: "11 November 1936"
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# Susan Kohner

Actor. Born 11 November 1936 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 11 November 1936, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Also known as:** Susanna "Susan" Kohner, Susanna Kohner
- **Golden Globes:** 1 Golden Globe (1 won)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Kohner, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q468476, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0463435/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/131742

## Biography

Susan Kohner is an American retired actress. She is best known for her performance as Sarah Jane in the 1959 film *Imitation of Life*, for which she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress and won a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. She also won a Golden Globe for Most Promising Newcomer – Female for her work around that time.

Kohner appeared in several films in the late 1950s and early 1960s, including *The Gene Krupa Story* (1959), *All the Fine Young Cannibals* (1960), *By Love Possessed* (1961) and *Freud: The Secret Passion* (1962). She had guest roles in television series such as *Alfred Hitchcock Presents*, *Rawhide* and *To Hell and Back* (1955). Kohner retired from acting in 1964 after marrying menswear designer John Weitz; their sons Paul Weitz and Chris Weitz are filmmakers.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, themoviedb.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Imitation of Life* (1959), Fi1m 86, as Sarah Jane (18) — [page](https://film.one/film/imitation-of-life.md)

## Complete filmography (23)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Channing* (1963), series, as Rena Covic
- *Freud: The Secret Passion* (1962), as Martha Freud
- *Going My Way* (1962), series, Actor
- *The Nurses* (1962), series, as Terry Collins
- *By Love Possessed* (1961), as Helen Detweiler
- *Route 66* (1960), series, Actor
- *Checkmate* (1960), series, as Victoria Angelo
- *All the Fine Young Cannibals* (1960), as Catherine McDowall
- *In the Presence of Mine Enemies* (1960), as Rachel Heller
- *The Gene Krupa Story* (1959), as Ethel Maguire
- *The Big Fisherman* (1959), as Fara
- *Imitation of Life* (1959), as Sarah Jane (18) — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/imitation-of-life.md)
- *Rawhide* (1959), series, as Abbie Bartlett
- *Dino* (1957), as Shirley
- *Trooper Hook* (1957), as Consuela
- *The Last Wagon* (1956), as Jolie Normand
- *Matinee Theater* (1955), series, Actor
- *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), series, as Therese
- *To Hell and Back* (1955), as Maria
- *Climax!* (1954), series, as (segment "Child of the Wind")
- *Cavalcade of America* (1952), series, Actor
- *Four Star Playhouse* (1952), series, as Anita
- *Schlitz Playhouse of Stars* (1951), series, as Angela O'Neill, Lynn Howell

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1960: Best Supporting Actress (nominated), for *Imitation of Life*

### Golden Globes — 1 won

- 1960: Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture (won), for *Imitation of Life*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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