Personal Info

  • Known For

    Acting

  • Known Credits

    10

  • Gender

    Female

  • Birthday

    November 11, 1936 ( 88 years old )

  • Place of Birth

    Los Angeles, California, USA

  • Also Known As

    Susanna "Susan" Kohner

    Susanna Kohner

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.