Susan Kohner
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
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). K...
Known For
Filmography
A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story
2025
as Self
Channing
1963
as Rena Covic
Freud: The Secret Passion
1962
as Martha Freud
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
Going My Way
1962
The Nurses
1962
as Terry Collins
By Love Possessed
1961
as Helen Detweiler
The Dick Powell Show
1961
as Miriam Marks
All the Fine Young Cannibals
1960
as Catherine McDowall
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
1960
as Rachel Heller
Route 66
1960
Checkmate
1960
as Victoria Angelo
Imitation of Life
1959
as Sarah Jane (18)
The Gene Krupa Story
1959
as Ethel Maguire
The Big Fisherman
1959
as Fara
Rawhide
1959
as Abbie Bartlett
Trooper Hook
1957
as Consuela
Dino
1957
as Shirley
The Last Wagon
1956
as Jolie Normand
To Hell and Back
1955
as Maria
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Therese
Matinee Theater
1955
Climax!
1954
as (segment "Child of the Wind")
Climax!
1954
Cavalcade of America
1952
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Anita
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Angela O'Neill
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Lynn Howell