Cast & creator
Susan Kohner
Best known for The Merv Griffin Show, Matinee Theater, Climax!
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.
Also known as: Susanna "Susan" Kohner, Susanna Kohner
12
film credits
16
television credits
28
1951–2025 · acting roles
6.2
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (28)
Showing 28 of 28 credits
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
Matinee Theater
1955
Climax!
(segment "Child of the Wind")
1954Climax!
1954
Four Star Playhouse
Anita
1952
Rawhide
Abbie Bartlett
1959
Route 66
1960
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Therese
1955
Checkmate
Victoria Angelo
1960
The Nurses
Terry Collins
1962
The Dick Powell Show
Miriam Marks
1961
Cavalcade of America
1952
Going My Way
1962
Channing
Rena Covic
1963
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Angela O'Neill
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Lynn Howell
1951
Imitation of Life
Sarah Jane (18)
1959
To Hell and Back
Maria
1955
Freud: The Secret Passion
Martha Freud
1962
The Last Wagon
Jolie Normand
1956
All the Fine Young Cannibals
Catherine McDowall
1960
Dino
Shirley
1957
By Love Possessed
Helen Detweiler
1961
Trooper Hook
Consuela
1957
A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story
Self
2025
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
Rachel Heller
1960
The Big Fisherman
Fara
1959
The Gene Krupa Story
Ethel Maguire
1959