Susan Kohner
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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.
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To Hell and Back (1955)
as Maria
Imitation of Life (1959)
as Sarah Jane (18)
Freud: The Secret Passion (1962)
as Martha Freud
The Last Wagon (1956)
as Jolie Normand
Trooper Hook (1957)
as Consuela
All the Fine Young Cannibals (1960)
as Catherine McDowall
The Big Fisherman (1959)
as Fara
By Love Possessed (1961)
as Helen Detweiler
Dino (1957)
as Shirley
The Gene Krupa Story (1959)
as Ethel Maguire
In the Presence of Mine Enemies (1960)
as Rachel Heller
A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story (2022)
as Self