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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.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 7.338 |
Birthday | 1936-11-11 |
Place of Birth | Los Angeles, California, USA |
Also Known As | Susanna "Susan" Kohner, Susanna Kohner, |
![Imitation of Life](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/xt3cUn7lsjpaGuB279A4v8zAYRn.jpg)
1959
![Imitation of Life](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/xt3cUn7lsjpaGuB279A4v8zAYRn.jpg)
Imitation of Life
7.433/267
In 1940s New York, a white widow who dreams of being on Broadway has a chance encounter with a black single mother, who becomes her maid.
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Imitation of Life
![Freud: The Secret Passion](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/2cguhv8jwEaiwF8pB5xo3RzfXlO.jpg)
1962
![Freud: The Secret Passion](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/2cguhv8jwEaiwF8pB5xo3RzfXlO.jpg)
Freud: The Secret Passion
6.4/68
An examination of Austrian psychologist Sigmund Freud's career when he began to treat patients diagnosed with hysteria, using the radical technique of...
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Freud: The Secret Passion
![The Gene Krupa Story](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/hzfkzFhYm3iRk6gPCr23ER1BDxw.jpg)
1959
![The Gene Krupa Story](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/hzfkzFhYm3iRk6gPCr23ER1BDxw.jpg)
The Gene Krupa Story
7/6
The story of legendary jazz drummer, Gene Krupa. Since his youth, all Gene ever wanted to do is play the drums and make music. This is something his p...
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The Gene Krupa Story
![The Last Wagon](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/2FHbwL1RZCeAsBRSBVuxYRj9Mhl.jpg)
1956
![The Last Wagon](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/2FHbwL1RZCeAsBRSBVuxYRj9Mhl.jpg)
The Last Wagon
6.5/73
When a handful of settlers survive an Apache attack on their wagon train they must put their lives into the hands of Comanche Todd, a white man who ha...
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The Last Wagon
![Trooper Hook](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/rVXjTAgSQdRWeWpuCwmlZiVjGBg.jpg)
1957
![Trooper Hook](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/rVXjTAgSQdRWeWpuCwmlZiVjGBg.jpg)
Trooper Hook
6.6/16
When Apache chief Nanchez is captured by the cavalry, his white squaw and infant son are returned to civilization by Sergeant Hook, but Nanchez escape...
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Trooper Hook
![All the Fine Young Cannibals](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/8PDKXWPSULzNQtSK1xDjmyPhfjA.jpg)
1960
![All the Fine Young Cannibals](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/8PDKXWPSULzNQtSK1xDjmyPhfjA.jpg)
All the Fine Young Cannibals
5.3/7
An ambitious farm girl rushes into marriage with a rich man, almost destroying four lives in the process.
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All the Fine Young Cannibals
![By Love Possessed](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/tjWb7tWJ80Ov211ejP7TOS0xcvf.jpg)
1961
![By Love Possessed](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/tjWb7tWJ80Ov211ejP7TOS0xcvf.jpg)
By Love Possessed
4.9/9
An unhappily married woman engages in an affair with her husband's law partner.
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By Love Possessed
![The Big Fisherman](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/yF77PtUIsq7iUjDmRvaqYBlLX4G.jpg)
1959
![The Big Fisherman](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/yF77PtUIsq7iUjDmRvaqYBlLX4G.jpg)
The Big Fisherman
4.6/7
Drama that focuses on the later life of Peter, one of the closest disciples of Jesus.
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The Big Fisherman
![Dino](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/p6WsNggc2uPKRcrtqUagyetJvJN.jpg)
1957
![Dino](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/p6WsNggc2uPKRcrtqUagyetJvJN.jpg)
Dino
7.2/4
A juvenile delinquent on parole receives support from a social worker and a girl from a slum.
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Dino
![To Hell and Back](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/uzeK4UwVVzzg5zUmYlfXdGXDOG5.jpg)
1955
![To Hell and Back](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/uzeK4UwVVzzg5zUmYlfXdGXDOG5.jpg)
To Hell and Back
6.6/59
The true WWII story of Audie Murphy, the most decorated soldier in U.S. history. Based on the autobiography of Audie Murphy who stars as himself in th...
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