Susan Kohner
Birthday: 1936-11-11
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
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). 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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Imitation of Life
In 1940s New York, a white widow who dreams of being on Broadway has a chance encounter with a black...
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Freud: The Secret Passion
An examination of Austrian psychologist Sigmund Freud's career when he began to treat patients diagn...
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The Gene Krupa Story
The story of legendary jazz drummer, Gene Krupa. Since his youth, all Gene ever wanted to do is play...
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The Last Wagon
When a handful of settlers survive an Apache attack on their wagon train they must put their lives i...
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Trooper Hook
When Apache chief Nanchez is captured by the cavalry, his white squaw and infant son are returned to...
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All the Fine Young Cannibals
An ambitious farm girl rushes into marriage with a rich man, almost destroying four lives in the pro...
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By Love Possessed
An unhappily married woman engages in an affair with her husband's law partner....
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The Big Fisherman
Drama that focuses on the later life of Peter, one of the closest disciples of Jesus....
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Dino
A juvenile delinquent on parole receives support from a social worker and a girl from a slum....
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To Hell and Back
The true WWII story of Audie Murphy, the most decorated soldier in U.S. history. Based on the autobi...
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A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story
A group of unknowns noticed that a legendary actress had no star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame....
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In the Presence of Mine Enemies
Rod Serling's teleplay depicting the struggles of Jews living in the Warsaw Ghetto in the months bef...
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