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Susanna "Susan" Kohner is an American former actress who worked in film and television. She is best known for her role as Sarah Jane in Imitation of Life (1959), for which she was nominated for an Oscar and won a Golden Globe award. She played a light-skinned black woman who "passed" for white as a child and young adult.
Birth Name
Susanna Kohner
Born
Wednesday, 11 November 1936
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story | Self | 2022 |
| Temple Houston | Ellena Romolo | 1963 |
| Channing | Rena Covic | 1963 |
| Girl Talk | Self | 1963 |
| Freud | Martha Freud | 1962 |
| Going My Way | Elaine Brady | 1962 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Herself | 1962 |
| The Doctors and the Nurses | Terry Collins | 1962 |
| The Dick Powell Theatre | Miriam Marks | 1961 |
| By Love Possessed | Helen Detweiler | 1961 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story | Self | 2022 |
| Temple Houston | Ellena Romolo | 1963 |
| Channing | Rena Covic | 1963 |
| Girl Talk | Self | 1963 |
| Freud | Martha Freud | 1962 |
| Going My Way | Elaine Brady | 1962 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Herself | 1962 |
| The Doctors and the Nurses | Terry Collins | 1962 |
| The Dick Powell Theatre | Miriam Marks | 1961 |
| By Love Possessed | Helen Detweiler | 1961 |
| Route 66 | Midge Pierrepont / Katy Webster | 1960 |
| Hong Kong | Elena | 1960 |
| Here's Hollywood | Self | 1960 |
| Checkmate | Vicki Angelo | 1960 |
| All the Fine Young Cannibals | Catherine McDowall | 1960 |
| The Gene Krupa Story | Ethel Maguire | 1959 |
| The DuPont Show with June Allyson | Clare Anderson | 1959 |
| The Big Fisherman | Princess Fara / Fara | 1959 |
| Imitation of Life | Sarah Jane (18) | 1959 |
| Rawhide | Abbie Bartlett | 1959 |
| Suspicion | Gina | 1957 |
| Wagon Train | Mokai | 1957 |
| Dino | Shirley | 1957 |
| Trooper Hook | Consuela | 1957 |
| Playhouse 90 | Rachel Heller | 1956 |
| The Last Wagon | Jolie Normand | 1956 |
| Matinee Theatre | Joanna Marshall | 1955 |
| The Alcoa Hour | Joanna | 1955 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Therese | 1955 |
| To Hell and Back | Maria | 1955 |
| Climax! | (segment "Child of the Wind") | 1954 |
| Four Star Playhouse | Anita | 1952 |
| Schlitz Playhouse | Angela O'Neill / Lynn Howell | 1951 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1963 | Golden Globe | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated |
| 1960 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
| 1960 | Golden Globe | Best Supporting Actress | Won |
| 1959 | Golden Globe | Most Promising Newcomer - Female | Won |
