Awards & Winners

Susan Kohner

Date of Birth 11-November-1936
Place of Birth Los Angeles
(Southern California, Los Angeles County, United States of America, California)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Susanna Kohner
Profession Actor
Susan Kohner is an American actress who worked in film and television. She is best known for her role as Sarah Jane in Imitation of Life, for which she was nominated for an Oscar and won two Golden Globe awards. She played an African-American woman who passed for white as a young adult. After Kohner married in 1964, she retired from acting to devote time to her family. Her two sons, Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz, are both film directors, screenwriters and sometime actors.

Awards by Susan Kohner

Check all the awards nominated and won by Susan Kohner.

1963


Nominations 1963 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Freud: The Secret Passion

1960


Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
Honored for : Imitation of Life

Nominations 1960 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Imitation of Life

1959


Golden Globe Award for Best New Star of the Year – Actress
Honored for : The Gene Krupa Story

Nominations 1959 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role Imitation of Life
Role: Sarah Jane (age 18)
Golden Globe Award for Best New Star of the Year – Actress The Gene Krupa Story