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American actress

Susanna "Susan" Kohner (born November 11, 1936)^[1] is an American actress who worked in film and television. She played Sarah Jane, a young African-American woman, in Imitation of Life (1959), for which she was nominated for an Oscar as Best Supporting Actress.^[2] She won two Golden Globe awards for her performance.^[3]

Kohner married menswear designer and writer John Weitz in 1964.

Their two sons, Paul Weitz and Chris Weitz, both became film directors and producers, screenwriters, and occasional actors.^[4]

Early life

Kohner was born in Los Angeles, California, daughter of Lupita Tovar, a Mexican-born actress who had a career in Hollywood, and Paul Kohner, a film producer who was born in Bohemia, Austria-Hungary.^[5] Her mother was Roman Catholic, and of Irish and Mexican descent; her father was Bohemian Jewish.^[6][7][8][9]

Career

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