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Susan Kohner

1936 - Today

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Susanna "Susan" Kohner (born November 11, 1936) is an American actress who worked in film and television. She played Sarah Jane, a young African-American woman attempting to "pass" as white, in Imitation of Life (1959), for which she was nominated for an Oscar as Best Supporting Actress. She won two Golden Globe awards for her performance. Kohner married menswear designer and writer John Weitz in 1964. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2024). Susan Kohner is the 4,293rd most popular actor (up from 4,874th in 2024), the 6,837th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,139th in 2019) and the 1,974th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Susan Kohner ranks 4,293 out of 13,578. Before her are Vondie Curtis-Hall, Claudia Wells, Yevgeny Yevstigneyev, Glória Pires, Derek Luke, and Wolf Kahler. After her are John Hawkes, Nadine Labaki, Hippolyte Girardot, Rooney Mara, Nia Vardalos, and Shea Whigham.

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Among people born in 1936, Susan Kohner ranks 358. Before her are Susana Duijm, Carl Icahn, Juan Santisteban, Nahum Stelmach, David Suzuki, and Néstor Gonçalves. After her are Carol Morris, Abdelhamid Brahimi, Michał Heller, Ruth Buzzi, Vladimir Bagirov, and Art Metrano.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Susan Kohner ranks 6,840 out of 20,380. Before her are Mark Lanegan (1964), Bob Kiesel (1911), Tom Verlaine (1949), Bill Lawrence (1968), Fat Lever (1960), Derek Luke (1974), and John Jacob Abel (1857). After her are Bob Falkenburg (1926), Eva Angelina (1985), John Hawkes (1959), Joan Wallach Scott (1941), and Rooney Mara (1985).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Susan Kohner ranks 1,975. Before her are Barbara La Marr (1896), Ken Jeong (1969), George Eads (1967), Janet Margolin (1943), Vondie Curtis-Hall (1950), and Derek Luke (1974). After her are John Hawkes (1959), Rooney Mara (1985), Shea Whigham (1969), Buddy Ebsen (1908), Linda Cardellini (1975), and Bellamy Young (1970).

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