Susan Kohner is nominated for her supporting role as the daughter passing for white in Douglas Sirk's race and class drama "Imitation of Life" (1959). Kohner, born in Los Angeles, is the daughter of ...

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 ...

“I cried when I saw that movie,” Jackson says of the Douglas Sirk sudser that resuscitated the career of Lana Turner after her daughter, Cheryl Crane, stabbed and killed boyfriend-mobster Johnny ...

The 39th USA Film Festival has two queer-interest screenings. On Saturday at 7 p.m., the festival screens Douglas Sirk’s remake of "Imitation of Life" — the 1959 film about racial identity that stars ...

Lupita Tovar, a Mexican-born actress who began her Hollywood career in the silent era and went on to play an imperiled heroine in a racy Spanish-language version of “Dracula” and was once nearly ...