Paul Kohner
| Paul Kohner | |
|---|---|
| Born |
May 29, 1902 Teplitz-Schönau, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | March 16, 1988 (aged 85) Los Angeles, California US |
| Citizenship | American |
| Occupation | Producer Talent agent |
| Years active | 1927-1988 |
| Spouse(s) | Lupita Tovar |
| Children | Pancho Kohner Susan Kohner |
| Parent(s) | Julius Kohner Helene Kohner |
| Relatives |
Frederick Kohner (brother) Kathy Kohner-Zuckerman (niece) Walter Kohner (brother) John Weitz (son-in-law) Paul Weitz (grandson) Chris Weitz (grandson) |
Paul Kohner (May 29, 1902 – March 16, 1988) was an Austrian-American talent agent and producer who managed the careers of many stars—like Ingmar Bergman, Maurice Chevalier, Marlene Dietrich, Greta Garbo, John Huston, Liv Ullmann and Billy Wilder—of the golden age of Hollywood, especially those who came from Europe before World War II. He was married to the Mexican-American actress, Lupita Tovar. His brother was Frederick Kohner, a novelist and screenwriter, his daughter was the actress Susan Kohner. His grandsons are the filmmakers, Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz.
Kohner was born in Teplitz-Schönau, Austria-Hungary (now Teplice, Czech Republic), which at the time of his birth was called Teplitz-Schönau through the merger of two towns, Teplitz and Lázně Šanov (Schönau). It was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, in what is now modern-day Czechoslovakia. His father was Julius "Kino" Kohner, who managed the local movie theater and published a film industry newspaper, and his mother was Helene Kohner (née Beamt). He had two brothers, Friedrich "Frederick" Kohner, a film and TV writer who created the character Gidget (based on his daughter, Kathy), and Walter Kohner, a Hollywood agent whose wife, Hanna Kohner, in May 1953, was the first non-celebrity featured on the TV show, This Is Your Life, where she was the first Holocaust survivor to talk about her experience in concentration and death camps during the Holocaust on television.
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