Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
April 3, 1921
Place of Birth:
New York City, New York, USA
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Jan Sterling
Biography
Jan Sterling (born Jane Sterling Adriance; April 3, 1921 – March 26, 2004) was an American actress. At her most active in films during the 1950s, she received a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in The High and the Mighty (1954) as well as an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination. Her best performance is often considered to be opposite Kirk Douglas, as the opportunistic wife in Billy Wilder's 1951 Ace in the Hole.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Dangerous Company | Ray's Mother |
| 1981 | First Monday in October | Christine Snow |
| 1980 | My Kidnapper, My Love | Letty Fairlain |
| 1976 | Sammy Somebody | |
| 1976 | Having Babies | Mrs. Fontreil |
| 1969 | The Minx | Louise Baxter |
| 1968 | The Angry Breed | Gloria Patton |
| 1967 | The Incident | Muriel Purvis |
| 1964 | American in Paris | Gloria Miles |
| 1961 | Love in a Goldfish Bowl | Sandra Slide |
| 1958 | High School Confidential! | Arlene Williams |
| 1958 | The Female Animal | Lily Frayne |
| 1958 | Kathy O' | Celeste Saunders |
| 1957 | Slaughter on 10th Avenue | Madge Pitts |
| 1956 | 1984 | Julia of the Outer Party |
| 1956 | The Harder They Fall | Beth Willis |
| 1955 | Women's Prison | Brenda Martin |
| 1955 | Man with the Gun | Nelly Bain |
| 1955 | Female on the Beach | Amy Rawlinson |
| 1954 | The Human Jungle | Mary Abbott |
| 1954 | The High and the Mighty | Sally McKee |
| 1954 | Alaska Seas | Nicky Jackson |
| 1954 | Return from the Sea | Frieda |
| 1953 | Split Second | Dorothy 'Dottie' Vale |
| 1953 | Pony Express | Denny Russell |
| 1953 | The Vanquished | Rose Slater |
| 1952 | Flesh and Fury | Sonya Bartow |
| 1952 | Sky Full of Moon | Dixie Delmar |
| 1951 | Ace in the Hole | Lorraine |
| 1951 | Rhubarb | Polly Sickles |
| 1951 | The Mating Season | Betsy |
| 1950 | Appointment with Danger | Dodie |
| 1950 | Caged | Jeta "Smoochie" Kovsky |
| 1950 | Union Station | Marge Wrighter |
| 1950 | Mystery Street | Vivian Heldon |
| 1950 | Gunfire | Flo |
| 1950 | The Skipper Surprised His Wife | Rita Rossini |
| 1950 | The Costume Designer | Self (archive footage) |
| 1948 | Johnny Belinda | Stella McCormick |
| 1947 | Tycoon | Dancer at Fiesta (uncredited) |