Jan Sterling
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1921-04-03
Day of Death
2004-03-26 (82 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
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.
Acting
(1982)
Dangerous Company
as Ray's Mother
(1981)
First Monday in October
as Christine Snow
(1980)
My Kidnapper, My Love
as Letty Fairlain
(1976)
Having Babies
as Mrs. Fontreil
(1976)
(1969)
The Minx
as Louise Baxter
(1968)
The Angry Breed
as Gloria Patton
(1967)
The Incident
as Muriel Purvis
(1964)
American in Paris
as Gloria Miles
(1961)
Love in a Goldfish Bowl
as Sandra Slide
(1958)
The Female Animal
as Lily Frayne
(1958)
Kathy O'
as Celeste Saunders
(1958)
High School Confidential!
as Arlene Williams
(1957)
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
as Madge Pitts
(1956)
1984
as Julia of the Outer Party
(1956)
The Harder They Fall
as Beth Willis
(1955)
Man with the Gun
as Nelly Bain
(1955)
Women's Prison
as Brenda Martin
(1955)
Female on the Beach
as Amy Rawlinson
(1954)
The High and the Mighty
as Sally McKee
(1954)
The Human Jungle
as Mary Abbott
(1954)
Alaska Seas
as Nicky Jackson
(1954)
Return from the Sea
as Frieda
(1953)
Pony Express
as Denny Russell
(1953)
Split Second
as Dorothy 'Dottie' Vale
(1953)
The Vanquished
as Rose Slater
(1952)
Flesh and Fury
as Sonya Bartow
(1952)
Sky Full of Moon
as Dixie Delmar
(1951)
Ace in the Hole
as Lorraine
(1951)
Rhubarb
as Polly Sickles
(1951)
The Mating Season
as Betsy
(1950)
Caged
as Jeta "Smoochie" Kovsky
(1950)
Union Station
as Marge Wrighter
(1950)
Mystery Street
as Vivian Heldon
(1950)
Appointment with Danger
as Dodie
(1950)
Gunfire
as Flo
(1950)
The Costume Designer
as Self (archive footage)
(1950)
The Skipper Surprised His Wife
as Rita Rossini
(1948)
Johnny Belinda
as Stella McCormick
(1947)
Tycoon
as Dancer at Fiesta (uncredited)