Actor
Jan Sterling
105 years · New York City, New York, USA · 40 films
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.
Best known for
Filmography 40
Dangerous Company
1982 · Ray's Mother
First Monday in October
1981 · Christine Snow
On Hoopla
My Kidnapper, My Love
1980 · Letty Fairlain
Having Babies
1976 · Mrs. Fontreil
The Minx
1969 · Louise Baxter
The Angry Breed
1968 · Gloria Patton
On Fawesome
The Incident
1967 · Muriel Purvis
American in Paris
1964 · Gloria Miles
Love in a Goldfish Bowl
1961 · Sandra Slide
Kathy O'
1958 · Celeste Saunders
High School Confidential!
1958 · Arlene Williams
The Female Animal
1958 · Lily Frayne
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
1957 · Madge Pitts
Clipper Ship
1957 · Helen Ott
The Harder They Fall
1956 · Beth Willis
On Fawesome
1984
1956 · Julia of the Outer Party
On Plex
Man with the Gun
1955 · Nelly Bain
On Mometu
Female on the Beach
1955 · Amy Rawlinson
On Mometu
Women's Prison
1955 · Brenda Martin
On Filmtap
The Human Jungle
1954 · Mary Abbott
Return from the Sea
1954 · Frieda
The High and the Mighty
1954 · Sally McKee
On YouTube TV
Alaska Seas
1954 · Nicky Jackson
Pony Express
1953 · Denny Russell