Jan Sterling
Born:4/3/1921•Died:3/26/2004
Place of Birth:New York City, New York, USA
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.
Filmography
Dangerous Company
19826.0
First Monday in October
19816.3
My Kidnapper, My Love
19806.0
Having Babies
19766.0
Sammy Somebody
19760.0
The Minx
19692.3
The Angry Breed
19684.5
The Incident
19677.3
American in Paris
19640.0
Love in a Goldfish Bowl
19612.0
Kathy O'
195810.0
High School Confidential!
19585.7
The Female Animal
19585.6
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
19575.4
The Harder They Fall
19567.1
1984
19566.5
Man with the Gun
19556.2
Female on the Beach
19555.7
Women's Prison
19555.7
The Human Jungle
19545.3
Return from the Sea
19544.5
The High and the Mighty
19545.9
Alaska Seas
19546.2
Pony Express
19535.6
The Vanquished
19534.6
Split Second
19536.2
Sky Full of Moon
19525.5
Flesh and Fury
19526.1
Rhubarb
19515.5
Ace in the Hole
19517.9
The Mating Season
19516.5
Union Station
19506.4
Gunfire
19505.0
The Costume Designer
19500.0
The Skipper Surprised His Wife
19504.7
Mystery Street
19506.8
Caged
19507.1
Appointment with Danger
19505.6
Johnny Belinda
19486.8
Tycoon
19475.3