Jan Sterling
Acting
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.
Notable Works
Prominent titles featuring Jan Sterling
Caged
1950
Filmography
Acting (41)
1982
Dangerous Companyas Ray's Mother
6.0
1981
First Monday in Octoberas Christine Snow
6.2
1980
My Kidnapper, My Loveas Letty Fairlain
7.5
1976
Having Babiesas Mrs. Fontreil
8.0
1976
8.0
1969
The Minxas Louise Baxter
3.2
1968
The Angry Breedas Gloria Patton
5.2
1967
The Incidentas Muriel Purvis
7.4
1964
American in Parisas Gloria Miles
8.0
1961
Love in a Goldfish Bowlas Sandra Slide
5.5
1958
Kathy O'as Celeste Saunders
10.0
1958
High School Confidential!as Arlene Williams
5.6
1958
The Female Animalas Lily Frayne
6.0
1957
Slaughter on 10th Avenueas Madge Pitts
5.8
1957
Clipper Shipas Helen Ott
1956
The Harder They Fallas Beth Willis
7.2
1956
1984as Julia of the Outer Party
6.5
1955
Man with the Gunas Nelly Bain
6.1
1955
Female on the Beachas Amy Rawlinson
5.7
1955
Women's Prisonas Brenda Martin
5.8
1954
The Human Jungleas Mary Abbott
5.6
1954
Return from the Seaas Frieda
6.0
1954
The High and the Mightyas Sally McKee
5.9
1954
Alaska Seasas Nicky Jackson
6.7
1953
Pony Expressas Denny Russell
5.8
1953
The Vanquishedas Rose Slater
4.9
1953
Split Secondas Dorothy 'Dottie' Vale
6.4
1952
Sky Full of Moonas Dixie Delmar
6.0
1952
Flesh and Furyas Sonya Bartow
6.5
1951
Rhubarbas Polly Sickles
5.8
1951
Ace in the Holeas Lorraine
7.8
1951
The Mating Seasonas Betsy
6.6
1950
Union Stationas Marge Wrighter
6.5
1950
Gunfireas Flo
7.0
1950
The Costume Designeras Self (archive footage)
10.0
1950
The Skipper Surprised His Wifeas Rita Rossini
5.3
1950
Mystery Streetas Vivian Heldon
6.8
1950
Cagedas Gita "Smoochie" Kovsky
7.1
1950
Appointment with Dangeras Dodie
5.7
1948
Johnny Belindaas Stella McCormick
6.9
1947
Tycoonas Dancer at Fiesta (uncredited)
5.6