Jan Sterling
Known for: Acting
Born: April 2, 1921 in New York City, New York, USA - Died: March 25, 2004
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
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1984
Julia of the Outer Party
Ace in the Hole
Lorraine
Split Second
Dorothy 'Dottie' Vale
Appointment with Danger
Dodie
Women's Prison
Brenda Martin
Man with the Gun
Nelly Bain
The Harder They Fall
Beth Willis
Rhubarb
Polly Sickles
Caged
Gita "Smoochie" Kovsky
High School Confidential!
Arlene Williams
Pony Express
Denny Russell
The Human Jungle
Mary Abbott
The Vanquished
Rose Slater
Union Station
Marge Wrighter
Johnny Belinda
Stella McCormick
Female on the Beach
Amy Rawlinson
The Incident
Muriel Purvis
The High and the Mighty
Sally McKee
Mystery Street
Vivian Heldon
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
Madge Pitts
Flesh and Fury
Sonya Bartow
Love in a Goldfish Bowl
Sandra Slide
Alaska Seas
Nicky Jackson
Sky Full of Moon
Dixie Delmar