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Jan Sterling

Jan Sterling

Birthday: 1921-04-03 | Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1982
Dangerous Company

as    Ray's Mother

1981
First Monday in October

as    Christine Snow

1980
My Kidnapper, My Love

as    Letty Fairlain

1979
Backstairs at the White House

as    Mrs. Lou Hoover

1969
The Minx

as    Louise Baxter

1961
Love in a Goldfish Bowl

as    Sandra Slide

1958
High School Confidential!

as    Arlene Williams

1958
Kathy O'

as    Celeste Saunders

1958
The Female Animal

as    Lily Frayne

1957
Slaughter on 10th Avenue

as    Madge Pitts

1956
The Harder They Fall

as    Beth Willis

1956
1984

as    Julia of the Outer Party

1955
Female on the Beach

as    Amy Rawlinson

1955
Women's Prison

as    Brenda Martin

1955
Man with the Gun

as    Nelly Bain

1954
The Human Jungle

as    Mary Abbott

1954
Alaska Seas

as    Nicky Jackson

1954
The High and the Mighty

as    Sally McKee

1953
Pony Express

as    Denny Russell

1953
Split Second

as    Dorothy 'Dottie' Vale

1953
The Vanquished

as    Rose Slater

1952
Sky Full of Moon

as    Dixie Delmar

1952
Flesh and Fury

as    Sonya Bartow

1951
The Mating Season

as    Betsy

1951
Appointment with Danger

as    Dodie

1951
Ace in the Hole

as    Lorraine

1951
Rhubarb

as    Polly Sickles

1950
Mystery Street

as    Vivian Heldon