Jan Sterling

Jan Sterling (82)

1921-04-03 - 2004-03-26 | 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.

On Movies

  • Dangerous Company
  • First Monday in October
  • My Kidnapper, My Love
  • Having Babies
  • Sammy Somebody
  • The Minx
  • The Angry Breed
  • The Incident
  • American in Paris
  • Love in a Goldfish Bowl
  • Kathy O'
  • High School Confidential!
  • The Female Animal
  • Slaughter on 10th Avenue
  • The Harder They Fall
  • 1984
  • Man with the Gun
  • Female on the Beach
  • Women's Prison
  • The Human Jungle
  • Return from the Sea
  • The High and the Mighty
  • Alaska Seas
  • Pony Express
  • The Vanquished
  • Split Second
  • Sky Full of Moon
  • Flesh and Fury
  • Rhubarb
  • Ace in the Hole
  • The Mating Season
  • Union Station
  • Gunfire
  • The Skipper Surprised His Wife
  • Mystery Street
  • Caged
  • Appointment with Danger
  • Johnny Belinda
  • Tycoon

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