Jan Sterling
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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
Credits
The High and the Mighty (1954)
as Sally McKee
Ace in the Hole (1951)
as Lorraine
The Harder They Fall (1956)
as Beth Willis
1984 (1956)
as Julia of the Outer Party
The Incident (1967)
as Muriel Purvis
Pony Express (1953)
as Denny Russell
Caged (1950)
as Gita "Smoochie" Kovsky
The Vanquished (1953)
as Rose Slater
Mystery Street (1950)
as Vivian Heldon
Johnny Belinda (1948)
as Stella McCormick
Union Station (1950)
as Marge Wrighter
Appointment with Danger (1950)
as Dodie
Man with the Gun (1955)
as Nelly Bain
Dangerous Company (1982)
as Ray's Mother
The Female Animal (1958)
as Lily Frayne
Tycoon (1947)
as Dancer at Fiesta (uncredited)
Flesh and Fury (1952)
as Sonya Bartow
First Monday in October (1981)
as Christine Snow
Women's Prison (1955)
as Brenda Martin
High School Confidential! (1958)
as Arlene Williams
Female on the Beach (1955)
as Amy Rawlinson
The Minx (1969)
as Louise Baxter
American in Paris (1964)
as Gloria Miles
Rhubarb (1951)
as Polly Sickles
The Costume Designer (1950)
as Self (archive footage)
The Mating Season (1951)
as Betsy
Slaughter on 10th Avenue (1957)
as Madge Pitts
My Kidnapper, My Love (1980)
as Letty Fairlain
Alaska Seas (1954)
as Nicky Jackson
The Skipper Surprised His Wife (1950)
as Rita Rossini
Having Babies (1976)
as Mrs. Fontreil
The Human Jungle (1954)
as Mary Abbott
Split Second (1953)
as Dorothy 'Dottie' Vale
Sky Full of Moon (1952)
as Dixie Delmar
The Angry Breed (1968)
as Gloria Patton
Kathy O' (1958)
as Celeste Saunders
Return from the Sea (1954)
as Frieda
Sammy Somebody (1976)
Actor
Gunfire (1950)
as Flo
Love in a Goldfish Bowl (1961)
as Sandra Slide
Clipper Ship (1957)
as Helen Ott