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