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