Jan Sterling
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 3, 1921
- Died
- March 26, 2004
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
Dangerous Company 1982
as Ray's Mother
First Monday in October 1981
as Christine Snow
My Kidnapper, My Love 1980
as Letty Fairlain
Having Babies 1976
as Mrs. Fontreil
- Sammy Somebody
Sammy Somebody 1976
Actor
The Minx 1969
as Louise Baxter
The Angry Breed 1968
as Gloria Patton
The Incident 1967
as Muriel Purvis
American in Paris 1964
as Gloria Miles
Love in a Goldfish Bowl 1961
as Sandra Slide
Kathy O' 1958
as Celeste Saunders
High School Confidential! 1958
as Arlene Williams
The Female Animal 1958
as Lily Frayne
Slaughter on 10th Avenue 1957
as Madge Pitts
Clipper Ship 1957
as Helen Ott
The Harder They Fall 1956
as Beth Willis
1984 1956
as Julia of the Outer Party
Man with the Gun 1955
as Nelly Bain
Female on the Beach 1955
as Amy Rawlinson
Women's Prison 1955
as Brenda Martin
The Human Jungle 1954
as Mary Abbott
Return from the Sea 1954
as Frieda
The High and the Mighty 1954
as Sally McKee
Alaska Seas 1954
as Nicky Jackson
Pony Express 1953
as Denny Russell
The Vanquished 1953
as Rose Slater
Split Second 1953
as Dorothy 'Dottie' Vale
Sky Full of Moon 1952
as Dixie Delmar
Flesh and Fury 1952
as Sonya Bartow
Rhubarb 1951
as Polly Sickles
Ace in the Hole 1951
as Lorraine
The Mating Season 1951
as Betsy
Union Station 1950
as Marge Wrighter
Gunfire 1950
as Flo
The Costume Designer 1950
as Self (archive footage)
The Skipper Surprised His Wife 1950
as Rita Rossini
Mystery Street 1950
as Vivian Heldon
Caged 1950
as Gita "Smoochie" Kovsky
Appointment with Danger 1950
as Dodie
Johnny Belinda 1948
as Stella McCormick
Tycoon 1947
as Dancer at Fiesta (uncredited)
Credits from TMDB.