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