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