People
Jan Sterling
- Name: Jan Sterling
- Birthday: 1921-04-03
- Also known as: Jane Sterling Adriance,Jane Adriance,Jane Sterling,Jane Darian,Jane Adrian
- Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
- Popularity: 0.316
Biography:
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.
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Movies:
| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| Dangerous Company as Ray's Mother | 1982-02-09 |
| First Monday in October as Christine Snow | 1981-08-21 |
| My Kidnapper, My Love as Letty Fairlain | 1980-12-08 |
| Having Babies as Mrs. Fontreil | 1976-10-17 |
| Sammy Somebody | 1976-09-03 |
| The Minx as Louise Baxter | 1969-11-21 |
| The Angry Breed as Gloria Patton | 1968-06-07 |
| The Incident as Muriel Purvis | 1967-11-05 |
| American in Paris as Gloria Miles | 1964-08-03 |
| Love in a Goldfish Bowl as Sandra Slide | 1961-07-12 |
| Kathy O' as Celeste Saunders | 1958-09-24 |
| High School Confidential! as Arlene Williams | 1958-05-30 |
| The Female Animal as Lily Frayne | 1958-01-22 |
| Slaughter on 10th Avenue as Madge Pitts | 1957-09-01 |
| The Harder They Fall as Beth Willis | 1956-05-08 |
| 1984 as Julia of the Outer Party | 1956-03-06 |
| Man with the Gun as Nelly Bain | 1955-11-05 |
| Female on the Beach as Amy Rawlinson | 1955-08-19 |
| Women's Prison as Brenda Martin | 1955-02-01 |
| The Human Jungle as Mary Abbott | 1954-10-03 |
| Return from the Sea as Frieda | 1954-07-28 |
| The High and the Mighty as Sally McKee | 1954-07-03 |
| Alaska Seas as Nicky Jackson | 1954-01-27 |
| Pony Express as Denny Russell | 1953-06-15 |
| The Vanquished as Rose Slater | 1953-06-03 |
| Split Second as Dorothy 'Dottie' Vale | 1953-05-02 |
| Sky Full of Moon as Dixie Delmar | 1952-12-12 |
| Flesh and Fury as Sonya Bartow | 1952-06-26 |
| Rhubarb as Polly Sickles | 1951-08-29 |
| Ace in the Hole as Lorraine | 1951-06-29 |
| The Mating Season as Betsy | 1951-01-12 |
| Union Station as Marge Wrighter | 1950-10-04 |
| Gunfire as Flo | 1950-08-12 |
| The Costume Designer as Self (archive footage) | 1950-07-13 |
| The Skipper Surprised His Wife as Rita Rossini | 1950-06-29 |
| Mystery Street as Vivian Heldon | 1950-06-23 |
| Caged as Jeta "Smoochie" Kovsky | 1950-05-19 |
| Appointment with Danger as Dodie | 1950-03-31 |
| Johnny Belinda as Stella McCormick | 1948-09-14 |
| Tycoon as Dancer at Fiesta (uncredited) | 1947-12-27 |
