Jan Sterling
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.
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
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Sammy Somebody
1976
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