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.
Acting (40 movies)
1984
1956
Ace in the Hole
1951
Split Second
1953
Appointment with Danger
1950
Women's Prison
1955
Man with the Gun
1955
The Harder They Fall
1956
Rhubarb
1951
Caged
1950
High School Confidential!
1958
Pony Express
1953
The Human Jungle
1954
The Vanquished
1953
Union Station
1950
Johnny Belinda
1948
Female on the Beach
1955
The Incident
1967
The High and the Mighty
1954
Mystery Street
1950
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
1957
Flesh and Fury
1952
Love in a Goldfish Bowl
1961
Alaska Seas
1954
Sky Full of Moon
1952
The Angry Breed
1968
The Female Animal
1958
Kathy O'
1958
First Monday in October
1981
The Mating Season
1951
The Minx
1969
Gunfire
1950
My Kidnapper, My Love
1980
The Skipper Surprised His Wife
1950
Return from the Sea
1954
Dangerous Company
1982
The Costume Designer
1950
Having Babies
1976
American in Paris
1964
Tycoon
1947
Clipper Ship
1957
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