
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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