Birthday: 1921-04-03
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
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.
1984
Julia of the Outer Party
6.5
Ace in the Hole
Lorraine
7.86
Split Second
Dorothy 'Dottie' Vale
6.2
Appointment with Danger
Dodie
5.6
Women's Prison
Brenda Martin
5.7
Man with the Gun
Nelly Bain
6.2
The Harder They Fall
Beth Willis
7.1
Rhubarb
Polly Sickles
5.313
Caged
Jeta "Smoochie" Kovsky
7.1
Pony Express
Denny Russell
5.6
High School Confidential!
Arlene Williams
5.7
The Human Jungle
Mary Abbott
5.3
Union Station
Marge Wrighter
6.417
The Vanquished
Rose Slater
4.6
Johnny Belinda
Stella McCormick
6.836
Female on the Beach
Amy Rawlinson
5.742
The Incident
Muriel Purvis
7.3
The High and the Mighty
Sally McKee
5.961
Mystery Street
Vivian Heldon
6.7
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
Madge Pitts
5.4
Flesh and Fury
Sonya Bartow
6.125
Love in a Goldfish Bowl
Sandra Slide
2
Alaska Seas
Nicky Jackson
6.2
Sky Full of Moon
Dixie Delmar
5.5
The Angry Breed
Gloria Patton
4.5
The Female Animal
Lily Frayne
5.654
Kathy O'
Celeste Saunders
10
First Monday in October
Christine Snow
6.25
The Mating Season
Betsy
6.556
The Minx
Louise Baxter
2
Gunfire
Flo
5
My Kidnapper, My Love
Letty Fairlain
6
The Skipper Surprised His Wife
Rita Rossini
4.7
Sammy Somebody
Character:
0
Return from the Sea
Frieda
4.5
Dangerous Company
Ray's Mother
6
The Costume Designer
Self (archive footage)
0
Having Babies
Mrs. Fontreil
6
American in Paris
Gloria Miles
0
Tycoon
Dancer at Fiesta (uncredited)
5.3