Jan Sterling

DOB: 1921-04-03

DOD: 2004-03-26

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.

Starred In

1956
Movie

1984

1951
Movie

Ace in the Hole

1953
Movie

Split Second

1955
Movie

Women's Prison

1955
Movie

Man with the Gun

1951
Movie

Rhubarb

1950
Movie

Caged

1953
Movie

Pony Express

1954
Movie

The Human Jungle

1953
Movie

The Vanquished

1950
Movie

Union Station

1948
Movie

Johnny Belinda

1967
Movie

The Incident

1950
Movie

Mystery Street

1952
Movie

Flesh and Fury

1954
Movie

Alaska Seas

1952
Movie

Sky Full of Moon

1968
Movie

The Angry Breed

1958
Movie

The Female Animal

1958
Movie

Kathy O'

1951
Movie

The Mating Season

1969
Movie

The Minx

1950
Movie

Gunfire

1976
Movie

Sammy Somebody

1982
Movie

Dangerous Company

1976
Movie

Having Babies

1964
Movie

American in Paris

1947
Movie

Tycoon

1963
Tv

Burke's Law

1958
Tv

Naked City

1954
Tv

Climax!

1959
Tv

Riverboat

1953
Tv

The Oscars

1963
Tv

Burke's Law

1967
Tv

Mannix

1959
Tv

Bonanza

1954
Tv

Climax!

1957
Tv

Suspicion

1962
Tv

The Virginian

1972
Tv

Kung Fu