Jan Sterling
🎭 Actor

Jan Sterling

🎂 Born 3 April 1921 (age 82)✝ 26 March 2004📍 New York City, New York, USA
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Popularity Score
40
Acting Credits

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.

Known For

Ace in the Hole
★ 7.8
Ace in the Hole
1951
Lorraine
The Harder They Fall
★ 7.2
The Harder They Fall
1956
Beth Willis
1984
★ 6.5
1984
1956
Julia of the Outer Party
The High and the Mighty
★ 5.9
The High and the Mighty
1954
Sally McKee

Full Filmography(40 films)

YearTitleRating
1951Ace in the Hole★ 7.81956The Harder They Fall★ 7.219561984★ 6.51954The High and the Mighty★ 5.91953Pony Express★ 5.81950Caged★ 7.11955Female on the Beach★ 5.71950Mystery Street★ 6.81950Union Station★ 6.51967The Incident★ 7.41948Johnny Belinda★ 6.81947Tycoon★ 5.61955Man with the Gun★ 6.11958The Female Animal★ 6.01953Split Second★ 6.41981First Monday in October★ 6.21958Kathy O'★ 10.01950Appointment with Danger★ 5.71982Dangerous Company★ 6.01957Slaughter on 10th Avenue★ 5.81955Women's Prison★ 5.81951The Mating Season★ 6.61953The Vanquished★ 4.91954Alaska Seas★ 6.71952Flesh and Fury★ 6.61951Rhubarb★ 5.81958High School Confidential!★ 5.51952Sky Full of Moon★ 6.01950The Costume Designer★ 10.01969The Minx★ 3.21976Having Babies★ 8.01950The Skipper Surprised His Wife★ 5.31964American in Paris★ 8.01954The Human Jungle★ 5.61954Return from the Sea★ 6.01968The Angry Breed★ 5.21980My Kidnapper, My Love★ 7.51957Clipper Ship—1961Love in a Goldfish Bowl★ 5.51950Gunfire★ 7.0
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