Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1921-04-03
Day of Death
2004-03-26
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
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.
Filmography (41)
⭐ 6.0
Role:
Ray's Mother
Dangerous Company
1982
⭐ 6.2
Role:
Christine Snow
First Monday in October
1981
⭐ 7.5
Role:
Letty Fairlain
My Kidnapper, My Love
1980
⭐ 8.0
Role:
Mrs. Fontreil
Having Babies
1976No Image
⭐ 8.0
Role:
Unknown
Sammy Somebody
1976
⭐ 3.2
Role:
Louise Baxter
The Minx
1969
⭐ 5.2
Role:
Gloria Patton
The Angry Breed
1968
⭐ 7.4
Role:
Muriel Purvis
The Incident
1967
⭐ 8.0
Role:
Gloria Miles
American in Paris
1964
⭐ 5.5
Role:
Sandra Slide
Love in a Goldfish Bowl
1961
⭐ 10.0
Role:
Celeste Saunders
Kathy O'
1958
⭐ 5.5
Role:
Arlene Williams
High School Confidential!
1958
⭐ 6.0
Role:
Lily Frayne
The Female Animal
1958
⭐ 5.8
Role:
Madge Pitts
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
1957
⭐ 0
Role:
Helen Ott
