JAN STERLING

Jan Sterling
Jan Sterling
Gender: Female
Known for: Acting
Birthday: April 3, 1921
Deathday: March 26, 2004
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.

Filmography

Starring

Ray's Mother
Christine Snow
Letty Fairlain
Judge Sheffield
Mrs. Fontreil
1972·
Kung Fu
Mary Jenkins
Florence Brent
1969·
The Minx
Louise Baxter
Elsa Roarke
Gloria Patton
1967·
Mannix
Anne Marion
Muriel Purvis
Clara Mallory
Gloria Miles
Vera Selby, Devora Cato
Mary Beth Stanton
Beatrice Bartel
Sandra Slide
1959·
Bonanza
Dianne Jordan
1959·
Riverboat
Lorna Langton
Topaz Harmony
Myrtle Tiloff
1958·
Kathy O'
Celeste Saunders
Lily Frayne
Arlene Williams
1957·
Suspicion
Georgiana
Madge Pitts
Beth Willis
1956·
1984
Julia of the Outer Party
Wanda Ferlini, Fran Holland
Amy Rawlinson
Nelly Bain
Brenda Martin
1954·
Climax!
Audrey Caldwell, Dinah Lake
Nicky Jackson
Sally McKee
Mary Abbott
Self
Gloria Miles
Rose Slater
Denny Russell
Dorothy 'Dottie' Vale
Dixie Delmar
Sonya Bartow
1951·
Rhubarb
Polly Sickles
Lorraine
Maggie, Mary Ford, Julia, Chris Hunter, Lee
Self (archive footage)
1950·
Gunfire
Flo
Vivian Heldon
Marge Wrighter
1950·
Caged
Jeta "Smoochie" Kovsky
Stella McCormick
1947·
Tycoon
Dancer at Fiesta (uncredited)