Jan Sterling
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
Acting
Place of birth
New York City, New York, USA
Birthday
April 1921
1984
6.553
Ace in the Hole
7.848
Split Second
6.333
Appointment with Danger
5.667
Women's Prison
5.789
Man with the Gun
6.179
The Harder They Fall
7.159
Rhubarb
5.833
Caged
7.115
High School Confidential!
5.5
Pony Express
5.722
The Human Jungle
5.5
The Vanquished
4.857
Union Station
6.5
Johnny Belinda
6.833
Female on the Beach
5.7
The Incident
7.357
The High and the Mighty
5.94
Mystery Street
6.75
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
5.778
Flesh and Fury
6.556
Love in a Goldfish Bowl
5.5
Alaska Seas
6.667
Sky Full of Moon
6
The Angry Breed
5.2
The Female Animal
6.031
Kathy O'
10
First Monday in October
6.155
The Mating Season
6.643
The Minx
3.167
Gunfire
7
My Kidnapper, My Love
7.5
The Skipper Surprised His Wife
5.25
Sammy Somebody
8
Return from the Sea
6
Dangerous Company
6
The Costume Designer
10
Having Babies
8
American in Paris
8
Tycoon
5.553
Clipper Ship
0