Jan Sterling
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 3, 1921
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- March 26, 2004
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.
Movies with Jan Sterling
- Ace in the Hole 1951 · ★ 7.9
- The Harder They Fall 1956 · ★ 7.2
- 1984 1956 · ★ 6.5
- Caged 1950 · ★ 7.1
- The High and the Mighty 1954 · ★ 5.9
- The Incident 1967 · ★ 7.4
- Johnny Belinda 1948 · ★ 6.9
- Mystery Street 1950 · ★ 6.8
- Man with the Gun 1955 · ★ 6.1
- Union Station 1950 · ★ 6.5
- Female on the Beach 1955 · ★ 5.7
- Appointment with Danger 1950 · ★ 5.7
- Split Second 1953 · ★ 6.4
- First Monday in October 1981 · ★ 6.2
- The Mating Season 1951 · ★ 6.5
- Pony Express 1953 · ★ 5.8
- High School Confidential! 1958 · ★ 5.6
- Tycoon 1947 · ★ 5.6
- Women's Prison 1955 · ★ 5.8
- The Female Animal 1958 · ★ 6.0
- The Vanquished 1953 · ★ 4.9
- The Human Jungle 1954 · ★ 5.6
- Flesh and Fury 1952 · ★ 6.5
- Rhubarb 1951 · ★ 5.8
- Slaughter on 10th Avenue 1957 · ★ 5.8
- Alaska Seas 1954 · ★ 6.7
- The Minx 1969 · ★ 3.2
- The Angry Breed 1968 · ★ 5.2
- The Skipper Surprised His Wife 1950 · ★ 5.2
- Sky Full of Moon 1952 · ★ 6.0
- Return from the Sea 1954 · ★ 6.0
- Dangerous Company 1982 · ★ 6.0
- Love in a Goldfish Bowl 1961 · ★ 5.5
- Kathy O' 1958 · ★ 10.0
- Gunfire 1950 · ★ 7.0
- My Kidnapper, My Love 1980 · ★ 7.5
- Having Babies 1976 · ★ 8.0
- Sammy Somebody 1976 · ★ 8.0
- The Costume Designer 1950 · ★ 10.0
- American in Paris 1964 · ★ 8.0