

Jan Sterling
ActorJan 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.
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Dangerous Company
1982
Ray's Mother

First Monday in October
1981
Christine Snow

My Kidnapper, My Love
1980
Letty Fairlain
- Sammy Somebody
Sammy Somebody
1976

Having Babies
1976
Mrs. Fontreil

The Minx
1969
Louise Baxter

The Angry Breed
1968
Gloria Patton

The Incident
1967
Muriel Purvis

American in Paris
1964
Gloria Miles

Love in a Goldfish Bowl
1961
Sandra Slide

High School Confidential!
1958
Arlene Williams

The Female Animal
1958
Lily Frayne

Kathy O'
1958
Celeste Saunders

Slaughter on 10th Avenue
1957
Madge Pitts

Clipper Ship
1957
Helen Ott

1984
1956
Julia of the Outer Party

The Harder They Fall
1956
Beth Willis

Women's Prison
1955
Brenda Martin

Man with the Gun
1955
Nelly Bain

Female on the Beach
1955
Amy Rawlinson

The Human Jungle
1954
Mary Abbott

The High and the Mighty
1954
Sally McKee

Alaska Seas
1954
Nicky Jackson

Return from the Sea
1954
Frieda

Split Second
1953
Dorothy 'Dottie' Vale

Pony Express
1953
Denny Russell

The Vanquished
1953
Rose Slater

Flesh and Fury
1952
Sonya Bartow

Sky Full of Moon
1952
Dixie Delmar

Ace in the Hole
1951
Lorraine

Rhubarb
1951
Polly Sickles

The Mating Season
1951
Betsy

Appointment with Danger
1950
Dodie

Caged
1950
Gita "Smoochie" Kovsky

Union Station
1950
Marge Wrighter

Mystery Street
1950
Vivian Heldon

Gunfire
1950
Flo

The Skipper Surprised His Wife
1950
Rita Rossini

The Costume Designer
1950
Self (archive footage)

Johnny Belinda
1948
Stella McCormick

Tycoon
1947
Dancer at Fiesta (uncredited)





