Jan Sterling
Acting
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
1982Dangerous Company
Ray's Mother
1981First Monday in October
Christine Snow
1980My Kidnapper, My Love
Letty Fairlain
1976Having Babies
Mrs. Fontreil
1969The Minx
Louise Baxter
1968The Angry Breed
Gloria Patton
1967The Incident
Muriel Purvis
1964American in Paris
Gloria Miles
1961Love in a Goldfish Bowl
Sandra Slide
1958High School Confidential!
Arlene Williams
1958The Female Animal
Lily Frayne
1958Kathy O'
Celeste Saunders
1957Slaughter on 10th Avenue
Madge Pitts
1957Clipper Ship
Helen Ott
19561984
Julia of the Outer Party
1956The Harder They Fall
Beth Willis
1955Women's Prison
Brenda Martin
1955Man with the Gun
Nelly Bain
1955Female on the Beach
Amy Rawlinson
1954The Human Jungle
Mary Abbott
1954The High and the Mighty
Sally McKee
1954Alaska Seas
Nicky Jackson
1954Return from the Sea
Frieda
1953Split Second
Dorothy 'Dottie' Vale