Jan Sterling
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.
Known For
Acting

1956
asJulia of the Outer Party

1951
asLorraine

1953
asDorothy 'Dottie' Vale

1950
asDodie

1955
asBrenda Martin

1955
asNelly Bain

1956
asBeth Willis

1951
asPolly Sickles

1950
asJeta "Smoochie" Kovsky

1958
asArlene Williams

1953
asDenny Russell

1954
asMary Abbott

1953
asRose Slater

1950
asMarge Wrighter

1948
asStella McCormick

1955
asAmy Rawlinson

1967
asMuriel Purvis

1954
asSally McKee

1950
asVivian Heldon

1957
asMadge Pitts

1952
asSonya Bartow

1961
asSandra Slide

1954
asNicky Jackson

1952
asDixie Delmar

1968
asGloria Patton

1958
asLily Frayne

1958
asCeleste Saunders

1981
asChristine Snow

1951
asBetsy

1969
asLouise Baxter

1950
asFlo

1980
asLetty Fairlain

1950
asRita Rossini

1976
as
1954
asFrieda

1982
asRay's Mother

1950
asSelf (archive footage)

1976
asMrs. Fontreil

1964
asGloria Miles

1947
asDancer at Fiesta (uncredited)

1957
asMadge Pitts

1957
asHelen Ott
asDevora Cato
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asMyrtle Tiloff
asJudge Sheffield
asGloria Miles
asLou Hoover
asFran Holland
asClara Mallory
asLee
as
asDinah Lake
asTopaz Harmony
asLorna Langton
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asSelf
as
asLucia
asChris Hunter
asJulia
asMary Ford
asMaggie
asVera Selby
asElsa Roarke
asWanda Ferlini
asAnne Marion
asDianne Jordan
asAudrey Caldwell
asFlorence Brent
asSelf
asGeorgiana
asBeatrice Bartel
asMary Beth Stanton
as
asMary Jenkins
Production
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