Jan Sterling
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 3 April 1921 · New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- 26 March 2004
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
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- 1982Dangerous Company as Ray's Mother
- 1981First Monday in October as Christine Snow
- 1980My Kidnapper, My Love as Letty Fairlain
- 1976Having Babies as Mrs. Fontreil
- 1976Sammy Somebody
- 1969The Minx as Louise Baxter
- 1968The Angry Breed as Gloria Patton
- 1967The Incident as Muriel Purvis
- 1964American in Paris as Gloria Miles
- 1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self · 1 episode
- 1961Love in a Goldfish Bowl as Sandra Slide
- 1958Kathy O' as Celeste Saunders
- 1958High School Confidential! as Arlene Williams
- 1958The Female Animal as Lily Frayne
- 1957Slaughter on Tenth Avenue as Madge Pitts
- 1957Slaughter on 10th Avenue as Madge Pitts
- 1957Clipper Ship as Helen Ott
- 1956The Harder They Fall as Beth Willis
- 19561984 as Julia of the Outer Party
- 1955Man with the Gun as Nelly Bain
- 1955Female on the Beach as Amy Rawlinson
- 1955Women's Prison as Brenda Martin
- 1954The Human Jungle as Mary Abbott
- 1954Return from the Sea as Frieda
- 1954The High and the Mighty as Sally McKee
- 1954Alaska Seas as Nicky Jackson
- 1953Pony Express as Denny Russell
- 1953The Vanquished as Rose Slater
- 1953Split Second as Dorothy 'Dottie' Vale
- 1952Sky Full of Moon as Dixie Delmar
- 1952Flesh and Fury as Sonya Bartow
- 1951Rhubarb as Polly Sickles
- 1951Ace in the Hole as Lorraine
- 1951The Mating Season as Betsy
- 1950Union Station as Marge Wrighter
- 1950Gunfire as Flo
- 1950The Costume Designer as Self (archive footage)
- 1950The Skipper Surprised His Wife as Rita Rossini
- 1950Mystery Street as Vivian Heldon
- 1950Caged as Gita "Smoochie" Kovsky
- 1950Appointment with Danger as Dodie
- 1948Johnny Belinda as Stella McCormick
- 1947Tycoon as Dancer at Fiesta (uncredited)