Jan Sterling
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1921-04-03 (83 years old)
Deathday
2004-03-26
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also known As
Jane Sterling Adriance
Jane Adriance
Jane Sterling
Jane Darian
Jane Adrian
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.
Acting
1956
as Julia of the Outer Party
1951
as Lorraine
1953
as Dorothy 'Dottie' Vale
1950
as Dodie
1955
as Brenda Martin
1955
as Nelly Bain
1956
as Beth Willis
1951
as Polly Sickles
1950
as Jeta "Smoochie" Kovsky
1953
as Denny Russell
1958
as Arlene Williams
1954
as Mary Abbott
1950
as Marge Wrighter
1953
as Rose Slater
1948
as Stella McCormick
1955
as Amy Rawlinson
1967
as Muriel Purvis
1954
as Sally McKee
1950
as Vivian Heldon
1957
as Madge Pitts
1952
as Sonya Bartow
1961
as Sandra Slide
1954
as Nicky Jackson
1952
as Dixie Delmar
1968
as Gloria Patton
1958
as Lily Frayne
1958
as Celeste Saunders
1981
as Christine Snow
1951
as Betsy
1969
as Louise Baxter
1950
as Flo
1980
as Letty Fairlain
1950
as Rita Rossini
1976
1954
as Frieda
1982
as Ray's Mother
1950
as Self (archive footage)
1976
as Mrs. Fontreil
1964
as Gloria Miles
1947
as Dancer at Fiesta (uncredited)
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