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  • BIRTH 03/04/1921
  • DEATH 26/03/2004
  • Country United States
  • SHOWS 8
  • MOVIES 13

Jan Sterling

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.

Jan Sterling

Shows (8)

The Academy Awards
The Academy Awards
Self
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Fran Holland / Wanda Ferlini
Bonanza
Bonanza
Dianne Jordan
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Beatrice Bartel
The Name of the Game
The Name of the Game
Elsa Roarke
Three's Company
Three's Company
Judge Sheffield
General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater
Gloria Miles
Burke's Law
Burke's Law
Devora Cato / Vera Selby

Movies (13)

Man with the Gun
Man with the Gun
Nelly Bain
1984
1984
Julia of the Outer Party
Pony Express
Pony Express
Denny Russell
Ace in the Hole
Ace in the Hole
Lorraine
The Vanquished
The Vanquished
Rose Slater
Union Station
Union Station
Marge Wrighter
High School Confidential!
High School Confidential!
Arlene Williams
Rhubarb
Rhubarb
Polly Sickles
Johnny Belinda
Johnny Belinda
Stella McCormick
The High and the Mighty
The High and the Mighty
Sally McKee
Caged
Caged
Jeta "Smoochie" Kovsky
The Harder They Fall
The Harder They Fall
Beth Willis
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
Madge Pitts