
Place of Birth:
New York City, New York, USA
Date of Birth:
4/3/1921
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.

1984

Ace in the Hole

Split Second

Appointment with Danger

Women's Prison

Man with the Gun

The Harder They Fall

Rhubarb

Caged

High School Confidential!

Pony Express

The Human Jungle

The Vanquished

Union Station

Johnny Belinda

Female on the Beach

The Incident

The High and the Mighty

Mystery Street

Slaughter on 10th Avenue

Flesh and Fury

Love in a Goldfish Bowl

Alaska Seas

Sky Full of Moon

The Angry Breed

The Female Animal

Kathy O'

First Monday in October

The Mating Season

The Minx

Gunfire

My Kidnapper, My Love

The Skipper Surprised His Wife
Sammy Somebody

Return from the Sea

Dangerous Company

The Costume Designer

Having Babies

American in Paris

Tycoon

Clipper Ship