Skip to main content
▶ WHOPLAYSNOW
Jan Sterling

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.

Known for

Dangerous Company
Dangerous Company
1982 • Ray's Mother
First Monday in October
First Monday in October
1981 • Christine Snow
My Kidnapper, My Love
My Kidnapper, My Love
1980 • Letty Fairlain
Having Babies
Having Babies
1976 • Mrs. Fontreil
Sammy Somebody
1976
The Minx
The Minx
1969 • Louise Baxter
The Angry Breed
The Angry Breed
1968 • Gloria Patton
The Incident
The Incident
1967 • Muriel Purvis

Full filmography

Dangerous Company
Dangerous Company
1982 • Ray's Mother
View movie
First Monday in October
First Monday in October
1981 • Christine Snow
View movie
My Kidnapper, My Love
My Kidnapper, My Love
1980 • Letty Fairlain
View movie
Having Babies
Having Babies
1976 • Mrs. Fontreil
View movie
The Minx
The Minx
1969 • Louise Baxter
View movie
The Angry Breed
The Angry Breed
1968 • Gloria Patton
View movie
The Incident
The Incident
1967 • Muriel Purvis
View movie
American in Paris
American in Paris
1964 • Gloria Miles
View movie
Kathy O'
Kathy O'
1958 • Celeste Saunders
View movie
High School Confidential!
High School Confidential!
1958 • Arlene Williams
View movie
The Female Animal
The Female Animal
1958 • Lily Frayne
View movie
Clipper Ship
Clipper Ship
1957 • Helen Ott
View movie
The Harder They Fall
The Harder They Fall
1956 • Beth Willis
View movie
1984
1984
1956 • Julia of the Outer Party
View movie
Man with the Gun
Man with the Gun
1955 • Nelly Bain
View movie
Female on the Beach
Female on the Beach
1955 • Amy Rawlinson
View movie
Women's Prison
Women's Prison
1955 • Brenda Martin
View movie
The Human Jungle
The Human Jungle
1954 • Mary Abbott
View movie
Alaska Seas
Alaska Seas
1954 • Nicky Jackson
View movie
Pony Express
Pony Express
1953 • Denny Russell
View movie
The Vanquished
The Vanquished
1953 • Rose Slater
View movie
Split Second
Split Second
1953 • Dorothy 'Dottie' Vale
View movie
Sky Full of Moon
Sky Full of Moon
1952 • Dixie Delmar
View movie
Flesh and Fury
Flesh and Fury
1952 • Sonya Bartow
View movie
Rhubarb
Rhubarb
1951 • Polly Sickles
View movie
Ace in the Hole
Ace in the Hole
1951 • Lorraine
View movie
Union Station
Union Station
1950 • Marge Wrighter
View movie
Gunfire
Gunfire
1950 • Flo
View movie
The Costume Designer
The Costume Designer
1950 • Self (archive footage)
View movie
Mystery Street
Mystery Street
1950 • Vivian Heldon
View movie
Caged
Caged
1950 • Gita "Smoochie" Kovsky
View movie
Johnny Belinda
Johnny Belinda
1948 • Stella McCormick
View movie
Tycoon
Tycoon
1947 • Dancer at Fiesta (uncredited)
View movie
Jan Sterling – Biography, Known For & Filmography