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.
Filmography
all 70
Movies 40
TV Shows 30
self 3
Ray's Mother
Dangerous Company (1982)
Movie
Christine Snow
First Monday in October (1981)
Movie
Letty Fairlain
My Kidnapper, My Love (1980)
Movie
Lou Hoover
Backstairs at the White House (1979)
TV
Judge Sheffield
Three's Company (1977)
TV
9
Mrs. Fontreil
Having Babies (1976)
Movie
Actress
Sammy Somebody (1976)
Movie
Louise Baxter
The Minx (1969)
Movie
Florence Brent
Medical Center (1969)
TV
6.17
Elsa Roarke
The Name of the Game (1968)
TV
Gloria Patton
The Angry Breed (1968)
Movie
Muriel Purvis
The Incident (1967)
Movie
Anne Marion
Mannix (1967)
TV
6.38
Clara Mallory
Run for Your Life (1965)
TV
Gloria Miles
American in Paris (1964)
Movie
Devora Cato / Vera Selby
Burke's Law (1963)
TV
6
Beatrice Bartel
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)
TV
5
Mary Beth Stanton
The Virginian (1962)
TV
Sandra Slide
Love in a Goldfish Bowl (1961)
Movie
Topaz Harmony
Adventures in Paradise (1959)
TV
Lorna Langton
Riverboat (1959)
TV
Dianne Jordan
Bonanza (1959)
TV
1
Myrtle Tiloff
Naked City (1958)
TV
Celeste Saunders
Kathy O' (1958)
Movie
Arlene Williams
High School Confidential! (1958)
Movie
6
Lily Frayne
The Female Animal (1958)
Movie
Georgiana
Suspicion (1957)
TV
Madge Pitts
Slaughter on 10th Avenue (1957)
Movie
Beth Willis
The Harder They Fall (1956)
Movie
2
Julia of the Outer Party
1984 (1956)
Movie
6
Nelly Bain
Man with the Gun (1955)
Movie
Fran Holland / Wanda Ferlini
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
TV
4.75
Lil Brown
Celebrity Playhouse (1955)
TV
Amy Rawlinson
Female on the Beach (1955)
Movie
Brenda Martin
Women's Prison (1955)
Movie
Dinah Lake / Audrey Caldwell
Climax! (1954)
TV
Mary Abbott
The Human Jungle (1954)
Movie
Sally McKee
The High and the Mighty (1954)
Movie
Nicky Jackson
Alaska Seas (1954)
Movie
Denny Russell
Pony Express (1953)
Movie
Rose Slater
The Vanquished (1953)
Movie
Dottie Vail
Split Second (1953)
Movie
Gloria Miles
General Electric Theater (1953)
TV
Dixie Delmar
Sky Full of Moon (1952)
Movie
Sonya Bartow
Flesh and Fury (1952)
Movie
Polly Sickles
Rhubarb (1951)
Movie
Lorraine
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Movie
1
Marge Wrighter
Union Station (1950)
Movie
Mary Ford / Maggie / Julia / Lee / Chris Hunter
Lux Video Theatre (1950)
TV
Self (archive footage)
The Costume Designer (1950)
Movie
Rita Rossini
The Skipper Surprised His Wife (1950)
Movie
Vivian Heldon
Mystery Street (1950)
Movie
Jeta 'Smoochie' Kovsky
Caged (1950)
Movie
Stella McCormick
Johnny Belinda (1948)
Movie
Dancer at Fiesta (uncredited)
Tycoon (1947)
Movie
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1921-04-03
Deathday2004-03-26 (82 years old)
Birth PlaceNew York City, United States
RelationshipsJohn Merivale (1941 - 1948), Paul Douglas (1950 - 1959)
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsJane Sterling Adriance, Jane Adriance, Jane Sterling, Jane Darian, Jane Adrian
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
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