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.

Actor

1947

[ ] Tycoon (Dancer at Fiesta (uncredited))

1948

[ ] Johnny Belinda (Stella McCormick)

1950

[ ] Appointment with Danger (Dodie)
[ ] Caged (Gita "Smoochie" Kovsky)
[ ] Union Station (Marge Wrighter)
[ ] Mystery Street (Vivian Heldon)
[ ] Gunfire (Flo)
[ ] The Skipper Surprised His Wife (Rita Rossini)
[ ] The Costume Designer (Self (archive footage))

1951

[ ] Ace in the Hole (Lorraine)
[ ] Rhubarb (Polly Sickles)
[ ] The Mating Season (Betsy)

1952

[ ] Flesh and Fury (Sonya Bartow)
[ ] Sky Full of Moon (Dixie Delmar)

1953

[ ] Split Second (Dorothy 'Dottie' Vale)
[ ] Pony Express (Denny Russell)
[ ] The Vanquished (Rose Slater)

1954

[ ] The Human Jungle (Mary Abbott)
[ ] The High and the Mighty (Sally McKee)
[ ] Alaska Seas (Nicky Jackson)
[ ] Return from the Sea (Frieda)

1955

[ ] Women's Prison (Brenda Martin)
[ ] Man with the Gun (Nelly Bain)
[ ] Female on the Beach (Amy Rawlinson)

1956

[ ] 1984 (Julia of the Outer Party)
[ 5/10 ] The Harder They Fall (Beth Willis)

1957

[ ] Slaughter on 10th Avenue (Madge Pitts)
[ ] Clipper Ship (Helen Ott)

1958

[ ] High School Confidential! (Arlene Williams)
[ ] The Female Animal (Lily Frayne)
[ ] Kathy O' (Celeste Saunders)

1961

[ ] Love in a Goldfish Bowl (Sandra Slide)

1964

[ ] American in Paris (Gloria Miles)

1967

[ 5/10 ] The Incident (Muriel Purvis)

1968

[ ] The Angry Breed (Gloria Patton)

1969

[ ] The Minx (Louise Baxter)

1976

[ ] Sammy Somebody (????)
[ ] Having Babies (Mrs. Fontreil)

1980

[ ] My Kidnapper, My Love (Letty Fairlain)

1981

[ ] First Monday in October (Christine Snow)

1982

[ ] Dangerous Company (Ray's Mother)