Jan Sterling

Actor

Born: April 3, 1921
Died: March 26, 2004 (age 82)
From: New York City, New York, USA

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,…

Filmography (41)

Dangerous Company (1982)
Ray's Mother
First Monday in October (1981)
Christine Snow
My Kidnapper, My Love (1980)
Letty Fairlain
Having Babies (1976)
Mrs. Fontreil
Sammy Somebody
Sammy Somebody (1976)
The Minx (1969)
Louise Baxter
The Angry Breed (1968)
Gloria Patton
The Incident (1967)
Muriel Purvis
American in Paris (1964)
Gloria Miles
Love in a Goldfish Bowl (1961)
Sandra Slide
Kathy O' (1958)
Celeste Saunders
High School Confidential! (1958)
Arlene Williams
The Female Animal (1958)
Lily Frayne
Slaughter on 10th Avenue (1957)
Madge Pitts
Clipper Ship (1957)
Helen Ott
The Harder They Fall (1956)
Beth Willis
1984 (1956)
Julia of the Outer Party
Man with the Gun (1955)
Nelly Bain
Female on the Beach (1955)
Amy Rawlinson
Women's Prison (1955)
Brenda Martin
The Human Jungle (1954)
Mary Abbott
Return from the Sea (1954)
Frieda
The High and the Mighty (1954)
Sally McKee
Alaska Seas (1954)
Nicky Jackson
Pony Express (1953)
Denny Russell
The Vanquished (1953)
Rose Slater
Split Second (1953)
Dorothy 'Dottie' Vale
Sky Full of Moon (1952)
Dixie Delmar
Flesh and Fury (1952)
Sonya Bartow
Rhubarb (1951)
Polly Sickles