Jan Sterling photo

Jan Sterling

Acting

  • Born
  • April 3, 1921
  • Died
  • March 26, 2004
  • Place of birth
  • New York City, New York, USA

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.

As actor 71

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour poster
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
Mannix poster
Mannix
1967
Bonanza poster
Bonanza
1959
Little House on the Prairie poster
Little House on the Prairie
1974
Three's Company poster
Three's Company
1977
The Incredible Hulk poster
The Incredible Hulk
1977
The Virginian poster
The Virginian
1962
The Name of the Game poster
The Name of the Game
1968
Climax! poster
Climax!
1954
Naked City poster
Naked City
1958
Burke's Law poster
Burke's Law
1963
Medical Center poster
Medical Center
1969
Run for Your Life poster
Run for Your Life
1965
Alfred Hitchcock Presents poster
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
The Harder They Fall poster
The Harder They Fall
1956
The Oscars poster
The Oscars
1953
Adventures in Paradise poster
Adventures in Paradise
1959
Suspicion poster
Suspicion
1957
The Jackie Gleason Show poster
The Jackie Gleason Show
1952
Riverboat poster
Riverboat
1959
Breaking Point poster
Breaking Point
1963
Lux Video Theatre
1950
The Brian Keith Show poster
The Brian Keith Show
1972
Vacation Playhouse
1963
Pony Express poster
Pony Express
1953
Letter to Loretta poster
Letter to Loretta
1953
1984 poster
1984
1956
Backstairs at the White House poster
Backstairs at the White House
1979
Ace in the Hole poster
Ace in the Hole
1951
General Electric Theater poster
General Electric Theater
1953
Union Station poster
Union Station
1950
Mystery Street poster
Mystery Street
1950
Dangerous Company poster
Dangerous Company
1982
Man with the Gun poster
Man with the Gun
1955
The High and the Mighty poster
The High and the Mighty
1954
Caged poster
Caged
1950
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars poster
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
The Incident poster
The Incident
1967
The Minx poster
The Minx
1969
The Vanquished poster
The Vanquished
1953
Johnny Belinda poster
Johnny Belinda
1948
Kung Fu poster
Kung Fu
1972
The Female Animal poster
The Female Animal
1958
The Mating Season poster
The Mating Season
1951
Appointment with Danger poster
Appointment with Danger
1950
Rhubarb poster
Rhubarb
1951
Female on the Beach poster
Female on the Beach
1955
Tycoon poster
Tycoon
1947
Flesh and Fury poster
Flesh and Fury
1952
American in Paris poster
American in Paris
1964
Split Second poster
Split Second
1953
High School Confidential! poster
High School Confidential!
1958
The Costume Designer poster
The Costume Designer
1950
Having Babies poster
Having Babies
1976
First Monday in October poster
First Monday in October
1981
The Human Jungle poster
The Human Jungle
1954
My Kidnapper, My Love poster
My Kidnapper, My Love
1980
Clipper Ship poster
Clipper Ship
1957
Alaska Seas poster
Alaska Seas
1954
Slaughter on 10th Avenue poster
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
1957
Women's Prison poster
Women's Prison
1955
The Marshal of Gunsight Pass
1950
Sky Full of Moon poster
Sky Full of Moon
1952
The Skipper Surprised His Wife poster
The Skipper Surprised His Wife
1950
Kathy O' poster
Kathy O'
1958
The Angry Breed poster
The Angry Breed
1968
Gunfire poster
Gunfire
1950
Return from the Sea poster
Return from the Sea
1954
Love in a Goldfish Bowl poster
Love in a Goldfish Bowl
1961
Sammy Somebody
1976