Jan Sterling
Acting
Born 1921-04-03
Died 2004-03-26
New York City, New York, USA
71 credits
Golden Globe Awards 1
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1
Awards
Nominated for 1 Academy Award
Academy Awards 1 nominated
- 1955 Best Supporting Actress Nominated The High and the Mighty
Golden Globe Awards 1 won
- 1955 Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Won The High and the Mighty
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1 won
- — star on Hollywood Walk of Fame Won
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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.
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Filmography
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Acting
54 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Little House on the Prairie
Bonanza
Mannix
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Virginian
Climax!
Burke's Law
Naked City
Three's Company
Medical Center
Run for Your Life
The Oscars
The Name of the Game
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Adventures in Paradise
Suspicion
Riverboat
The Harder They Fall
Lux Video Theatre
Ace in the Hole
Backstairs at the White House
The High and the Mighty
Letter to Loretta
1984
Pony Express
Caged
The Incident
Appointment with Danger
General Electric Theater
Mystery Street
Dangerous Company
Union Station
Johnny Belinda
Man with the Gun
Flesh and Fury
Tycoon
Female on the Beach
The Vanquished
The Female Animal
The Minx
Split Second
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
My Kidnapper, My Love
Rhubarb
First Monday in October
High School Confidential!
The Mating Season
The Costume Designer
Women's Prison
Alaska Seas
Having Babies
American in Paris
Sky Full of Moon
Other credits
6 credits
The Incredible Hulk
Vacation Playhouse
Breaking Point
The Jackie Gleason Show
The Brian Keith Show
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
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