Personal Info
Known Credits
40
Gender
Female
Birthdate
1921-04-03 (104 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known For
Jane Sterling AdrianceJane AdrianceJane SterlingJane DarianJane Adrian
Jan Sterling
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. ...
Known For
Acting
1982 --
Dangerous Company
| Ray's Mother
1981 --
First Monday in October
| Christine Snow
1980 --
My Kidnapper, My Love
| Letty Fairlain
1976 --
Having Babies
| Mrs. Fontreil
1976 --
Sammy Somebody
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1969 --
The Minx
| Louise Baxter
1968 --
The Angry Breed
| Gloria Patton
1967 --
The Incident
| Muriel Purvis
1964 --
American in Paris
| Gloria Miles
1961 --
Love in a Goldfish Bowl
| Sandra Slide
1958 --
Kathy O'
| Celeste Saunders
1958 --
High School Confidential!
| Arlene Williams
1958 --
The Female Animal
| Lily Frayne
1957 --
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
| Madge Pitts
1956 --
The Harder They Fall
| Beth Willis
1956 --
1984
| Julia of the Outer Party
1955 --
Man with the Gun
| Nelly Bain
1955 --
Female on the Beach
| Amy Rawlinson
1955 --
Women's Prison
| Brenda Martin
1954 --
The Human Jungle
| Mary Abbott
1954 --
Return from the Sea
| Frieda
1954 --
The High and the Mighty
| Sally McKee
1954 --
Alaska Seas
| Nicky Jackson
1953 --
Pony Express
| Denny Russell
1953 --
The Vanquished
| Rose Slater
1953 --
Split Second
| Dorothy 'Dottie' Vale
1952 --
Sky Full of Moon
| Dixie Delmar
1952 --
Flesh and Fury
| Sonya Bartow
1951 --
Rhubarb
| Polly Sickles
1951 --
Ace in the Hole
| Lorraine
1951 --
The Mating Season
| Betsy
1950 --
Union Station
| Marge Wrighter
1950 --
Gunfire
| Flo
1950 --
The Costume Designer
| Self (archive footage)
1950 --
The Skipper Surprised His Wife
| Rita Rossini
1950 --
Mystery Street
| Vivian Heldon
1950 --
Caged
| Jeta "Smoochie" Kovsky
1950 --
Appointment with Danger
| Dodie
1948 --
Johnny Belinda
| Stella McCormick
1947 --
Tycoon
| Dancer at Fiesta (uncredited)