
Acting
Born April 3, 1921 · 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, as the opportunistic wife in Billy Wilder's 1951 Ace in the Hole.

Dangerous Company
1982

First Monday in October
1981

My Kidnapper, My Love
1980

Having Babies
1976
Sammy Somebody
1976

The Minx
1969

The Angry Breed
1968

The Incident
1967

American in Paris
1964

Love in a Goldfish Bowl
1961

Kathy O'
1958

High School Confidential!
1958

The Female Animal
1958

Slaughter on 10th Avenue
1957

Clipper Ship
1957

The Harder They Fall
1956

1984
1956

Man with the Gun
1955

Female on the Beach
1955

Women's Prison
1955

The Human Jungle
1954

Return from the Sea
1954

The High and the Mighty
1954

Alaska Seas
1954

Pony Express
1953

The Vanquished
1953

Split Second
1953

Sky Full of Moon
1952

Flesh and Fury
1952

Rhubarb
1951

Ace in the Hole
1951

The Mating Season
1951

Union Station
1950

Gunfire
1950

The Costume Designer
1950

The Skipper Surprised His Wife
1950

Mystery Street
1950

Caged
1950

Appointment with Danger
1950

Johnny Belinda
1948

Tycoon
1947