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Jan Sterling
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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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41 acting credits · Includes cameos and other appearances where listed.
Ace in the Hole
Lorraine
The High and the Mighty
Sally McKee
Man with the Gun
Nelly Bain
Pony Express
Denny Russell
1984
Julia of the Outer Party
Caged
Gita "Smoochie" Kovsky
The Incident
Muriel Purvis
Union Station
Marge Wrighter
Female on the Beach
Amy Rawlinson
First Monday in October
Christine Snow
The Minx
Louise Baxter
Sky Full of Moon
Dixie Delmar
The Vanquished
Rose Slater
Mystery Street
Vivian Heldon
Johnny Belinda
Stella McCormick
Dangerous Company
Ray's Mother
The Skipper Surprised His Wife
Rita Rossini
My Kidnapper, My Love
Letty Fairlain
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
Madge Pitts
Return from the Sea
Frieda
The Mating Season
Betsy
Tycoon
Dancer at Fiesta (uncredited)
The Female Animal
Lily Frayne
High School Confidential!
Arlene Williams
Flesh and Fury
Sonya Bartow
Women's Prison
Brenda Martin
The Costume Designer
Self (archive footage)
Split Second
Dorothy 'Dottie' Vale
Love in a Goldfish Bowl
Sandra Slide
The Angry Breed
Gloria Patton
The Human Jungle
Mary Abbott
Rhubarb
Polly Sickles
Alaska Seas
Nicky Jackson
American in Paris
Gloria Miles
Having Babies
Mrs. Fontreil
Kathy O'
Celeste Saunders
Clipper Ship
Helen Ott
Gunfire
Flo