Jan Sterling

Personal Info

Birthday

April 3, 1921

Day of Death

2004-03-26

(82 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

Jane Sterling Adriance

Jane Adriance

Jane Sterling

Jane Darian

Jane 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

Bonanza

Mannix

Climax!

Three's Company

The Virginian

Medical Center

The Name of the Game

Adventures in Paradise

Filmography

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