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Jan Sterling

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American actress (1921-2004)

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Jan Sterling was an American film, television and stage actress. At her most active in films during the 1950s, Sterling 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.

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Sterling in Split Second (1953)Sterling in Split Second (1953)Sterling in The High and the Mighty (1954)Sterling in The High and the Mighty (1954)

Filmography 40

Ace in the Hole1951 · ★ 7.8
The Harder They Fall1956 · ★ 7.2
19841956 · ★ 6.5
The High and the Mighty1954 · ★ 5.9
Caged1950 · ★ 7.1
The Incident1967 · ★ 7.4
Johnny Belinda1948 · ★ 6.8
Mystery Street1950 · ★ 6.8
Man with the Gun1955 · ★ 6.1
Union Station1950 · ★ 6.5
Female on the Beach1955
Appointment with Danger1950
First Monday in October1981
Pony Express1953
The Mating Season1951
Split Second1953
High School Confidential!1958
Tycoon1947
Women's Prison1955
The Female Animal1958
The Vanquished1953
The Human Jungle1954
Rhubarb1951
Flesh and Fury1952
Slaughter on 10th Avenue1957
The Minx1969
Alaska Seas1954
The Angry Breed1968
The Skipper Surprised His Wife1950
Sky Full of Moon1952
Return from the Sea1954
Kathy O'1958
Having Babies1976
Love in a Goldfish Bowl1961
My Kidnapper, My Love1980
Dangerous Company1982
Gunfire1950
The Costume Designer1950
American in Paris1964
Sammy Somebody1976

79 credits on file

Television 24

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962
Bonanza1959
Run for Your Life1965
Little House on the Prairie1974
Mannix1967
The Virginian1962
Burke's Law1963
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour1962
The Incredible Hulk1977
Climax!1954
Three's Company1977
Naked City1958
Medical Center1969
The Oscars1953
Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955
The Name of the Game1968
Suspicion1957
Adventures in Paradise1959
Kung Fu1972
Riverboat1959
Lux Video Theatre1950
Letter to Loretta1953
Breaking Point1963
General Electric Theater1953

Awards 2

1955Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

In their orbit 2

Connected to Jan 6

Paul KellyAlso in Split Second (1953)Ralph MacchioAlso in Dangerous Company (1982)Lee MillerAlso in The Mating Season (1951)Billy WilderAlso in Ace in the Hole (1951)William HoldenAlso in Union Station (1950)Angie DickinsonAlso in Man with the Gun (1955)

About this person

Jan Sterling was an American film, television and stage actress. At her most active in films during the 1950s, Sterling 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. Although her career declined during the 1960s, she continued to play occasional television and theatre roles.

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Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1921 to 2004 · aged 82
Written about in
27 languages

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