Jan Sterling
American actress (1921-2004) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 82
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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Dangerous CompanyFilm, Ray's Mother1981
First Monday in OctoberFilm, Christine Snow1977
The Incredible HulkSeries1976
Having BabiesFilm, Mrs. Fontreil1972
Kung FuSeries, Mary Jenkins1969
The MinxFilm, Louise Baxter1968
The Name of the GameSeries, Elsa Roarke1967
MannixSeries, Anne Marion
The IncidentFilm, 1967Muriel Purvis1964
American in ParisFilm, Gloria Miles1963
Burke's LawSeries, Devora Cato1959
Adventures in ParadiseSeries, Topaz Harmony1958
High School Confidential!Film, Arlene Williams1957
SuspicionSeries, Georgiana
Slaughter on 10th AvenueFilm, 1957Madge Pitts1955Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion PictureAward
Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeries, 1955Fran Holland
Female on the BeachFilm, 1955Amy Rawlinson1954
Alaska SeasFilm, Nicky Jackson1953
Letter to LorettaSeries, Lucia1952
Flesh and FuryFilm, Sonya Bartow1951
Ace in the HoleFilm, Lorraine1950
Lux Video TheatreSeries, Lee1948
Johnny BelindaFilm, Stella McCormick1947
TycoonFilm, Dancer at Fiesta (uncredited)1921Born3 April 1921People around Jan
- Albert Zugsmith Produced Female on the Beach (1955)
Jerry Wald Produced Johnny Belinda and Caged
Joseph Pevney Directed Female on the Beach and Flesh and Fury
Jack Arnold Directed High School Confidential (1958)
Richard Egan Also in Split Second (1953)
Jerry Hopper Directed Pony Express (1953)- Arnold Laven Directed Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (1957)
Ralph Sanford Also in Rhubarb and Appointment with Danger
Edith Evanson Also in Ace in the Hole and Caged
William Fawcett Also in The Mating Season and Alaska Seas
John Wayne Produced The High and the Mighty (1954)
Billy Wilder Produced Ace in the Hole (1952)
Max Steiner Wrote Johnny Belinda and Caged
Michael Landon Also in High School Confidential (1958)
Dick Powell Directed Split Second (1953)
Yvonne Mitchell Duets: Julia
Bryan Foy Produced Women's Prison (1955)
Karen Sharpe Also in The High and the Mighty (1954)- Lesley Selander Directed Return from the Sea (1954)
- Billie Bird Also in Rhubarb and The Mating Season
Suzanna Hamilton Duets: Julia
Marjorie Bennett Also in Female on the Beach and The Human Jungle- Edgar Scherick Produced The Incident (1967)
- Seymour Robbie Directed You're in the Picture
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Ace in the Hole 1951
The Incident 1967
The Harder They Fall 1956
Caged 1950
Johnny Belinda 1948
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 40
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Television 24
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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.
