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Jan Sterling
Born: 1921-04-03 in 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.
Rated Filmography (39)
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Kathy O'
1958
10.0
The Costume Designer
1950
8.0
Having Babies
1976
8.0
American in Paris
1964
7.8
Ace in the Hole
1951
7.5
My Kidnapper, My Love
1980
7.4
The Incident
1967
7.2
The Harder They Fall
1956
7.1
Caged
1950
7.0
Gunfire
1950
6.9
Johnny Belinda
1948
6.8
Mystery Street
1950
6.7
Alaska Seas
1954
6.6
The Mating Season
1951
6.6
Flesh and Fury
1952
6.5
1984
1956
6.5
Union Station
1950
6.4
Split Second
1953
6.2
First Monday in October
1981
6.1
Man with the Gun
1955
6.0
The Female Animal
1958
6.0
The High and the Mighty
1954
6.0
Sky Full of Moon
1952
6.0
Return from the Sea
1954
6.0
Dangerous Company
1982
5.8
Rhubarb
1951
5.8
Women's Prison
1955
5.8
Pony Express
1953
5.8
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
1957
5.7
Female on the Beach
1955
5.7
Appointment with Danger
1950
5.6
The Human Jungle
1954
5.6
High School Confidential!
1958
5.6
Tycoon
1947
5.5
Love in a Goldfish Bowl
1961
5.3
The Skipper Surprised His Wife
1950
5.2
The Angry Breed
1968
4.9
The Vanquished
1953
3.2
The Minx
1969