As Actor
Dangerous Company
1982
6.0
Jan Sterling
Acting
Birth date
April 3, 1921
Birth place
New York City, New York, USA
Death date
March 26, 2004
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.
Featured in
As Actor
First Monday in October
1981
6.2
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My Kidnapper, My Love
1980
6.0
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Having Babies
1976
6.0
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The Angry Breed
1968
4.5
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Love in a Goldfish Bowl
1961
2.0
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Kathy O'
1958
10.0
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High School Confidential!
1958
5.5
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The Female Animal
1958
5.8
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Slaughter on 10th Avenue
1957
5.4
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The Harder They Fall
1956
7.1
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1984
1956
6.5
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Man with the Gun
1955
6.2
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Female on the Beach
1955
5.7
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Women's Prison
1955
5.7
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The Human Jungle
1954
5.3
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Return from the Sea
1954
4.5
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The High and the Mighty
1954
6.0
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Alaska Seas
1954
6.2
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Pony Express
1953
5.6