Jan Sterling

Jan Sterling

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

03/04/1921

Day of Death

26/03/2004
(83) years old

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

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 S... Read More

Filmography

Cast

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

1958

High School Confidential!

as Arlene Williams

1958

The Female Animal

as Lily Frayne

1957

Slaughter on 10th Avenue

as Madge Pitts

1956

The Harder They Fall

as Beth Willis

1956

1984

as Julia of the Outer Party

1955

Man with the Gun

as Nelly Bain

1955

Female on the Beach

as Amy Rawlinson

1955

Women's Prison

as Brenda Martin

1954

The Human Jungle

as Mary Abbott

1954

Return from the Sea

as Frieda

1954

The High and the Mighty

as Sally McKee

1954

Alaska Seas

as Nicky Jackson

1953

Pony Express

as Denny Russell

1953

The Vanquished

as Rose Slater

1953

Split Second

as Dorothy 'Dottie' Vale

1952

Sky Full of Moon

as Dixie Delmar

1952

Flesh and Fury

as Sonya Bartow

1951

Rhubarb

as Polly Sickles

1951

Ace in the Hole

as Lorraine

1951

The Mating Season

as Betsy

1950

Union Station

as Marge Wrighter

1950

Gunfire

as Flo

1950

The Costume Designer

as Self (archive footage)

1950

Mystery Street

as Vivian Heldon

1950

Caged

as Jeta "Smoochie" Kovsky

1948

Johnny Belinda

as Stella McCormick

1947

Tycoon

as Dancer at Fiesta (uncredited)