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