Jan Sterling
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,...
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,...
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Cast Credits
Dangerous Company
as Ray's Mother
First Monday in October
as Christine Snow
My Kidnapper, My Love
as Letty Fairlain
Having Babies
as Mrs. Fontreil
The Minx
as Louise Baxter
The Angry Breed
as Gloria Patton
The Incident
as Muriel Purvis
American in Paris
as Gloria Miles
Love in a Goldfish Bowl
as Sandra Slide
Kathy O'
as Celeste Saunders
High School Confidential!
as Arlene Williams
The Female Animal
as Lily Frayne
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
as Madge Pitts
Clipper Ship
as Helen Ott
The Harder They Fall
as Beth Willis
1984
as Julia of the Outer Party
Man with the Gun
as Nelly Bain
Female on the Beach
as Amy Rawlinson
Women's Prison
as Brenda Martin
The Human Jungle
as Mary Abbott
Return from the Sea
as Frieda
The High and the Mighty
as Sally McKee
Alaska Seas
as Nicky Jackson
Pony Express
as Denny Russell
The Vanquished
as Rose Slater
Split Second
as Dorothy 'Dottie' Vale
Sky Full of Moon
as Dixie Delmar
Flesh and Fury
as Sonya Bartow
Rhubarb
as Polly Sickles