Jan Sterling
Age: N/A | From: New York City, New York, USA
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Jane Sterling Adriance , Jane Adriance , Jane Sterling , Jane Darian , Jane Adrian
Gender: Female
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 31
TV Involvements: 22
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Bonanza
(1959) Dianne Jordan
Lux Video Theatre
(1950) Maggie
Naked City
(1958) Myrtle Tiloff
Burke's Law
(1963) Vera Selby
Climax!
(1954) Audrey Caldwell
Riverboat
(1959) Lorna Langton
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
(1962) Beatrice Bartel
The Name of the Game
(1968) Elsa RoarkeActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Ray's Mother | |
| 1981 | Christine Snow | |
| 1980 | Letty Fairlain | |
| 1979 | Lou Hoover | |
| 1977 | N/A | |
| Judge Sheffield | ||
| 1976 | Mrs. Fontreil | |
| N/A | ||
| 1974 | N/A | |
| 1972 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| 1969 | Louise Baxter | |
| 1968 | Elsa Roarke | |
| Gloria Patton | ||
| 1967 | Muriel Purvis | |
| N/A | ||
| 1966 | N/A | |
| 1965 | Clara Mallory | |
| 1964 | Gloria Miles | |
| 1963 | Devora Cato | |
| Vera Selby | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1962 | Beatrice Bartel | |
| 1961 | Sandra Slide | |
| 1959 | Topaz Harmony | |
| Lorna Langton | ||
| Dianne Jordan | ||
| 1958 | Myrtle Tiloff | |
| Celeste Saunders | ||
| Arlene Williams | ||
| Lily Frayne | ||
| 1957 | Georgiana | |
| Madge Pitts | ||
| 1956 | Beth Willis | |
| Julia of the Outer Party | ||
| 1955 | Nelly Bain | |
| Fran Holland | ||
| Wanda Ferlini | ||
| Amy Rawlinson | ||
| Brenda Martin | ||
| 1954 | Dinah Lake | |
| Audrey Caldwell | ||
| Mary Abbott | ||
| Frieda | ||
| Sally McKee | ||
| Nicky Jackson | ||
| 1953 | Lucia | |
| Denny Russell | ||
| Rose Slater | ||
| Dorothy 'Dottie' Vale | ||
| Self | ||
| Gloria Miles | ||
| 1952 | Dixie Delmar | |
| Sonya Bartow | ||
| 1951 | N/A | |
| Polly Sickles | ||
| Lorraine Minosa | ||
| Betsy | ||
| 1950 | Marge Wrighter | |
| Lee | ||
| Chris Hunter | ||
| Julia | ||
| Mary Ford | ||
| Maggie | ||
| Flo | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Rita Rossini | ||
| Vivian Heldon | ||
| Jeta "Smoochie" Kovsky | ||
| Dodie | ||
| 1948 | Stella McCormick | |
| 1947 | Dancer at Fiesta (uncredited) | |
| N/A | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
