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.
1982
as Ray's Mother
1981
as Christine Snow
1980
as Letty Fairlain
1979
as Lou Hoover
1977
1977
as Judge Sheffield
1976
as Mrs. Fontreil
1976
1974
1972
1972
1969
as Louise Baxter
1969
as Florence Brent
1968
as Elsa Roarke
1968
as Gloria Patton
1967
as Muriel Purvis
1967
as Anne Marion
1966
1965
as Clara Mallory
1964
as Gloria Miles
1963
as Devora Cato
1963
as Vera Selby
1963
1963
1962
as Beatrice Bartel
1962
as Mary Beth Stanton
1961
as Sandra Slide
1959
as Topaz Harmony
1959
as Lorna Langton
1959
as Dianne Jordan
1958
as Myrtle Tiloff
1958
as Celeste Saunders
1958
as Arlene Williams
1958
as Lily Frayne
1957
as Georgiana
1957
as Madge Pitts
1956
as Beth Willis
1956
as Julia of the Outer Party
1955
as Nelly Bain
1955
as Fran Holland
1955
as Wanda Ferlini
1955
as Amy Rawlinson
1955
as Brenda Martin
1954
as Dinah Lake
1954
as Audrey Caldwell
1954
as Mary Abbott
1954
as Frieda
1954
as Sally McKee
1954
as Nicky Jackson
1953
as Lucia
1953
as Denny Russell
1953
as Rose Slater
1953
as Dorothy 'Dottie' Vale
1953
as Self
1953
as Gloria Miles
1952
as Dixie Delmar
1952
as Sonya Bartow
1951
1951
as Polly Sickles
1951
as Lorraine
1951
as Betsy
1950
as Marge Wrighter
1950
as Lee
1950
as Mary Ford
1950
as Chris Hunter
1950
as Julia
1950
as Maggie
1950
as Flo
1950
as Self (archive footage)
1950
as Rita Rossini
1950
as Vivian Heldon
1950
as Jeta "Smoochie" Kovsky
1950
as Dodie
1948
as Stella McCormick
1947
as Dancer at Fiesta (uncredited)