Jan Sterling

American actress (1921–2004)

Jan Sterling was an American film, television and stage actress. At her most active in films during the 1950s, Sterling 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. Although her career declined during the 1960s, she continued to play occasional television and theatre roles.

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Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 19 films (1951–1969) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field.

Year ▲	Title	Creator	Length	Format	Color	Sound
1951	Ace in the hole.	Paramount Pictures Corp.	112 min	35mm	B&W	sound
1951	Appointment With Danger.	Paramount Pictures Corp.	89 min.	35mm	B&W	sound
1951	Rhubarb.	Paramount Pictures Corp.	94 min.	35mm	B&W	sound
1952	Flesh And Fury.	Universal Pictures Co. Inc.	82 min.	35mm	B&W	sound
1952	Sky Full Of Moon.	Loew's Inc.	72 min.	35mm	B&W	sound
1953	Pony Express	Jerry Hopper	101 min		Color
1953	PONY EXPRESS	Paramount	60min	16mm	Color	Silent
1953	Split Second	1200 Firestone Pkwy	85	16mm	B&W	sound
1954	Alaska Seas.	Paramount Pictures Corp.	78 min.	35mm	B&W	sound
1954	Return From The Sea.	Allied Artists Pictures Corp.	80 min.	35mm	B&W	sound
1954	The High And The Mighty.	Wayne-Fellows Productions Inc.	147 min	35mm	Color	sound
1954	The Human Jungle.	Allied Artists Pictures Corp.	82 min.	35mm	B&W	sound
1955	Female On The Beach.	Universal Pictures Co. Inc.	97 min.	35mm	B&W	sound
1955	Man With The Gun.	Formosa Productions Inc.	78 min.	35mm	B&W	sound
1955	Women’s Prison.	Columbia Pictures Corp.	8 reels	35mm	B&W	sound
1956	The Harder They Fall	Columbia Picture Corp	12 reels	16mm	B&W	sound
1957	Slaughter On Tenth Avenue.	Universal Pictures Co. Inc.	103 min	35mm	B&W	sound
1967	The Incident.	Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp	107 min	35mm	B&W	sound
1969	The angry breed	director, David Commons.	101	16mm	Color	sound