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, as the opportunistic wife in Billy Wilder's 1951 Ace in the Hole.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.5889 |
| Birthday | 1921-04-03 |
| Place of Birth | New York City, New York, USA |
| Also Known As | Jane Sterling Adriance, Jane Adriance, Jane Sterling, Jane Darian, Jane Adrian, |
1956
1984
6.528/141
In a totalitarian future society, a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.
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1984
1951
Ace in the Hole
7.849/738
An arrogant reporter exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to revitalize his career.
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Ace in the Hole
1953
Split Second
6.2/26
Escaped convicts hold hostages in a ghost town targeted for a nuclear bomb test.
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Split Second
1950
Appointment with Danger
5.6/32
Al Goddard, a detective who works for the United States Postal Inspection Service, is assigned to arrest two criminals who've allegedly murdered a U.S...
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Appointment with Danger
1955
Women's Prison
5.7/18
A crusading psychiatrist battles a sadistic female warden to improve conditions at a women's prison.
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Women's Prison
1955
Man with the Gun
6.1/52
A stranger comes to town looking for his estranged wife. He finds her running the local girls. He also finds a town and sheriff afraid of their own sh...
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Man with the Gun
1956
The Harder They Fall
7.2/150
Jobless sportswriter Eddie Willis is hired by corrupt fight promoter Nick Benko to promote his current protégé, an unknown Argentinian boxer named Tor...
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The Harder They Fall
1951
Rhubarb
5.3/8
Rich, eccentric T.J. Banner adopts a feral cat who becomes an affectionate pet he names Rhubarb. Then T.J. dies, leaving to Rhubarb most of his money...
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Rhubarb
1950
Caged
7.116/86
A single mistake puts a 19-year old girl behind bars, where she experiences the terrors and torments of women in prison.
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Caged
1958
High School Confidential!
5.3/20
A tough kid comes to a new high school and begins muscling his way into the drug scene. This is a typical morality play of the era, filled with a naiv...
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High School Confidential!
1953
Pony Express
5.6/25
Buffalo Bill and Wild Bill Hickok join forces to establish a mail route that can get mail from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, in ten...
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Pony Express
1954
The Human Jungle
5/10
Danforth is assigned to take over the police department in a section of a large city saddled with juvenile delinquency, petty crimes, graft and also a...
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The Human Jungle
1953
The Vanquished
4.7/12
A man returns to his home -- a post Civil-War village -- and finds the law is in the hands of a few scrupulous people.
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The Vanquished
1950
Union Station
6.5/49
Police catch a break when suspected kidnappers are spotted on a train heading towards Union Station. Police, train station security and a witness try...
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Union Station
1948
Johnny Belinda
6.8/74
A small-town doctor helps a deaf-mute farm girl learn to communicate.
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Johnny Belinda
1955
Female on the Beach
5.7/34
Lynn Markham moves into her late husband's beach house the morning after former tenant Eloise Crandall fell from the cliff. To her annoyance, Lynn fin...
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Female on the Beach
1967
The Incident
7.361/83
Two hoodlums terrorize the passengers of a late-night New York City subway train.
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The Incident
1954
The High and the Mighty
5.9/80
Dan Roman is a veteran pilot haunted by a tragic past. Now relegated to second-in-command cockpit assignments he finds himself on a routine Honolulu-t...
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The High and the Mighty
1950
Mystery Street
6.7/65
When a young woman's skeletal remains turn up on a Massachusetts beach, Barnstable cop Peter Moralas teams with Boston police and uses forensics, with...
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Mystery Street
1957
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
5.4/8
A rookie assistant DA is assigned to investigate the murder of a longshoreman, killed for exposing gangster involvement on the piers, and meets up wit...
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Slaughter on 10th Avenue
1952
Flesh and Fury
6.1/8
Deaf boxer Paul Callan captures the interest of gold-digging blonde Sonya Bartow and retired fight manager 'Pop' Richardson. For a time, Sonya has the...
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Flesh and Fury
1961
Love in a Goldfish Bowl
2/1
Two platonic college friends spend a weekend away together. One is romanced by a member of the coast guard.
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Love in a Goldfish Bowl
1954
Alaska Seas
6.2/5
A crooked salmon fisherman tries to steal his best friend's fiancée and put him out of business.
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Alaska Seas
1952
Sky Full of Moon
5.5/2
A cowboy seeks fame and fortune in Las Vegas where he meets a girl working in a casino.
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Sky Full of Moon
1968
The Angry Breed
4.5/4
In Vietnam, aspiring actor Johnny Taylor is given a prize film script after saving the life of a Hollywood screenwriter. On his return, Johnny has tro...
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The Angry Breed
1958
The Female Animal
5.8/15
Jaded movie star Vanessa Windsor, saved from a studio accident by handsome extra Chris Farley, pursues him, and soon he's the 'caretaker' of her beach...
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The Female Animal
1958
Kathy O'
10/1
A movie publicist is assigned to keep the public from learning that a beloved child star is an egotistical little brat.
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Kathy O'
1981
First Monday in October
6.1/27
For the first time in history a woman is appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, where she becomes a friendly rival to a liberal associate.
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First Monday in October
1951
The Mating Season
6.6/27
Ellen McNulty leaves her New Jersey hamburger stand and heads west to pay a surprise visit to her son and his new bride. When Ellen arrives, her daugh...
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The Mating Season
1969
The Minx
2/5
A businessman hosts a hunting party at a remote lodge, and hires three prostitutes to take care of his clients. However, the girls have their own plan...
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The Minx
1950
Gunfire
5/1
Tubercular Frank James has become a born again and retired from his career as an outlaw with his family but a look-a-like outlaw causes suspicion to f...
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Gunfire
1980
My Kidnapper, My Love
6/1
Small-time crook Rooney cons his crippled brother, a street-wise news vendor, into snatching a wealthy, emotionally-disturbed runaway to extort money...
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My Kidnapper, My Love
1950
The Skipper Surprised His Wife
4.7/3
A captain tries to keep home as tight as his ship.
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The Skipper Surprised His Wife
1976
Sammy Somebody
0/0
A restaurateur unwisely misappropriates mob money in order to buy a house for his ageing father.
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Sammy Somebody
1954
Return from the Sea
4.5/2
A hardened career navel officer must come to terms with adapting to civilian life with the help of a waitress that can see through his tough veneer.
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Return from the Sea
1982
Dangerous Company
6/2
The true story of Ray Johnson, a convict who spent most of his life in and out of prison until he finally decided to turn his life around.
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Dangerous Company
1950
The Costume Designer
0/0
This short focuses on the job of the costume designer in the production of motion pictures. The costume designer must design clothing that is correct...
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The Costume Designer
1976
Having Babies
6/1
The story of four couples who are about to have children using the Lamaze method.
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Having Babies
1964
American in Paris
0/0
The owner of a travel agency in Paris tries to help fellow Americans in trouble.
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American in Paris
1947
Tycoon
5.265/17
Engineer Johnny Munroe is enlisted to build a railroad tunnel through a mountain to reach mines. His task is complicated, and his ethics are compromis...
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Tycoon
1957
Clipper Ship
0/0
A romance on the high seas revolving around the comely widow of a shipping magnate, and her growing love for a handsome young political prisoner who i...
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