Jan Sterling

Jan Sterling

Most active in films during the 1950s, Jan Sterling received a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in The High and the Mighty (1954), and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the same performance. Her career declined during the 1960s, however she continued to play occasional roles for television and theatre. Sterling was born Jane Sterling Adriance in New York City, into a well-to-do family. She was educated in private schools before heading to Europe with her family. She was schooled by private tutors in London and Paris, and was enrolled in Fay Compton's dramatic school in London. As a teenager she returned to Manhattan, and using variations of her given name, such as Jane Adriance and Jane Sterling, began her career by making a Broadway appearance in Bachelor Born, and went on to appear in such major stage works as Panama Hattie, Over 21, and Present Laughter. In 1947, she made her film debut in Tycoon, billed as Jane Darian. Ruth Gordon reportedly insisted she change her stage name and they agreed upon Jan Sterling. She played a prominent supporting role in Johnny Belinda (1948). Alternating between films and television, Sterling appeared in several television anthology series during the 1950s, and played film roles in Caged (1950), Mystery Street (1950), The Mating Season (1951), Ace in the Hole (1951), Flesh and Fury (1952), The Human Jungle (1954), and Female on the Beach (1955). Often cast as hard and determined characters, she played a more sympathetic character in Sky Full of Moon (1952). In 1950, she was cast as Ruth in the ABC western series The Marshal of Gunsight Pass. The series was telecast live from a primitive studio lot at the Iverson Ranch at Chatsworth, California. In 1954 Sterling was nominated for an Academy Award and won a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in The High and the Mighty. Later that year, she travelled to England to play the role of Julia in the first film version of George Orwell's 1984, despite being several months pregnant at the time. During the following years, she appeared regularly in films such as Slaughter on Tenth Avenue, Kathy O, and The Female Animal. In late 1968, she began portraying the role of conniving Miss Foss in the long-running CBS soap opera The Guiding Light. She retired from films in favor of the stage in 1969 and returned to television in 1979 to portray Lou Henry Hoover in the miniseries Backstairs at the White House. Sterling's marriage to John Merivale ended in divorce, and her career began to decline after the death of her second husband, the actor Paul Douglas, in 1959. In the 1970s, she entered into a long-lasting personal relationship with Sam Wanamaker. Jan Sterling died in 2004 in Los Angeles, California, aged 82.

  • Pamagat: Jan Sterling
  • Katanyagan: 4.891
  • Kilala sa: Acting
  • Kaarawan: 1921-04-03
  • Lugar ng Kapanganakan: New York City, New York, USA
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  • O kilala bilang: Jane Sterling Adriance, Jane Adriance, Jane Sterling, Jane Darian, Jane Adrian
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Jan Sterling Mga pelikula

  • 1956
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    1984

    1984

    6.5 1956 HD

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  • 1951
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    Ace in the Hole

    Ace in the Hole

    7.8 1951 HD

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  • 1953
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    Split Second

    Split Second

    6.2 1953 HD

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  • 1950
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    Appointment with Danger

    Appointment with Danger

    5.5 1950 HD

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  • 1955
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    Women's Prison

    Women's Prison

    5.5 1955 HD

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  • 1955
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    Man with the Gun

    Man with the Gun

    6.2 1955 HD

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  • 1956
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    The Harder They Fall

    The Harder They Fall

    7.1 1956 HD

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  • 1951
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    Rhubarb

    Rhubarb

    5.5 1951 HD

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  • 1950
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    Caged

    Caged

    7.1 1950 HD

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  • 1958
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    High School Confidential!

    High School Confidential!

    5.7 1958 HD

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  • 1953
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    Pony Express

    Pony Express

    5.5 1953 HD

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  • 1954
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    The Human Jungle

    The Human Jungle

    5.3 1954 HD

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  • 1953
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    The Vanquished

    The Vanquished

    4.5 1953 HD

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  • 1950
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    Union Station

    Union Station

    6.3 1950 HD

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  • 1948
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    Johnny Belinda

    Johnny Belinda

    6.8 1948 HD

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  • 1955
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    Female on the Beach

    Female on the Beach

    5.7 1955 HD

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  • 1967
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    The Incident

    The Incident

    7.3 1967 HD

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  • 1954
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    The High and the Mighty

    The High and the Mighty

    5.9 1954 HD

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  • 1950
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    Mystery Street

    Mystery Street

    6.7 1950 HD

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  • 1957
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    Slaughter on 10th Avenue

    Slaughter on 10th Avenue

    5.4 1957 HD

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  • 1952
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    Flesh and Fury

    Flesh and Fury

    6 1952 HD

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  • 1961
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    Love in a Goldfish Bowl

    Love in a Goldfish Bowl

    2 1961 HD

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  • 1954
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    Alaska Seas

    Alaska Seas

    6.2 1954 HD

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  • 1952
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    Sky Full of Moon

    Sky Full of Moon

    5.5 1952 HD

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  • 1968
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    The Angry Breed

    The Angry Breed

    4.5 1968 HD

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  • 1958
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    The Female Animal

    The Female Animal

    5.6 1958 HD

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  • 1958
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    Kathy O'

    Kathy O'

    10 1958 HD

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  • 1981
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    First Monday in October

    First Monday in October

    6.3 1981 HD

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  • 1951
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    The Mating Season

    The Mating Season

    6.5 1951 HD

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  • 1969
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    The Minx

    The Minx

    2.3 1969 HD

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  • 1950
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    Gunfire

    Gunfire

    5 1950 HD

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  • 1980
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    My Kidnapper, My Love

    My Kidnapper, My Love

    6 1980 HD

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  • 1950
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    The Skipper Surprised His Wife

    The Skipper Surprised His Wife

    4.7 1950 HD

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  • 1976
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    Sammy Somebody

    Sammy Somebody

    1 1976 HD

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  • 1954
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    Return from the Sea

    Return from the Sea

    4.5 1954 HD

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  • 1982
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    Dangerous Company

    Dangerous Company

    6 1982 HD

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  • 1950
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    The Costume Designer

    The Costume Designer

    1 1950 HD

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  • 1976
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    Having Babies

    Having Babies

    6 1976 HD

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  • 1964
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    American in Paris

    American in Paris

    1 1964 HD

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  • 1947
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    Tycoon

    Tycoon

    5.3 1947 HD

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  • 1963
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    Burke's Law

    Burke's Law

    6 1963 HD

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  • 1966
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    The Jackie Gleason Show

    The Jackie Gleason Show

    8.3 1966 HD

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  • 1977
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    The Incredible Hulk

    The Incredible Hulk

    7.206 1977 HD

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  • 1972
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    Kung Fu

    Kung Fu

    7.601 1972 HD

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  • 1974
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    Little House on the Prairie

    Little House on the Prairie

    8 1974 HD

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  • 1958
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    Naked City

    Naked City

    5.3 1958 HD

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  • 1977
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    Three's Company

    Three's Company

    7.8 1977 HD

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  • 1953
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    General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

    5.5 1953 HD

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  • 1979
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    Backstairs at the White House

    Backstairs at the White House

    5.9 1979 HD

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  • 1955
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    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    7.7 1955 HD

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  • 1965
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    Run for Your Life

    Run for Your Life

    7.167 1965 HD

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  • 1950
    imgS7 E52

    Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

    5.5 1950 HD

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  • 1951
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    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    6.5 1951 HD

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  • 1954
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    Climax!

    Climax!

    2.7 1954 HD

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  • 1959
    imgS3 E26

    Adventures in Paradise

    Adventures in Paradise

    5.7 1959 HD

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  • 1959
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    Riverboat

    Riverboat

    6.2 1959 HD

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  • 1972
    imgS2 E24

    The Brian Keith Show

    The Brian Keith Show

    5 1972 HD

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  • 1963
    imgS1 E30

    Breaking Point

    Breaking Point

    7.5 1963 HD

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  • 1963
    imgS5 E5

    Vacation Playhouse

    Vacation Playhouse

    1 1963 HD

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  • 1953
    imgS72 E1

    The Oscars

    The Oscars

    6.969 1953 HD

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  • 1970
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    The Marshal of Gunsight Pass

    The Marshal of Gunsight Pass

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1953
    imgS8 E31

    Letter to Loretta

    Letter to Loretta

    5.8 1953 HD

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  • 1950
    imgS7 E52

    Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

    5.5 1950 HD

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  • 1950
    imgS7 E52

    Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

    5.5 1950 HD

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  • 1950
    imgS7 E52

    Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

    5.5 1950 HD

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  • 1950
    imgS7 E52

    Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

    5.5 1950 HD

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  • 1963
    imgS3 E17

    Burke's Law

    Burke's Law

    6 1963 HD

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  • 1968
    imgS3 E24

    The Name of the Game

    The Name of the Game

    6.8 1968 HD

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  • 1955
    imgS7 E39

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    7.7 1955 HD

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  • 1967
    imgS8 E24

    Mannix

    Mannix

    6.7 1967 HD

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  • 1959
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    Bonanza

    Bonanza

    7.5 1959 HD

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  • 1954
    imgS4 E37

    Climax!

    Climax!

    2.7 1954 HD

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  • 1969
    imgS7 E24

    Medical Center

    Medical Center

    6.1 1969 HD

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  • 1962
    imgS31 E74

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    7.4 1962 HD

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  • 1957
    imgS1 E42

    Suspicion

    Suspicion

    5.857 1957 HD

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  • 1962
    imgS3 E29

    The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

    The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

    7.8 1962 HD

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  • 1962
    imgS9 E24

    The Virginian

    The Virginian

    6.4 1962 HD

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