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Jan Sterling

1921 - 2004

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Jan Sterling (born Jane Sterling Adriance; April 3, 1921 – March 26, 2004) was an American film, television and stage actress. At her most active in films during the 1950s (immediately prior to which she had joined the Actors Studio), 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2024). Jan Sterling is the 5,033rd most popular actor (up from 5,215th in 2024), the 7,870th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,608th in 2019) and the 2,295th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Jan Sterling ranks 5,033 out of 13,578. Before her are Aleksandra Khokhlova, Yekaterina Gradova, Navid Negahban, Heather O'Rourke, Kumar Pallana, and Lyubov Polishchuk. After her are Susanna Thompson, Abbie Cornish, Kirk Alyn, Mikhail Nikolayevich Zadornov, A Martinez, and Walton Goggins.

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Among people born in 1921, Jan Sterling ranks 339. Before her are Giorgio Scarlatti, Carol Channing, Stanisław Nagy, Tony Scott, Joonas Kokkonen, and Aldo Gordini. After her are Fred Buscaglione, Liz Smith, Michel Bonnevie, Abdul Qadir al-Badri, Richard Egan, and Dominique Mbonyumutwa. Among people deceased in 2004, Jan Sterling ranks 246. Before her are Fred Ramdat Misier, Mochtar Lubis, Joan Aiken, Eric Sturgess, Guinn Smith, and Heinrich Mark. After her are José Omar Pastoriza, O. W. Fischer, Virginia Grey, Kamisese Mara, Michel Colombier, and Gunder Hägg.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jan Sterling ranks 7,873 out of 20,380. Before her are Guinn Smith (1920), Imran Khan (1983), Alan Rachins (1942), Heather O'Rourke (1975), Mary Harrison McKee (1858), Barbara Hammer (1939), and Jacob L. Devers (1887). After her are Daniel DiNardo (1949), Susanna Thompson (1958), Kirk Alyn (1910), Leonard Slatkin (1944), and Wally Funk (1939).

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Among actors born in United States, Jan Sterling ranks 2,296. Before her are Carol Lynley (1942), Jeff Perry (1955), Dylan Walsh (1963), Imran Khan (1983), Alan Rachins (1942), and Heather O'Rourke (1975). After her are Susanna Thompson (1958), Kirk Alyn (1910), A Martinez (1948), Walton Goggins (1971), Jamey Sheridan (1951), and Al St. John (1892).

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