Jan Sterling

Biography

Born 04/03/1921

While she hailed from a well-to-do NYC family, actress Jan Sterling carved a niche playing tough-as-nails women in 1950s films noir. While still in her teens, she made her Broadway debut (billed as Jane Sterling) in 1938's "Bachelor Born". Over the next decade, the actress amassed an impressive...
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Filmography

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Awards

In 1954, received Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress
In 1951, received National Board of Review Award for Best Actress

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Highlights

In 1982, Final TV-movie, "Dangerous Company" (CBS), playing the mother of a reformed convict
In 1981, Last film acting role, as the wife of a US Supreme Court justice (Walter Matthau) in "First Monday in October"
In 1979, Portrayed First Lady Lou Hoover in the NBC miniseries "Backstairs at the White House"

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Family & Companions

John Merivale: husband (married in 1941; divorced in 1948)
Paul Douglas: husband (married from 1950 until his death in September 1959; father of her son Adams)
Sam Wanamaker: had relationship from c. 1960 to the 1980s; remained married to his wife; died in 1997

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