Jan Sterling
Nacimiento : 1921-04-03, New York City, New York, USA
Muerte : 2004-03-26
Historia
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.
Ray's Mother
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.
Christine Snow
Tras la muerte de un juez del Tribunal Supremo de los Estados Unidos, el Presidente rompe la tradición y designa a Ruth Loomis para ocupar el cargo. Por sus ideas conservadoras tendrá que enfrentarse a Dan Snow, el presidente del Tribunal, un hombre de ideas liberales. A pesar de ello, entre los dos se desarrolla una inesperada relación de respeto y afecto… (FILMAFFINITY)
Letty Fairlain
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Mrs. Fontreil
The story of four couples who are about to have children using the Lamaze method.
A restaurateur unwisely misappropriates mob money in order to buy a house for his ageing father.
Louise Baxter
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 plans and secretly install cameras in the bedrooms to record the activities for future use.
Gloria Patton
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 trouble finding a studio that will let him play the lead until he saves producer Vance Patton's daughter Diane from a cycle-gang attack. The grateful father sends him to agent Mori Thompson, but Thompson wants the script for gang leader Deek Stacy. Deek and his agent feed Johnny LSD and drag him away to the dungeon during the producer's Halloween party.
Muriel Purvis
Dos jóvenes entran en un vagón de metro con una única intención: provocar el terror entre los pasajeros.
Gloria Miles
The owner of a travel agency in Paris tries to help fellow Americans in trouble.
Sandra Slide
Two platonic college friends spend a weekend away together. One is romanced by a member of the coast guard.
Celeste Saunders
A movie publicist is assigned to keep the public from learning that a beloved child star is an egotistical little brat.
Arlene Williams
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 naive view of drugs, nihilistic beat poetry, and some incredible '50s slang.
Lily Frayne
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Madge Pitts
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Beth Willis
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Julia of the Outer Party
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Nelly Bain
Un extranjero acude a una extraña ciudad en busca de su mujer, que lo había abandonado tiempo atrás. Para su sorpresa, encuentra a su esposa en un local donde las mujeres "prestan sus servicios" a hombres. Estando allí, conoce una ciudad y un sheriff temerosos de todo, hasta de su sombra. Por esa razón, uno de los importantes terratenientes del lugar, se aprovecha de ellos y les gobierna a su antojo. El sheriff le ofrecerá una importante suma si les libra de tan molesto individuo y devuelve la tranquilidad a su pueblo. (FILMAFFINITY)
Amy Rawlinson
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Brenda Martin
A crusading psychiatrist battles a sadistic female warden to improve conditions at a women's prison.
Mary Abbott
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 recent unsolved murder of a strip-tease dancer. Recognizing the laxity of the department he implements many changes and soon finds himself under fire by the newspapers, the attorney of a racket leader and the denizens of this human jungle.
Frieda
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.
Sally McKee
Dan Roman, un veterano piloto con un trágico pasado, se tendrá que hacer cargo de un avión de pasajeros que atraviesa el Pacífico y se encuentra en graves dificultades.
Nicky Jackson
Remake de una película de aventuras de 1938, titulada "Spawn of the North"; en español "Lobos del norte". Tras salir de la cárcel, Matt vuelve a su ciudad natal y, gracias a un amigo, encuentra trabajo como pescador de salmón. El problema es que una banda de criminales se dedica a robar las trampas de pesca.
Denny Russell
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Rose Slater
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Dorothy 'Dottie' Vale
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Dixie Delmar
A cowboy seeks fame and fortune in Las Vegas where he meets a girl working in a casino.
Sonya Bartow
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Polly Sickles
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Lorraine Minosa
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Betsy
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Marge Wrighter
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Self (archive footage)
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 for the film historically and geographically, and must be appropriate for the mood of the individual scene. We see famed costume designer Edith Head at work on a production. The Costume Designer was part of The Industry Film Project, a twelve-part series produced by the film studios and the Academy. Each series episode was produced to inform the public on a specific facet of the motion picture industry.
Rita Rossini
A captain tries to keep home as tight as his ship.
Vivian Heldon
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Jeta "Smoochie" Kovsky
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Dodie
Tras el asesinato de un empleado de Correos, una monja asegura que podría reconocer a uno de los asesinos si lo volviese a ver. Desde ese momento su vida correrá peligro.
Stella McCormick
La vida es dura en la granja de Mac Donald en Nueva Escocia y todavía resulta más difícil para Belinda, una joven sorda cuya desgracia se confunde con discapacidad mental. El nuevo médico de la ciudad muestra interés en ayudarla a salir de su silenciosa cárcel.
Dancer at Fiesta (uncredited)
John Monroe (John Wayne) es un ingeniero contratado para determinar el trazado de un ferrocarril en un complejo minero en Los Andes. La empresa encargada de realizar la obra pertenece a Frederick Alexander (Cedric Hardwicke). Las diferencias entre éste y Monroe sobre cómo salvar el desnivel del terreno se agravarán cada vez más, especialmente cuando el ingeniero comienza a cortejar a la hija del empresario, la bella Maura Alexander (Laraine Day). (FILMAFFINITY)
