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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jan Sterling has received more than 977,649 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Jan Sterling is the 4,089th most popular actor (up from 4,616th in 2019), the 6,176th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,169th in 2019) and the 1,921st most popular American Actor.

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  • 980k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Jan Sterling ranks 4,089 out of 9,996. Before her are Patricia McPherson, Peter Mullan, Stanislav Lyubshin, Kader Khan, Margaret O'Brien, and Cassandra Peterson. After her are Maria Andreyeva, Valérie Lemercier, David Jason, Ernesto Alonso, Seth Rogen, and Maurice Costello.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Jan Sterling ranks 279. Before her are Harold Agnew, Yuri Ozerov, Jean Richard, János Pilinszky, Ferenc Karinthy, and George Nader. After her are Walter Rudin, Heinrich Schmid, Chico Hamilton, Karen Hoff, H. C. Artmann, and Michel Boisrond. Among people deceased in 2004, Jan Sterling ranks 190. Before her are Virginia Grey, Ehrenfried Patzel, O. W. Fischer, Karel Kachyňa, Veríssimo Correia Seabra, and Joan Aiken. After her are Sara Lidman, Oscar Heisserer, Balamani Amma, Janet Akyüz Mattei, David Reimer, and Laurance Rockefeller.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jan Sterling ranks 6,176 out of 18,182. Before her are Colleen Atwood (1948), Ollie Johnston (1912), Guy Kawasaki (1954), Cassandra Peterson (1951), Peter Norton (1943), and Anna Harrison (1775). After her are Joe Sample (1939), Leonard Eugene Dickson (1874), Maurice Costello (1877), Stan Hansen (1949), Robert B. Parker (1932), and Louis Bromfield (1896).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Jan Sterling ranks 1,921. Before her are George Nader (1921), S. Epatha Merkerson (1952), Amy Ryan (1969), Patricia McPherson (1954), Margaret O'Brien (1937), and Cassandra Peterson (1951). After her are Maurice Costello (1877), Clifton Webb (1889), Barbara Feldon (1933), Scott Brady (1924), Lola Falana (1942), and Kerry Washington (1977).

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