Jan Sterling Autographs
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.
Sterling was born in New York City, the daughter of Eleanor Ward (née Deans) and William Allen Adriance Jr, an architect and advertising executive. She had a younger sister, Ann "Mimi" Adriance, a model and businesswoman. Jane grew up in a wealthy household and attended private schools before moving with her family to Europe and South America. In London and Paris she was schooled by private tutors, and in London she attended Fay Compton's dramatic school. During the taping of the pilot of a game show in 1968, she told the story of having been sent airfare to fly back to the United States; seeing some lingerie she liked in a shop window, she used the last of her money to buy it, then traded in the airfare and booked aboard a steamship. Midway through the voyage, she found out that the airship she had originally been booked on, the Hindenburg, had been destroyed in a massive fire upon arriving in New Jersey on May 6, 1937.
As a teenager, she returned to the borough of Manhattan, and using variations of her given name, including "Jane Adriance" and "Jane Sterling", she began her acting career in 1938 by performing on Broadway as the character Chris Faringdon in Bachelor Born. For the summer of 1939, Sterling appeared in the summer stock cast at Elitch Theatre, the oldest Summer stock theater in the country, with Jane Wyatt appearing as the season's leading lady.
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Current items with a signature of Jan Sterling
These are the most current items with a signature of Jan Sterling that were listed on eBay and on other online stores - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | JAN STERLING Autograph Signed 3X5 Index Card w/ COA And Unsigned 8X10 B&W Photo | $38.95 |  |
| JAN STERLING Autograph Signed 3X5 Index Card w/ COA And Unsigned 8X10 B&W Photo | $38.95 | |
Traded items with a signature of Jan Sterling
The most expensive item with a signature of Jan Sterling (Jan Sterling actress signed vintage autographed photo striking blonde) was sold in October 2025 for $399.99 while the cheapest item (Authentic Jan Sterling Signed Signature Check B&W 8x10 Busty Pinup Photo) found a new owner for $0.99 in November 2017. The month with the most items sold (7) was October 2025 with an average selling price of $159.99 for an autographed item of Jan Sterling. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in June 2025 with $159.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was March 2011. In average, an autographed item from Jan Sterling is worth $29.95.
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