American actress (died 2004)

Jan Sterling

Jan Sterling was an American film, television and stage actress. At her most active in films during the 1950s, 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.

Born

1921

April 3

Died

2004

Era

1920s

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Jan, in brief

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2004 Died

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956 Polyeuctus of Constantinople is elected as patriarch of Constantinople.
1043 Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England.
1077 The Patriarchate of Friûl, the first Friulian state, is created.

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The world in 1921

When Jan arrived

april 11 Emir Abdullah establishes the first centralised government in the newly created British protectorate of Transjordan.
april 2 The Autonomous Government of Khorasan, a military government encompassing the modern state of Iran, is established.
august 14 Tannu Uriankhai, later Tuvan People's Republic is established as a completely independent country (which is supported by Soviet Russia).
august 23 British airship R-38 experiences structural failure over Hull in England and crashes in the Humber Estuary; of her 49 British and American training crew, only four survive.

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Arjen Anthony Lucassen 1960– Dutch singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer Carlos Salinas de Gortari 1948– Mexican economist and politician, 53rd President of Mexico Dylann Roof 1994– American mass murderer Ikki Kita 1883– Japanese philosopher and author (died 1937) Jane Goodall 1934–2025 English primatologist and anthropologist (died 2025) Jaya Prada 1962– Indian actress and politician Leona Lewis 1985– English singer-songwriter and producer Michael Woodruff 1911– English-Scottish surgeon and academic (died 2001) Thomas C. Kinkaid 1888– American admiral (died 1972)

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Also born in 1921

Ágnes Keleti 1921–2025 Hungarian Olympic gymnast (born 1921) Alexander Dubček 1921–1992 Slovak soldier and politician (died 1992) Art Clokey 1921–2010 American animator, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1921) Bill Willis 1921–2007 American football player and coach (born 1921) Brian Moore 1921–1999 Northern Irish-Canadian author and screenwriter (died 1999) Esther Williams 1921–2013 American swimmer and actress (died 2013) Ezzard Charles 1921–1975 American boxer (died 1975) Franciszek Blachnicki 1921–1987 Polish priest (born 1921) Franco Corelli 1921–2003 Italian tenor and actor (died 2003)

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