Jan Sterling

After a long bout with diabetes, a broken hip, and a number of strokes, Jan Sterling died on March 26, 2004, in Los Angeles, California, a few days before her 84th birthday. A few of Florence Turner's notable films:. Inactive for nearly two decades, she made an appearance at the Cinecon Film Festival in Los Angeles in the fall of 2001. After appearing in more than 160 films, Florence Turner died in 1946 at age 61, an almost forgotten figure living at the Motion Picture Country Home in Woodland Hills, California. They never married but stayed together until his death in 1993. Mayer put her on MGM's payroll, her career was limited to minor roles. In the 70s she entered into a strong personal relationship with actor Sam Wanamaker. Although Louis B.

Herbert Hoover in the TV miniseries Backstairs at the White House. Already approaching the age of forty, and in the era of great glamour, her starring days were long behind her. She retired from films in favor of the stage in 1969 and returned before the cameras in 1976 to portray Mrs. She then went back to England in 1920 where she remained until her move to Hollywood in 1924. Married and divorced to actor John Merivale (http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0580881/) in the 40s, Sterling's career slipped down after the death of her second husband, actor Paul Douglas, in 1959. Florence Turner returned to the United States in 1916 but was less than successful. During the following years, she appears regularly in movies like Slaughter on Tenth Avenue, Kathy O, and The Female Animal. and went to England accompanied by her long-time friend Larry Trimble who had participated with her in a number of films. There, they performed at London music halls and because she often wrote and directed films, including a number of comedies, she formed her own production company called Turner Films that would make more than 30 motion picture shorts.

Also the same 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. In 1913, Turner left the U.S. In 1954 Sterling was nominated for an Academy Award and won a Golden Globe for her great performance in The High and the Mighty. Sometimes listed in her film roles as Baby Twinkles, over the years she appeared with other great stars of the day including Buster Keaton and Florence Lawrence. Shuttling between films and television, she showed up in nearly all the major live anthologies of the 1950s, stood out in such 'bad girl' film roles in Caged (1950), The Big Carnival [aka 'Ace in the Hole'] (1951), Flesh and Fury (1952), The Human Jungle (1954), and Female on the Beach (1955), while making a more sympathetic impression in Sky Full of Moon (1952). Although Turner was listed only as the Vitagraph Girl, she nevertheless became one of the most popular faces in the early days of silent films, particularly with her appearance in several leading roles opposite heartthrob Wallace Reid. In 1948 she broke into films supporting the Academy Award winner Jane Wyman in Johnny Belinda, in a key, emotional role. She made her film debut the following year at a time when actors received no screen credits.

Then, the actrees Ruth Gordon insisted she change her stage name and the two hit upon 'Jan Sterling'. She became a regular performer in a variety of productions and in 1906 joined the fledgling motion picture business as an actress with Vitagraph Studios. Seldom cast in passive roles, Sterling was at her best in parts calling for hard-bitten, sometimes hard-boiled determination. Born in New York City, United States and pushed into show business by her ambitious mother, Florence Turner began appearing on stage at the age of three. As a teenager she returned to Manhattan, and billed as Jane Sterling, made her first Broadway appearance in Bachelor Born and went on to appear in such major stage offerings as Panama Hattie, Over 21 and Present Laughter. In 1947, she made her movies debut in Tycoon, now billed as Jane Darian. Florence Turner, (January 6, 1885–August 28, 1946) was an American stage and film actress. She was schooled by private tutors in London and Paris, and was enrolled in Fay Compton's dramatic school in London. College (1926).

Sterling was educated in private schools before heading to Europe with her family. Hornet's Nest (1923). Jan Sterling was born Jane Sterling Adriance on April 3, 1921, in New York City, NY, into a prosperous family. Fool's Gold (1919). One of Hollywood's most talented and versatile stars, often cool and stunning blonde in Hollywood film noir movies of the 1940s and '50s, the actrees Jan Sterling ensured audiences of a real good time with her sexy roles in soaps, crime action and comedies. Through the Valley of Shadows (1914). Aunty's Romance (1912).

Birds of a Feather (1911). Rose Leaves (1910). Uncle Tom's Cabin (1910). The Heart of a Clown (1909).

Romance of a War Nurse (1908).