It was essential that Jan Sterling shave her eyebrows in preparation for her climactic scene, and they reportedly never grew back. The High and the Mighty (1954) was easily the finest hour of Sterling's career, and her willingness to strip herself bare of all makeup on camera was considered groundbreaking for an actress of that era, as glamour - on and off the screen - was a 24/7 requisite for movie stardom. Sterling and Paul Kelly perform the scene in one sustained take, with director William A. Wellman moving the camera only once, tightening in on Sterling's face as she finally turns frontal to reveal herself, literally and figuratively stripped, to Kelly. The brilliantly executed scene netted Sterling a much-deserved Oscar nomination, though she ultimately lost the award to Eva Marie Saint for On the Waterfront (1954).

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