Jan Sterling
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 3, 1921
- Died
- March 26, 2004 (aged 82)
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Jan Sterling (born Jane Sterling Adriance; April 3, 1921 – March 26, 2004) was an American actress. At her most active in films during the 1950s, she 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.
Known For
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Filmography
Dangerous Company
Movie · as Ray's Mother
First Monday in October
Movie · as Christine Snow
My Kidnapper, My Love
Movie · as Letty Fairlain
Backstairs at the White House
TV · as Lou Hoover · 4 eps
The Incredible Hulk
TV · 1 ep
Three's Company
TV · as Judge Sheffield · 1 ep
Sammy Somebody
Movie
Having Babies
Movie · as Mrs. Fontreil
Little House on the Prairie
TV · as Laura Colby Ingalls · 1 ep
The Brian Keith Show
TV · 1 ep
Kung Fu
TV · as Mary Jenkins · 1 ep
The Minx
Movie · as Louise Baxter
Medical Center
TV · as Florence Brent · 1 ep
The Angry Breed
Movie · as Gloria Patton
The Name of the Game
TV · as Elsa Roarke · 1 ep
The Incident
Movie · as Muriel Purvis
Mannix
TV · as Anne Marion · 1 ep
Run for Your Life
TV · as Clara Mallory · 1 ep
American in Paris
Movie · as Gloria Miles
Burke's Law
TV · as Devora Cato, Vera Selby · 1 ep
Breaking Point
TV · 1 ep
Vacation Playhouse
TV · 1 ep
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV · as Beatrice Bartel · 1 ep
The Virginian
TV · as Mary Beth Stanton · 1 ep
Love in a Goldfish Bowl
Movie · as Sandra Slide
Adventures in Paradise
TV · as Topaz Harmony · 1 ep
Riverboat
TV · as Lorna Langton · 1 ep
Bonanza
TV · as Dianne Jordan · 1 ep
High School Confidential!
Movie · as Arlene Williams
The Female Animal
Movie · as Lily Frayne
Kathy O'
Movie · as Celeste Saunders
Naked City
TV · as Myrtle Tiloff · 1 ep
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
Movie · as Madge Pitts
Clipper Ship
Movie · as Helen Ott
Suspicion
TV · as Georgiana · 1 ep
1984
Movie · as Julia of the Outer Party
The Harder They Fall
Movie · as Beth Willis
Women's Prison
Movie · as Brenda Martin
Man with the Gun
Movie · as Nelly Bain
Female on the Beach
Movie · as Amy Rawlinson
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV · as Fran Holland, Wanda Ferlini · 1 ep
The Human Jungle
Movie · as Mary Abbott
The High and the Mighty
Movie · as Sally McKee
Alaska Seas
Movie · as Nicky Jackson
Return from the Sea
Movie · as Frieda
Climax!
TV · as Dinah Lake, Audrey Caldwell · 1 ep
Split Second
Movie · as Dorothy 'Dottie' Vale
Pony Express
Movie · as Denny Russell
The Vanquished
Movie · as Rose Slater
General Electric Theater
TV · as Gloria Miles · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Letter to Loretta
TV · as Lucia · 1 ep
Flesh and Fury
Movie · as Sonya Bartow
Sky Full of Moon
Movie · as Dixie Delmar
The Jackie Gleason Show
TV
Ace in the Hole
Movie · as Lorraine
Rhubarb
Movie · as Polly Sickles
The Mating Season
Movie · as Betsy
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV · 1 ep
Appointment with Danger
Movie · as Dodie
Caged
Movie · as Gita "Smoochie" Kovsky
Union Station
Movie · as Marge Wrighter
Mystery Street
Movie · as Vivian Heldon
Gunfire
Movie · as Flo
The Skipper Surprised His Wife
Movie · as Rita Rossini
The Costume Designer
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Lux Video Theatre
TV · as Lee, Chris Hunter, Julia, Mary Ford, Maggie · 1 ep
The Marshal of Gunsight Pass
TV · 1 ep
Johnny Belinda
Movie · as Stella McCormick
Tycoon
Movie · as Dancer at Fiesta (uncredited)