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