Jan Sterling
- Recitazione
- 3 aprile 1921 · New York City, New York, USA
- 26 marzo 2004
Biografia
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.
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Filmografia
- Dangerous Company · Ray's Mother
- Una notte con vostro onore · Christine Snow
- My Kidnapper, My Love · Letty Fairlain
- Backstairs at the White House · Lou Hoover
- L'incredibile Hulk
- Tre cuori in affitto · Judge Sheffield
- Having Babies · Mrs. Fontreil
- Sammy Somebody
- La casa nella prateria · Laura Colby Ingalls
- Kung Fu · Mary Jenkins
- The Brian Keith Show
- The Minx · Louise Baxter
- Medical Center · Florence Brent
- Reporter alla ribalta · Elsa Roarke
- The Angry Breed · Gloria Patton
- New York: ore 3 - L'ora dei vigliacchi · Muriel Purvis
- Mannix · Anne Marion
- I giorni di Bryan · Clara Mallory
- American in Paris · Gloria Miles
- La legge di Burke · Devora Cato, Vera Selby
- Breaking Point
- Vacation Playhouse
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson · In persona
- L'ora di Hitchcock · Beatrice Bartel
- Il virginiano · Mary Beth Stanton
- Love in a Goldfish Bowl · Sandra Slide
- Avventure in paradiso · Topaz Harmony
- Riverboat · Lorna Langton
- Bonanza · Dianne Jordan
- La città in controluce · Myrtle Tiloff
- Kathy O' · Celeste Saunders
- High School Confidential! · Arlene Williams
- L'animale femmina · Lily Frayne
- Suspicion · Georgiana
- I bassifondi del porto · Madge Pitts
- Clipper Ship · Helen Ott
- Il colosso d'argilla · Beth Willis
- Nel 2000 non sorge il sole · Julia of the Outer Party
- Sangue caldo · Nelly Bain
- Alfred Hitchcock presenta · Fran Holland, Wanda Ferlini
- Delitto sulla spiaggia · Amy Rawlinson
- La rivolta delle recluse · Brenda Martin
- Climax! · Dinah Lake, Audrey Caldwell
- Giungla Umana · Mary Abbott
- Return from the Sea · Frieda
- Prigionieri del cielo · Sally McKee
- Nei mari dell'Alaska · Nicky Jackson
- Letter to Loretta · Lucia
- Pony Express · Denny Russell
- The Vanquished · Rose Slater
- Prigionieri della città deserta · Dorothy 'Dottie' Vale
- Oscars: La notte in diretta · In persona
- General Electric Theater · Gloria Miles
- Sky Full of Moon · Dixie Delmar
- The Jackie Gleason Show
- Furia e passione · Sonya Bartow
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
- Il gatto milionario · Polly Sickles
- L'asso nella manica · Lorraine
- La madre dello sposo · Betsy
- L'ultima preda · Marge Wrighter
- Lux Video Theatre · Lee, Chris Hunter
- Gunfire · Flo
- The Costume Designer · In persona
- The Skipper Surprised His Wife · Rita Rossini
- La strada del mistero · Vivian Heldon
- Prima colpa · Gita "Smoochie" Kovsky
- Il cerchio di fuoco · Dodie
- The Marshal of Gunsight Pass
- Johnny Belinda · Stella McCormick
- La grande conquista · Dancer at Fiesta (uncredited)