Jan Sterling
Acting
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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movieDangerous Company
1982
Ray's Mother
movieFirst Monday in October
1981
Christine Snow
movieMy Kidnapper, My Love
1980
Letty Fairlain
tvBackstairs at the White House
1979
Lou Hoover
tvThree's Company
1977
Judge Sheffield
movieHaving Babies
1976
Mrs. Fontreil
tvLittle House on the Prairie
1974
Laura Colby Ingalls
tvKung Fu
1972
Mary Jenkins
movieThe Minx
1969
Louise Baxter
tvMedical Center
1969
Florence Brent
tvThe Name of the Game
1968
Elsa Roarke
movieThe Angry Breed
1968
Gloria Patton
movieThe Incident
1967
Muriel Purvis
tvMannix
1967
Anne Marion
tvRun for Your Life
1965
Clara Mallory
movieAmerican in Paris
1964
Gloria Miles
tvBurke's Law
1963
Devora Cato / Vera Selby
tvThe Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
Beatrice Bartel
tvThe Virginian
1962
Mary Beth Stanton
movieLove in a Goldfish Bowl
1961
Sandra Slide
tvAdventures in Paradise
1959
Topaz Harmony
tvRiverboat
1959
Lorna Langton
tvBonanza
1959
Dianne Jordan
tvNaked City
1958
Myrtle Tiloff
movieKathy O'
1958
Celeste Saunders
movieHigh School Confidential!
1958
Arlene Williams
movieThe Female Animal
1958
Lily Frayne
tvSuspicion
1957
Georgiana
movieSlaughter on 10th Avenue
1957
Madge Pitts
movieClipper Ship
1957
Helen Ott
movieThe Harder They Fall
1956
Beth Willis
movie1984
1956
Julia of the Outer Party
movieMan with the Gun
1955
Nelly Bain
tvAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Fran Holland / Wanda Ferlini
movieFemale on the Beach
1955
Amy Rawlinson
movieWomen's Prison
1955
Brenda Martin
tvClimax!
1954
Dinah Lake / Audrey Caldwell
movieThe Human Jungle
1954
Mary Abbott
movieThe High and the Mighty
1954
Sally McKee
movieAlaska Seas
1954
Nicky Jackson
moviePony Express
1953
Denny Russell
movieThe Vanquished
1953
Rose Slater
movieSplit Second
1953
Dorothy 'Dottie' Vale
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
tvGeneral Electric Theater
1953
Gloria Miles
movieSky Full of Moon
1952
Dixie Delmar
movieFlesh and Fury
1952
Sonya Bartow
movieRhubarb
1951
Polly Sickles
movieAce in the Hole
1951
Lorraine
movieUnion Station
1950
Marge Wrighter
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Lee / Chris Hunter / Julia / Mary Ford / Maggie
movieThe Costume Designer
1950
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Skipper Surprised His Wife
1950
Rita Rossini
movieMystery Street
1950
Vivian Heldon
movieCaged
1950
Gita "Smoochie" Kovsky
movieJohnny Belinda
1948
Stella McCormick
movieTycoon
1947
Dancer at Fiesta (uncredited)