Jan Sterling
Acting
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.
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Movies (41)
Dangerous Company1982Ray's Mother
First Monday in October1981Christine Snow
My Kidnapper, My Love1980Letty Fairlain
Having Babies1976Mrs. Fontreil- Sammy Somebody1976
The Minx1969Louise Baxter
The Angry Breed1968Gloria Patton
The Incident1967Muriel Purvis
American in Paris1964Gloria Miles
Love in a Goldfish Bowl1961Sandra Slide
Kathy O'1958Celeste Saunders
High School Confidential!1958Arlene Williams
The Female Animal1958Lily Frayne
Slaughter on 10th Avenue1957Madge Pitts
Clipper Ship1957Helen Ott
The Harder They Fall1956Beth Willis
19841956Julia of the Outer Party
Man with the Gun1955Nelly Bain
Female on the Beach1955Amy Rawlinson
Women's Prison1955Brenda Martin
The Human Jungle1954Mary Abbott
Return from the Sea1954Frieda
The High and the Mighty1954Sally McKee
Alaska Seas1954Nicky Jackson
Pony Express1953Denny Russell
The Vanquished1953Rose Slater
Split Second1953Dorothy 'Dottie' Vale
Sky Full of Moon1952Dixie Delmar
Flesh and Fury1952Sonya Bartow
Rhubarb1951Polly Sickles
Shows (30)
Backstairs at the White House1979Lou Hoover
The Incredible Hulk1977
Three's Company1977Judge Sheffield
Little House on the Prairie1974Laura Colby Ingalls
Kung Fu1972Mary Jenkins
The Brian Keith Show1972
Medical Center1969Florence Brent
The Name of the Game1968Elsa Roarke
Mannix1967Anne Marion
Run for Your Life1965Clara Mallory
Burke's Law1963Devora Cato
Breaking Point1963- Vacation Playhouse1963
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962Self
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour1962Beatrice Bartel
The Virginian1962Mary Beth Stanton
Adventures in Paradise1959Topaz Harmony
Riverboat1959Lorna Langton
Bonanza1959Dianne Jordan
Naked City1958Myrtle Tiloff
Suspicion1957Georgiana
Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955Fran Holland
Climax!1954Dinah Lake
Letter to Loretta1953Lucia
The Oscars1953Self
General Electric Theater1953Gloria Miles
The Jackie Gleason Show1952
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951- Lux Video Theatre1950Lee
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