Jan Sterling
Acting
Born: 1921-04-03 · New York City, New York, USA
Died: 2004-03-26
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.
🎬 Movies (20)
Dangerous Company
1982
Ray's Mother
First Monday in October
1981
Christine Snow
My Kidnapper, My Love
1980
Letty Fairlain
Having Babies
1976
Mrs. Fontreil
Sammy Somebody
1976
The Minx
1969
Louise Baxter
The Angry Breed
1968
Gloria Patton
The Incident
1967
Muriel Purvis
American in Paris
1964
Gloria Miles
Love in a Goldfish Bowl
1961
Sandra Slide
Kathy O'
1958
Celeste Saunders
High School Confidential!
1958
Arlene Williams
The Female Animal
1958
Lily Frayne
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
1957
Madge Pitts
Clipper Ship
1957
Helen Ott
The Harder They Fall
1956
Beth Willis
1984
1956
Julia of the Outer Party
Man with the Gun
1955
Nelly Bain
Female on the Beach
1955
Amy Rawlinson
Women's Prison
1955
Brenda Martin
📺 TV Shows (20)
Backstairs at the White House
1979
Lou Hoover
The Incredible Hulk
1977
Three's Company
1977
Judge Sheffield
Little House on the Prairie
1974
Laura Colby Ingalls
Kung Fu
1972
Mary Jenkins
The Brian Keith Show
1972
Medical Center
1969
Florence Brent
The Name of the Game
1968
Elsa Roarke
Mannix
1967
Anne Marion
The Jackie Gleason Show
1966
Run for Your Life
1965
Clara Mallory
Burke's Law
1963
Devora Cato
Burke's Law
1963
Vera Selby
Breaking Point
1963
Vacation Playhouse
1963
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Self
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
Beatrice Bartel
The Virginian
1962
Mary Beth Stanton
Adventures in Paradise
1959
Topaz Harmony
Riverboat
1959
Lorna Langton