Jan Sterling

Known for: Acting

Born: 1921-04-03 – 2004-03-26 (aged 82)

From: New York City, New York, USA

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.

Filmography (71)

MOVIE★ 6.0
Dangerous Company
1982
as Ray's Mother
MOVIE★ 6.2
First Monday in October
1981
as Christine Snow
MOVIE★ 7.5
My Kidnapper, My Love
1980
as Letty Fairlain
TV★ 6.1
Backstairs at the White House
1979
as Lou Hoover
TV★ 7.2
The Incredible Hulk
1977
TV★ 7.6
Three's Company
1977
as Judge Sheffield
MOVIE★ 8.0
Having Babies
1976
as Mrs. Fontreil
MOVIE★ 8.0
Sammy Somebody
1976
TV★ 7.9
Little House on the Prairie
1974
as Laura Colby Ingalls
TV★ 7.7
Kung Fu
1972
as Mary Jenkins
TV★ 6.3
The Brian Keith Show
1972
MOVIE★ 3.2
The Minx
1969
as Louise Baxter
TV★ 6.4
Medical Center
1969
as Florence Brent
TV★ 7.0
The Name of the Game
1968
as Elsa Roarke
MOVIE★ 5.2
The Angry Breed
1968
as Gloria Patton
MOVIE★ 7.4
The Incident
1967
as Muriel Purvis
TV★ 6.8
Mannix
1967
as Anne Marion
TV★ 8.5
The Jackie Gleason Show
1966
TV★ 7.1
Run for Your Life
1965
as Clara Mallory
MOVIE★ 8.0
American in Paris
1964
as Gloria Miles
TV★ 6.3
Burke's Law
1963
as Devora Cato
TV★ 7.4
Breaking Point
1963
TV★ 8.0
Vacation Playhouse
1963
TV★ 7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TV★ 7.8
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Beatrice Bartel
TV★ 6.5
The Virginian
1962
as Mary Beth Stanton
MOVIE★ 5.5
Love in a Goldfish Bowl
1961
as Sandra Slide
TV★ 6.1
Adventures in Paradise
1959
as Topaz Harmony
TV★ 6.5
Riverboat
1959
as Lorna Langton
TV★ 7.5
Bonanza
1959
as Dianne Jordan
TV★ 5.7
Naked City
1958
as Myrtle Tiloff
MOVIE★ 10.0
Kathy O'
1958
as Celeste Saunders
MOVIE★ 5.5
High School Confidential!
1958
as Arlene Williams
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Female Animal
1958
as Lily Frayne
TV★ 6.2
Suspicion
1957
as Georgiana
MOVIE★ 5.8
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
1957
as Madge Pitts
MOVIE
Clipper Ship
1957
as Helen Ott
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Harder They Fall
1956
as Beth Willis
MOVIE★ 6.5
1984
1956
as Julia of the Outer Party
MOVIE★ 6.1
Man with the Gun
1955
as Nelly Bain
TV★ 7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Fran Holland
MOVIE★ 5.7
Female on the Beach
1955
as Amy Rawlinson
MOVIE★ 5.8
Women's Prison
1955
as Brenda Martin
TV★ 3.8
Climax!
1954
as Dinah Lake
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Human Jungle
1954
as Mary Abbott
MOVIE★ 6.0
Return from the Sea
1954
as Frieda
MOVIE★ 5.9
The High and the Mighty
1954
as Sally McKee
MOVIE★ 6.7
Alaska Seas
1954
as Nicky Jackson
TV★ 6.6
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Lucia
MOVIE★ 5.8
Pony Express
1953
as Denny Russell
MOVIE★ 4.9
The Vanquished
1953
as Rose Slater
MOVIE★ 6.4
Split Second
1953
as Dorothy 'Dottie' Vale
TV★ 7.0
The Oscars
1953
as Self
TV★ 6.8
General Electric Theater
1953
as Gloria Miles
MOVIE★ 6.0
Sky Full of Moon
1952
as Dixie Delmar
MOVIE★ 6.6
Flesh and Fury
1952
as Sonya Bartow
TV★ 7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
MOVIE★ 5.8
Rhubarb
1951
as Polly Sickles
MOVIE★ 7.8
Ace in the Hole
1951
as Lorraine
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Mating Season
1951
as Betsy
MOVIE★ 6.5
Union Station
1950
as Marge Wrighter
TV★ 6.7
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Lee
MOVIE★ 7.0
Gunfire
1950
as Flo
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Costume Designer
1950
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 5.3
The Skipper Surprised His Wife
1950
as Rita Rossini
MOVIE★ 6.8
Mystery Street
1950
as Vivian Heldon
MOVIE★ 7.1
Caged
1950
as Gita "Smoochie" Kovsky
MOVIE★ 5.7
Appointment with Danger
1950
as Dodie
MOVIE★ 6.8
Johnny Belinda
1948
as Stella McCormick
MOVIE★ 5.6
Tycoon
1947
as Dancer at Fiesta (uncredited)
TV★ 8.0
The Marshal of Gunsight Pass
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