Acting · New York City, New York, USA · Born April 3, 1921
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.
MovieDangerous Company
1982
as Ray's Mother
MovieFirst Monday in October
1981
as Christine Snow
MovieMy Kidnapper, My Love
1980
as Letty Fairlain
TVBackstairs at the White House
1979
as Lou Hoover
TVThe Incredible Hulk
1977
TVThree's Company
1977
as Judge Sheffield
MovieHaving Babies
1976
as Mrs. Fontreil
Sammy Somebody
1976
TVLittle House on the Prairie
1974
as Laura Colby Ingalls
TVKung Fu
1972
as Mary Jenkins
TVThe Brian Keith Show
1972
MovieThe Minx
1969
as Louise Baxter
TVMedical Center
1969
as Florence Brent
TVThe Name of the Game
1968
as Elsa Roarke
MovieThe Angry Breed
1968
as Gloria Patton
MovieThe Incident
1967
as Muriel Purvis
TVMannix
1967
as Anne Marion
TVRun for Your Life
1965
as Clara Mallory
MovieAmerican in Paris
1964
as Gloria Miles
TVBurke's Law
1963
as Devora Cato
TVBreaking Point
1963
Vacation Playhouse
1963
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TVThe Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Beatrice Bartel
TVThe Virginian
1962
as Mary Beth Stanton
MovieLove in a Goldfish Bowl
1961
as Sandra Slide
TVAdventures in Paradise
1959
as Topaz Harmony
TVRiverboat
1959
as Lorna Langton
TVBonanza
1959
as Dianne Jordan
TVNaked City
1958
as Myrtle Tiloff
MovieKathy O'
1958
as Celeste Saunders
MovieHigh School Confidential!
1958
as Arlene Williams
MovieThe Female Animal
1958
as Lily Frayne
TVSuspicion
1957
as Georgiana
MovieSlaughter on 10th Avenue
1957
as Madge Pitts
MovieClipper Ship
1957
as Helen Ott
MovieThe Harder They Fall
1956
as Beth Willis
Movie1984
1956
as Julia of the Outer Party
MovieMan with the Gun
1955
as Nelly Bain
TVAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Fran Holland
MovieFemale on the Beach
1955
as Amy Rawlinson
MovieWomen's Prison
1955
as Brenda Martin
TVClimax!
1954
as Dinah Lake
MovieThe Human Jungle
1954
as Mary Abbott
MovieReturn from the Sea
1954
as Frieda
MovieThe High and the Mighty
1954
as Sally McKee
MovieAlaska Seas
1954
as Nicky Jackson
TVLetter to Loretta
1953
as Lucia
MoviePony Express
1953
as Denny Russell
MovieThe Vanquished
1953
as Rose Slater
MovieSplit Second
1953
as Dorothy 'Dottie' Vale
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
TVGeneral Electric Theater
1953
as Gloria Miles
MovieSky Full of Moon
1952
as Dixie Delmar
TVThe Jackie Gleason Show
1952
MovieFlesh and Fury
1952
as Sonya Bartow
TVSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
MovieRhubarb
1951
as Polly Sickles
MovieAce in the Hole
1951
as Lorraine
MovieThe Mating Season
1951
as Betsy
MovieUnion Station
1950
as Marge Wrighter
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Lee
MovieGunfire
1950
as Flo
MovieThe Costume Designer
1950
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Skipper Surprised His Wife
1950
as Rita Rossini
MovieMystery Street
1950
as Vivian Heldon
MovieCaged
1950
as Gita "Smoochie" Kovsky
MovieAppointment with Danger
1950
as Dodie
MovieJohnny Belinda
1948
as Stella McCormick
MovieTycoon
1947
as Dancer at Fiesta (uncredited)
The Marshal of Gunsight Pass
