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