Jan Sterling
Acting
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.
TV Shows(30)
Backstairs at the White House
Lou Hoover
1979
The Incredible Hulk
1977
Three's Company
Judge Sheffield
1977
Little House on the Prairie
Laura Colby Ingalls
1974
Kung Fu
Mary Jenkins
1972
The Brian Keith Show
1972
Medical Center
Florence Brent
1969
The Name of the Game
Elsa Roarke
1968
Mannix
Anne Marion
1967
The Jackie Gleason Show
1966
Run for Your Life
Clara Mallory
1965
Burke's Law
Devora Cato
1963
Breaking Point
1963
Vacation Playhouse
1963
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Beatrice Bartel
1962
The Virginian
Mary Beth Stanton
1962
Adventures in Paradise
Topaz Harmony
1959
Riverboat
Lorna Langton
1959
Bonanza
Dianne Jordan
1959
Naked City
Myrtle Tiloff
1958
Suspicion
Georgiana
1957
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Fran Holland
1955
Climax!
Dinah Lake
1954
Letter to Loretta
Lucia
1953
The Oscars
Self
1953
General Electric Theater
Gloria Miles
1953
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Lux Video Theatre
Lee
1950
The Marshal of Gunsight Pass
Movies(41)
Dangerous Company
Ray's Mother
1982
First Monday in October
Christine Snow
1981
My Kidnapper, My Love
Letty Fairlain
1980
Having Babies
Mrs. Fontreil
1976
Sammy Somebody
1976
The Minx
Louise Baxter
1969
The Angry Breed
Gloria Patton
1968
The Incident
Muriel Purvis
1967
American in Paris
Gloria Miles
1964
Love in a Goldfish Bowl
Sandra Slide
1961
Kathy O'
Celeste Saunders
1958
High School Confidential!
Arlene Williams
1958
The Female Animal
Lily Frayne
1958
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
Madge Pitts
1957
Clipper Ship
Helen Ott
1957
The Harder They Fall
Beth Willis
1956
1984
Julia of the Outer Party
1956
Man with the Gun
Nelly Bain
1955
Female on the Beach
Amy Rawlinson
1955
Women's Prison
Brenda Martin
1955
The Human Jungle
Mary Abbott
1954
Return from the Sea
Frieda
1954
The High and the Mighty
Sally McKee
1954
Alaska Seas
Nicky Jackson
1954
Pony Express
Denny Russell
1953
The Vanquished
Rose Slater
1953
Split Second
Dorothy 'Dottie' Vale
1953
Sky Full of Moon
Dixie Delmar
1952
Flesh and Fury
Sonya Bartow
1952
Rhubarb
Polly Sickles
1951
Ace in the Hole
Lorraine
1951
The Mating Season
Betsy
1951
Union Station
Marge Wrighter
1950
Gunfire
Flo
1950
The Costume Designer
Self (archive footage)
1950
The Skipper Surprised His Wife
Rita Rossini
1950
Mystery Street
Vivian Heldon
1950
Caged
Gita "Smoochie" Kovsky
1950
Appointment with Danger
Dodie
1950
Johnny Belinda
Stella McCormick
1948
Tycoon
Dancer at Fiesta (uncredited)
1947