Acting

Jan Sterling

Born 1921-04-03 · New York City, New York, USA

Died 2004-03-26

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.

Credits

Newest first

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