Jan Sterling
April 3, 1921 (104 years old) in 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.
Known For
Credits
- 1979 · Backstairs at the White House as Lou Hoover
- 1977 · The Incredible Hulk as
- 1977 · Three's Company as Judge Sheffield
- 1974 · Little House on the Prairie as
- 1972 · Kung Fu as Mary Jenkins
- 1972 · The Brian Keith Show as
- 1969 · Medical Center as Florence Brent
- 1968 · The Name of the Game as Elsa Roarke
- 1967 · Mannix as Anne Marion
- 1966 · The Jackie Gleason Show as
- 1965 · Run for Your Life as Clara Mallory
- 1963 · Burke's Law as Devora Cato
- 1963 · Burke's Law as Vera Selby
- 1963 · Breaking Point as
- 1963 · Vacation Playhouse as
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1962 · The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Beatrice Bartel
- 1962 · The Virginian as Mary Beth Stanton
- 1959 · Adventures in Paradise as Topaz Harmony
- 1959 · Riverboat as Lorna Langton
- 1959 · Bonanza as Dianne Jordan
- 1958 · Naked City as Myrtle Tiloff
- 1957 · Suspicion as Georgiana
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Fran Holland
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Wanda Ferlini
- 1954 · Climax! as Dinah Lake
- 1954 · Climax! as Audrey Caldwell
- 1953 · Letter to Loretta as Lucia
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Gloria Miles
- 1951 · Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as Lee
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as Mary Ford
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as Chris Hunter
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as Julia
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as Maggie
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as
- Future · The Marshal of Gunsight Pass as
- 1982 · Dangerous Company as Ray's Mother
- 1981 · First Monday in October as Christine Snow
- 1980 · My Kidnapper, My Love as Letty Fairlain
- 1976 · Having Babies as Mrs. Fontreil
- 1976 · Sammy Somebody as
- 1969 · The Minx as Louise Baxter
- 1968 · The Angry Breed as Gloria Patton
- 1967 · The Incident as Muriel Purvis
- 1964 · American in Paris as Gloria Miles
- 1961 · Love in a Goldfish Bowl as Sandra Slide
- 1958 · Kathy O' as Celeste Saunders
- 1958 · High School Confidential! as Arlene Williams
- 1958 · The Female Animal as Lily Frayne
- 1957 · Slaughter on 10th Avenue as Madge Pitts
- 1956 · The Harder They Fall as Beth Willis
- 1956 · 1984 as Julia of the Outer Party
- 1955 · Man with the Gun as Nelly Bain
- 1955 · Female on the Beach as Amy Rawlinson
- 1955 · Women's Prison as Brenda Martin
- 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
- 1953 · Pony Express as Denny Russell
- 1953 · The Vanquished as Rose Slater
- 1953 · Split Second as Dorothy 'Dottie' Vale
- 1952 · Sky Full of Moon as Dixie Delmar
- 1952 · Flesh and Fury as Sonya Bartow
- 1951 · Rhubarb as Polly Sickles
- 1951 · Ace in the Hole as Lorraine
- 1951 · The Mating Season as Betsy
- 1950 · Union Station as Marge Wrighter
- 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 Jeta "Smoochie" Kovsky
- 1950 · Appointment with Danger as Dodie
- 1948 · Johnny Belinda as Stella McCormick
- 1947 · Tycoon as Dancer at Fiesta (uncredited)