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
- 1982 · Dangerous Company as Ray's Mother
- 1981 · First Monday in October as Christine Snow
- 1980 · My Kidnapper, My Love as Letty Fairlain
- 1979 · Backstairs at the White House as Lou Hoover
- 1977 · The Incredible Hulk as
- 1977 · Three's Company as Judge Sheffield
- 1976 · Having Babies as Mrs. Fontreil
- 1976 · Sammy Somebody as
- 1974 · Little House on the Prairie as
- 1972 · Kung Fu as
- 1972 · The Brian Keith Show as
- 1969 · The Minx as Louise Baxter
- 1969 · Medical Center as Florence Brent
- 1968 · The Name of the Game as Elsa Roarke
- 1968 · The Angry Breed as Gloria Patton
- 1967 · The Incident as Muriel Purvis
- 1967 · Mannix as Anne Marion
- 1966 · The Jackie Gleason Show as
- 1965 · Run for Your Life as Clara Mallory
- 1964 · American in Paris as Gloria Miles
- 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
- 1961 · Love in a Goldfish Bowl as Sandra Slide
- 1959 · Adventures in Paradise as Topaz Harmony
- 1959 · Riverboat as Lorna Langton
- 1959 · Bonanza as Dianne Jordan
- 1958 · 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
- 1957 · Suspicion as Georgiana
- 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 · 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
- 1954 · 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
- 1953 · 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
- 1952 · Sky Full of Moon as Dixie Delmar
- 1952 · Flesh and Fury as Sonya Bartow
- 1951 · Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as
- 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 · Lux Video Theatre as Lee
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as Julia
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as Chris Hunter
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as Mary Ford
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as Maggie
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as
- 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)
- Future · The Marshal of Gunsight Pass as