Jan Sterling
Acting
1921-04-03 · 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.
Filmography
Dangerous Company
1982 · Movie
First Monday in October
1981 · Movie
My Kidnapper, My Love
1980 · Movie
Backstairs at the White House
1979 · Series
The Incredible Hulk
1977 · Series
Three's Company
1977 · Series
Having Babies
1976 · Movie
Sammy Somebody
1976 · Movie
Little House on the Prairie
1974 · Series
Kung Fu
1972 · Series
The Brian Keith Show
1972 · Series
The Minx
1969 · Movie
Medical Center
1969 · Series
The Name of the Game
1968 · Series
The Angry Breed
1968 · Movie
The Incident
1967 · Movie
Mannix
1967 · Series
Run for Your Life
1965 · Series
American in Paris
1964 · Movie
Burke's Law
1963 · Series
Breaking Point
1963 · Series
Vacation Playhouse
1963 · Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Series
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962 · Series
The Virginian
1962 · Series
Love in a Goldfish Bowl
1961 · Movie
Adventures in Paradise
1959 · Series
Riverboat
1959 · Series
Bonanza
1959 · Series
Naked City
1958 · Series
Kathy O'
1958 · Movie
High School Confidential!
1958 · Movie
The Female Animal
1958 · Movie
Suspicion
1957 · Series
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
1957 · Movie
Clipper Ship
1957 · Movie
The Harder They Fall
1956 · Movie
1984
1956 · Movie
Man with the Gun
1955 · Movie
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Series
Female on the Beach
1955 · Movie
Women's Prison
1955 · Movie
Climax!
1954 · Series
The Human Jungle
1954 · Movie
Return from the Sea
1954 · Movie
The High and the Mighty
1954 · Movie
Alaska Seas
1954 · Movie
Letter to Loretta
1953 · Series
Pony Express
1953 · Movie
The Vanquished
1953 · Movie
Split Second
1953 · Movie
The Oscars
1953 · Series
General Electric Theater
1953 · Series
Sky Full of Moon
1952 · Movie
The Jackie Gleason Show
1952 · Series
Flesh and Fury
1952 · Movie
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Series
Rhubarb
1951 · Movie
Ace in the Hole
1951 · Movie
The Mating Season
1951 · Movie
Union Station
1950 · Movie
Lux Video Theatre
1950 · Series
Gunfire
1950 · Movie
The Costume Designer
1950 · Movie
The Skipper Surprised His Wife
1950 · Movie
Mystery Street
1950 · Movie
Caged
1950 · Movie
Appointment with Danger
1950 · Movie
Johnny Belinda
1948 · Movie
Tycoon
1947 · Movie
The Marshal of Gunsight Pass
Series