Jan Sterling
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.
71 acting credits
Acting · 71
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Mannix
1967
Bonanza
1959
Little House on the Prairie
1974
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
The Virginian
1962
Climax!
1954
Naked City
1958
The Incredible Hulk
1977
Medical Center
1969
Burke's Law
1963
Run for Your Life
1965
Three's Company
1977
The Name of the Game
1968
The Oscars
1953
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Adventures in Paradise
1959
Riverboat
1959
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Suspicion
1957
Breaking Point
1963
Vacation Playhouse
1963
Letter to Loretta
1953
The Brian Keith Show
1972
General Electric Theater
1953
Backstairs at the White House
1979
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
The Harder They Fall
1956
The High and the Mighty
1954
Ace in the Hole
1951
Pony Express
1953
1984
1956
Caged
1950
Mystery Street
1950
Kung Fu
1972
The Mating Season
1951
The Jackie Gleason Show
1966
Johnny Belinda
1948
Rhubarb
1951
The Vanquished
1953
Tycoon
1947
Appointment with Danger
1950
Union Station
1950
The Incident
1967
Man with the Gun
1955
Women's Prison
1955
The Female Animal
1958
High School Confidential!
1958
First Monday in October
1981
Kathy O'
1958
Female on the Beach
1955
Split Second
1953
Flesh and Fury
1952
The Human Jungle
1954
Having Babies
1976
Love in a Goldfish Bowl
1961
Dangerous Company
1982
Alaska Seas
1954
Gunfire
1950
My Kidnapper, My Love
1980
The Minx
1969
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
1957
The Marshal of Gunsight Pass
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The Costume Designer
1950
The Angry Breed
1968
The Skipper Surprised His Wife
1950
Sky Full of Moon
1952
Return from the Sea
1954
Clipper Ship
1957
American in Paris
1964
Sammy Somebody
1976