Jan Sterling
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
Apr 3, 1921 (105 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Biography
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
| 1982 | Dangerous CompanyRay's Mother | |
| 1981 | First Monday in OctoberChristine Snow | |
| 1980 | My Kidnapper, My LoveLetty Fairlain | |
| 1979 | Backstairs at the White HouseLou Hoover | |
| 1977 | The Incredible Hulk | |
| 1977 | Three's CompanyJudge Sheffield | |
| 1976 | Sammy Somebody | |
| 1976 | Having BabiesMrs. Fontreil | |
| 1974 | Little House on the PrairieLaura Colby Ingalls | |
| 1972 | The Brian Keith Show | |
| 1972 | Kung FuMary Jenkins | |
| 1969 | The MinxLouise Baxter | |
| 1969 | Medical CenterFlorence Brent | |
| 1968 | The Angry BreedGloria Patton | |
| 1968 | The Name of the GameElsa Roarke | |
| 1967 | The IncidentMuriel Purvis | |
| 1967 | MannixAnne Marion | |
| 1966 | The Jackie Gleason Show | |
| 1965 | Run for Your LifeClara Mallory | |
| 1964 | American in ParisGloria Miles | |
| 1963 | Burke's LawDevora Cato | |
| 1963 | Breaking Point | |
| 1963 | Vacation Playhouse | |
| 1963 | Burke's LawVera Selby | |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf | |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock HourBeatrice Bartel | |
| 1962 | The VirginianMary Beth Stanton | |
| 1961 | Love in a Goldfish BowlSandra Slide | |
| 1959 | Adventures in ParadiseTopaz Harmony | |
| 1959 | RiverboatLorna Langton | |
| 1959 | BonanzaDianne Jordan | |
| 1958 | High School Confidential!Arlene Williams | |
| 1958 | The Female AnimalLily Frayne | |
| 1958 | Kathy O'Celeste Saunders | |
| 1958 | Naked CityMyrtle Tiloff | |
| 1957 | Slaughter on 10th AvenueMadge Pitts | |
| 1957 | Clipper ShipHelen Ott | |
| 1957 | SuspicionGeorgiana | |
| 1956 | 1984Julia of the Outer Party | |
| 1956 | The Harder They FallBeth Willis | |
| 1955 | Women's PrisonBrenda Martin | |
| 1955 | Man with the GunNelly Bain | |
| 1955 | Female on the BeachAmy Rawlinson | |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock PresentsFran Holland | |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock PresentsWanda Ferlini | |
| 1954 | The Human JungleMary Abbott | |
| 1954 | The High and the MightySally McKee | |
| 1954 | Alaska SeasNicky Jackson | |
| 1954 | Return from the SeaFrieda | |
| 1954 | Climax!Dinah Lake | |
| 1954 | Climax!Audrey Caldwell | |
| 1953 | Split SecondDorothy 'Dottie' Vale | |
| 1953 | Pony ExpressDenny Russell | |
| 1953 | The VanquishedRose Slater | |
| 1953 | General Electric TheaterGloria Miles | |
| 1953 | The OscarsSelf | |
| 1953 | Letter to LorettaLucia | |
| 1952 | Flesh and FurySonya Bartow | |
| 1952 | Sky Full of MoonDixie Delmar | |
| 1951 | Ace in the HoleLorraine | |
| 1951 | RhubarbPolly Sickles | |
| 1951 | The Mating SeasonBetsy | |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | |
| 1950 | Appointment with DangerDodie | |
| 1950 | CagedGita "Smoochie" Kovsky | |
| 1950 | Union StationMarge Wrighter | |
| 1950 | Mystery StreetVivian Heldon | |
| 1950 | GunfireFlo | |
| 1950 | The Skipper Surprised His WifeRita Rossini | |
| 1950 | The Costume DesignerSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1950 | Lux Video TheatreLee | |
| 1950 | Lux Video TheatreChris Hunter | |
| 1950 | Lux Video TheatreJulia | |
| 1950 | Lux Video TheatreMary Ford | |
| 1950 | Lux Video TheatreMaggie | |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | |
| 1948 | Johnny BelindaStella McCormick | |
| 1947 | TycoonDancer at Fiesta (uncredited) | |
| - | The Marshal of Gunsight Pass |