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Jan Sterling
Born · April 3, 1921
Died · March 26, 2004 (82 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Bio
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.
Dangerous Company
Ray's Mother
6.0
1982
First Monday in October
Christine Snow
6.3
1981
My Kidnapper, My Love
Letty Fairlain
6.0
1980
Backstairs at the White House
Lou Hoover · (4 episodes)
5.9
1979
The Incredible Hulk
(1 episode)
7.2
1977
Three's Company
Judge Sheffield · (1 episode)
7.7
1977
Having Babies
Mrs. Fontreil
6.0
1976
Sammy Somebody
0.0
1976
Little House on the Prairie
(1 episode)
7.9
1974
Kung Fu
(1 episode)
7.6
1972
The Brian Keith Show
(1 episode)
5.0
1972
The Minx
Louise Baxter
2.3
1969
Medical Center
Florence Brent · (1 episode)
6.1
1969
The Name of the Game
Elsa Roarke · (1 episode)
6.8
1968
The Angry Breed
Gloria Patton
4.5
1968
The Incident
Muriel Purvis
7.3
1967
Mannix
Anne Marion · (1 episode)
6.7
1967
The Jackie Gleason Show
(0 episode)
8.2
1966
Run for Your Life
Clara Mallory · (1 episode)
7.2
1965
American in Paris
Gloria Miles
0.0
1964
Burke's Law
Devora Cato · (1 episode)
6.0
1963
Burke's Law
Vera Selby · (1 episode)
6.0
1963
Breaking Point
(1 episode)
7.3
1963
Vacation Playhouse
(1 episode)
0.0
1963
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · (1 episode)
7.4
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Beatrice Bartel · (1 episode)
7.8
1962
The Virginian
Mary Beth Stanton · (1 episode)
6.4
1962
Love in a Goldfish Bowl
Sandra Slide
2.0
1961
Adventures in Paradise
Topaz Harmony · (1 episode)
5.7
1959
Riverboat
Lorna Langton · (1 episode)
6.2
1959
Bonanza
Dianne Jordan · (1 episode)
7.5
1959
Naked City
Myrtle Tiloff · (1 episode)
5.5
1958
Kathy O'
Celeste Saunders
10.0
1958
High School Confidential!
Arlene Williams
5.7
1958
The Female Animal
Lily Frayne
5.6
1958
Suspicion
Georgiana · (1 episode)
5.9
1957
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
Madge Pitts
5.4
1957
The Harder They Fall
Beth Willis
7.1
1956
1984
Julia of the Outer Party
6.5
1956
Man with the Gun
Nelly Bain
6.2
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Fran Holland · (1 episode)
7.7
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Wanda Ferlini · (1 episode)
7.7
1955
Female on the Beach
Amy Rawlinson
5.7
1955
Women's Prison
Brenda Martin
5.7
1955
Climax!
Dinah Lake · (1 episode)
3.0
1954
Climax!
Audrey Caldwell · (1 episode)
3.0
1954
The Human Jungle
Mary Abbott
5.3
1954
Return from the Sea
Frieda
4.5
1954
The High and the Mighty
Sally McKee
5.9
1954
Alaska Seas
Nicky Jackson
6.2
1954
Letter to Loretta
Lucia · (1 episode)
6.2
1953
Pony Express
Denny Russell
5.6
1953
The Vanquished
Rose Slater
4.6
1953
Split Second
Dorothy 'Dottie' Vale
6.2
1953
The Oscars
Self · (1 episode)
6.9
1953
General Electric Theater
Gloria Miles · (1 episode)
6.0
1953
Sky Full of Moon
Dixie Delmar
5.5
1952
Flesh and Fury
Sonya Bartow
6.1
1952
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
(1 episode)
7.0
1951
Rhubarb
Polly Sickles
5.5
1951
Ace in the Hole
Lorraine
7.8
1951
The Mating Season
Betsy
6.5
1951
Union Station
Marge Wrighter
6.4
1950
Lux Video Theatre
Lee · (1 episode)
6.0
1950
Lux Video Theatre
Chris Hunter · (1 episode)
6.0
1950
Lux Video Theatre
Mary Ford · (1 episode)
6.0
1950
Lux Video Theatre
Maggie · (1 episode)
6.0
1950
Gunfire
Flo
5.0
1950
The Costume Designer
Self (archive footage)
0.0
1950
The Skipper Surprised His Wife
Rita Rossini
4.7
1950
Mystery Street
Vivian Heldon
6.8
1950
Caged
Jeta "Smoochie" Kovsky
7.1
1950
Appointment with Danger
Dodie
5.5
1950
Tycoon
Dancer at Fiesta (uncredited)
5.3
1947
The Marshal of Gunsight Pass
(1 episode)
0.0
Lux Video Theatre
Julia · (1 episode)
6.0
1950
Johnny Belinda
Stella McCormick
6.8
1948