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