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