Jan Sterling
Known for: Actress
Born: 3 April 1921, New York City, New York, USA
Died: 26 March 2004
Credits: 60+ titles
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
Dangerous Company
First Monday in October
My Kidnapper, My Love
Backstairs at the White House
The Incredible Hulk
Three's Company
Having Babies
Sammy Somebody
Little House on the Prairie
Kung Fu
The Brian Keith Show
The Minx
Medical Center
The Name of the Game
The Angry Breed
The Incident
Mannix
Run for Your Life
American in Paris
Burke's Law
Breaking Point
Vacation Playhouse
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Virginian
Love in a Goldfish Bowl
Adventures in Paradise
Riverboat
Bonanza
Naked City
Kathy O'
High School Confidential!
The Female Animal
Suspicion
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
Clipper Ship
The Harder They Fall
1984
Man with the Gun
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Female on the Beach
Women's Prison
Climax!
The Human Jungle
Return from the Sea
The High and the Mighty
Alaska Seas
Letter to Loretta
Pony Express
The Vanquished
Split Second
General Electric Theater
Sky Full of Moon
The Jackie Gleason Show
Flesh and Fury
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Rhubarb
Ace in the Hole
The Mating Season
Union Station
Lux Video Theatre