Jan Sterling
Known for: Acting
Born: April 3, 1921
Died: March 26, 2004
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
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.
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Filmography
41 movies · 30 TV shows, newest first
6.0
Dangerous Company
1982
6.2
First Monday in October
1981
7.5
My Kidnapper, My Love
1980
6.1
Backstairs at the White House
1979
7.2
The Incredible Hulk
1977
7.5
Three's Company
1977
8.0
Having Babies
19768.0
Sammy Somebody
1976
8.0
Little House on the Prairie
1974
7.7
Kung Fu
1972
6.3
The Brian Keith Show
1972
3.2
The Minx
1969
6.4
Medical Center
1969
7.0
The Name of the Game
1968
5.2
The Angry Breed
1968
7.4
The Incident
1967
6.8
Mannix
1967
7.1
Run for Your Life
1965
8.0
American in Paris
1964
6.3
Burke's Law
1963
7.4
Breaking Point
19638.0
Vacation Playhouse
1963
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
7.9
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
6.5
The Virginian
1962
5.5
Love in a Goldfish Bowl
1961
6.1
Adventures in Paradise
1959
6.5
Riverboat
1959
7.5
Bonanza
1959
5.7
Naked City
1958
10.0
Kathy O'
1958
5.6
High School Confidential!
1958
6.0
The Female Animal
1958
6.2
Suspicion
1957
5.8
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
1957
NR
Clipper Ship
1957
7.2
The Harder They Fall
1956
6.5
1984
1956
6.1
Man with the Gun
1955
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
5.7
Female on the Beach
1955
5.8
Women's Prison
1955
3.8
Climax!
1954
5.6
The Human Jungle
1954
6.0
Return from the Sea
1954
6.0
The High and the Mighty
1954
6.7
Alaska Seas
1954
6.6
Letter to Loretta
1953
5.8
Pony Express
1953
4.9
The Vanquished
1953
6.4
Split Second
1953
7.0
The Oscars
1953
6.8
General Electric Theater
1953
6.0
Sky Full of Moon
1952
8.5
The Jackie Gleason Show
1952
6.6
Flesh and Fury
1952
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
5.8
Rhubarb
1951
7.8
Ace in the Hole
1951
6.6
The Mating Season
1951
6.5
Union Station
19506.7
Lux Video Theatre
1950
7.0
Gunfire
1950
10.0
The Costume Designer
1950
5.3
The Skipper Surprised His Wife
1950
6.8
Mystery Street
1950
7.1
Caged
1950
5.7
Appointment with Danger
19508.0
The Marshal of Gunsight Pass
1950
6.9
Johnny Belinda
1948
5.6
Tycoon
1947