8.0
TV
Acting
Jan Sterling
- Born
- Died
- (aged 82)
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
- Credits
- 71 titles
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.
Signature work
Known For
8.0
TV
7.8
Movie
Ace in the Hole
7.2
TV
The Incredible Hulk
7.5
TV
Bonanza
7.8
TV
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
7.7
TV
Kung Fu
7.5
TV
Three's Company
7.2
Movie
The Harder They Fall
6.5
Movie
1984
7.1
Movie
Caged
5.9
Movie
The High and the Mighty
7.4
Movie
The Incident
7.9
TV
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
6.9
Movie
Johnny Belinda
6.8
Movie
Mystery Street
6.1
Movie
Man with the Gun
6.9
TV
Mannix
6.5
Movie
Union Station
Acting credits 71
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Dangerous Company Film | Ray's Mother |
| 1981 | First Monday in October Film | Christine Snow |
| 1980 | My Kidnapper, My Love Film | Letty Fairlain |
| 1979 | Backstairs at the White House TV | Lou Hoover (4 ep) |
| 1977 | The Incredible Hulk TV | (1 ep) |
| 1977 | Three's Company TV | Judge Sheffield (1 ep) |
| 1976 | Having Babies Film | Mrs. Fontreil |
| 1976 | Sammy Somebody Film | |
| 1974 | Little House on the Prairie TV | Laura Colby Ingalls (1 ep) |
| 1972 | Kung Fu TV | Mary Jenkins (1 ep) |
| 1972 | The Brian Keith Show TV | (1 ep) |
| 1969 | The Minx Film | Louise Baxter |
| 1969 | Medical Center TV | Florence Brent (1 ep) |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game TV | Elsa Roarke (1 ep) |
| 1968 | The Angry Breed Film | Gloria Patton |
| 1967 | The Incident Film | Muriel Purvis |
| 1967 | Mannix TV | Anne Marion (1 ep) |
| 1965 | Run for Your Life TV | Clara Mallory (1 ep) |
| 1964 | American in Paris Film | Gloria Miles |
| 1963 | Burke's Law TV | Devora Cato, Vera Selby (1 ep) |
| 1963 | Breaking Point TV | (1 ep) |
| 1963 | Vacation Playhouse TV | (1 ep) |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour TV | Beatrice Bartel (1 ep) |
| 1962 | The Virginian TV | Mary Beth Stanton (1 ep) |
| 1961 | Love in a Goldfish Bowl Film | Sandra Slide |
| 1959 | Adventures in Paradise TV | Topaz Harmony (1 ep) |
| 1959 | Riverboat TV | Lorna Langton (1 ep) |
| 1959 | Bonanza TV | Dianne Jordan (1 ep) |
| 1958 | Naked City TV | Myrtle Tiloff (1 ep) |
| 1958 | Kathy O' Film | Celeste Saunders |
| 1958 | High School Confidential! Film | Arlene Williams |
| 1958 | The Female Animal Film | Lily Frayne |
| 1957 | Suspicion TV | Georgiana (1 ep) |
| 1957 | Slaughter on 10th Avenue Film | Madge Pitts |
| 1957 | Clipper Ship Film | Helen Ott |
| 1956 | The Harder They Fall Film | Beth Willis |
| 1956 | 1984 Film | Julia of the Outer Party |
| 1955 | Man with the Gun Film | Nelly Bain |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV | Fran Holland, Wanda Ferlini (1 ep) |
| 1955 | Female on the Beach Film | Amy Rawlinson |
| 1955 | Women's Prison Film | Brenda Martin |
| 1954 | Climax! TV | Dinah Lake, Audrey Caldwell (1 ep) |
| 1954 | The Human Jungle Film | Mary Abbott |
| 1954 | Return from the Sea Film | Frieda |
| 1954 | The High and the Mighty Film | Sally McKee |
| 1954 | Alaska Seas Film | Nicky Jackson |
| 1953 | Letter to Loretta TV | Lucia (1 ep) |
| 1953 | Pony Express Film | Denny Russell |
| 1953 | The Vanquished Film | Rose Slater |
| 1953 | Split Second Film | Dorothy 'Dottie' Vale |
| 1953 | The Oscars TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater TV | Gloria Miles (1 ep) |
| 1952 | Sky Full of Moon Film | Dixie Delmar |
| 1952 | The Jackie Gleason Show TV | |
| 1952 | Flesh and Fury Film | Sonya Bartow |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars TV | (1 ep) |
| 1951 | Rhubarb Film | Polly Sickles |
| 1951 | Ace in the Hole Film | Lorraine |
| 1951 | The Mating Season Film | Betsy |