Jan Sterling
Department: 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.
Known For
1984
1956
Ace in the Hole
1951
Split Second
1953
Appointment with Danger
1950
Women's Prison
1955
Man with the Gun
1955
The Harder They Fall
1956
Rhubarb
1951
Caged
1950
Pony Express
1953
High School Confidential!
1958
The Human Jungle
1954
Union Station
1950
The Vanquished
1953
Johnny Belinda
1948
Female on the Beach
1955
The Incident
1967
The High and the Mighty
1954
Mystery Street
1950
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
1957
Flesh and Fury
1952
Love in a Goldfish Bowl
1961
Alaska Seas
1954
Sky Full of Moon
1952
The Angry Breed
1968
The Female Animal
1958
Kathy O'
1958
First Monday in October
1981
The Mating Season
1951
The Minx
1969
Gunfire
1950
My Kidnapper, My Love
1980
The Skipper Surprised His Wife
1950
Sammy Somebody
1976
Return from the Sea
1954
Dangerous Company
1982
The Costume Designer
1950
Having Babies
1976
American in Paris
1964
Tycoon
1947
Clipper Ship
1957
Burke's Law
1963
The Jackie Gleason Show
1966
The Incredible Hulk
1977
Little House on the Prairie
1974
Naked City
1958
Three's Company
1977
General Electric Theater
1953
Backstairs at the White House
1979
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Run for Your Life
1965
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Climax!
1954
Adventures in Paradise
1959
Riverboat
1959
The Brian Keith Show
1972
Breaking Point
1963
Vacation Playhouse
1963
The Oscars
1953
The Marshal of Gunsight Pass
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Letter to Loretta
1953
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Burke's Law
1963
The Name of the Game
1968
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Mannix
1967
Bonanza
1959
Climax!
1954
Medical Center
1969
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Suspicion
1957
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
The Virginian
1962
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Kung Fu
1972