Jan Sterling

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: Acting

Born: New York City, New York, USA, 1921-04-03

Died: 2004-03-26

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1947	Tycoon	Dancer at Fiesta (uncredited)	54
2	1948	Johnny Belinda	Stella McCormick	68
3	1950	Appointment with Danger	Dodie	55
4	1950	Caged	Jeta "Smoochie" Kovsky	71
5	1950	Mystery Street	Vivian Heldon	67
6	1950	The Skipper Surprised His Wife	Rita Rossini	47
7	1950	The Costume Designer	Self (archive footage)	0
8	1950	Gunfire	Flo	50
9	1950	Union Station	Marge Wrighter	63
10	1951	The Mating Season	Betsy	65
11	1951	Ace in the Hole	Lorraine	78
12	1951	Rhubarb	Polly Sickles	55
13	1952	Flesh and Fury	Sonya Bartow	61
14	1952	Sky Full of Moon	Dixie Delmar	55
15	1953	Split Second	Dorothy 'Dottie' Vale	62
16	1953	The Vanquished	Rose Slater	45
17	1953	Pony Express	Denny Russell	55
18	1954	Alaska Seas	Nicky Jackson	62
19	1954	The High and the Mighty	Sally McKee	59
20	1954	Return from the Sea	Frieda	45
21	1954	The Human Jungle	Mary Abbott	53
22	1955	Women's Prison	Brenda Martin	57
23	1955	Female on the Beach	Amy Rawlinson	57
24	1955	Man with the Gun	Nelly Bain	62
25	1956	1984	Julia of the Outer Party	65
26	1956	The Harder They Fall	Beth Willis	71
27	1957	Slaughter on 10th Avenue	Madge Pitts	54
28	1958	The Female Animal	Lily Frayne	56
29	1958	High School Confidential!	Arlene Williams	57
30	1958	Kathy O'	Celeste Saunders	100
31	1961	Love in a Goldfish Bowl	Sandra Slide	20
32	1964	American in Paris	Gloria Miles	0
33	1967	The Incident	Muriel Purvis	73
34	1968	The Angry Breed	Gloria Patton	45
35	1969	The Minx	Louise Baxter	23
36	1976	Sammy Somebody		0
37	1976	Having Babies	Mrs. Fontreil	60
38	1980	My Kidnapper, My Love	Letty Fairlain	60
39	1981	First Monday in October	Christine Snow	63
40	1982	Dangerous Company	Ray's Mother	60

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Lee	60
2	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Mary Ford	60
3	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Chris Hunter	60
4	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Julia	60
5	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Maggie	60
6	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars		70
7	1953	General Electric Theater	Gloria Miles	60
8	1953	The Oscars	Self	70
9	1953	Letter to Loretta	Lucia	62
10	1954	Climax!	Dinah Lake	30
11	1954	Climax!	Audrey Caldwell	30
12	1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Fran Holland	77
13	1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Wanda Ferlini	77
14	1957	Suspicion	Georgiana	59
15	1958	Naked City	Myrtle Tiloff	53
16	1959	Bonanza	Dianne Jordan	75
17	1959	Riverboat	Lorna Langton	62
18	1959	Adventures in Paradise	Topaz Harmony	57
19	1962	The Virginian	Mary Beth Stanton	64
20	1962	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	Beatrice Bartel	78
21	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	74
22	1963	Vacation Playhouse		0
23	1963	Breaking Point		73
24	1963	Burke's Law	Devora Cato	60
25	1963	Burke's Law	Vera Selby	60
26	1965	Run for Your Life	Clara Mallory	72
27	1966	The Jackie Gleason Show		82
28	1967	Mannix	Anne Marion	67
29	1968	The Name of the Game	Elsa Roarke	68
30	1969	Medical Center	Florence Brent	61
31	1972	The Brian Keith Show		50
32	1972	Kung Fu		76
33	1974	Little House on the Prairie		79
34	1977	Three's Company	Judge Sheffield	77
35	1977	The Incredible Hulk		72
36	1979	Backstairs at the White House	Lou Hoover	59
37		The Marshal of Gunsight Pass		0