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