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.
Filmography (71)
Dangerous Company
First Monday in October
My Kidnapper, My Love
Backstairs at the White House
Three's Company
The Incredible Hulk- Sammy Somebody
Having Babies
Little House on the Prairie
Kung Fu
The Brian Keith Show
Medical Center
The Minx
The Name of the Game
The Angry Breed
The Incident
Mannix
Run for Your Life
American in Paris- Vacation Playhouse
Breaking Point
Burke's Law
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Virginian
Love in a Goldfish Bowl
Bonanza
Riverboat
Adventures in Paradise
Kathy O'
The Female Animal
Naked City
High School Confidential!
Suspicion
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
Clipper Ship
The Harder They Fall
1984
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Man with the Gun
Women's Prison
Female on the Beach
Alaska Seas
Return from the Sea
The High and the Mighty
The Human Jungle
Climax!
The Oscars
General Electric Theater
Letter to Loretta
Split Second
Pony Express
The Vanquished
The Jackie Gleason Show
Flesh and Fury
Sky Full of Moon
Ace in the Hole
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
The Mating Season
Rhubarb
The Costume Designer
Caged
Gunfire
Mystery Street- Lux Video Theatre
Union Station
Appointment with Danger
The Skipper Surprised His Wife
Johnny Belinda
Tycoon- The Marshal of Gunsight Pass