Known For
Acting
Known Credits
79
Gender
Female
Birthday
April 3, 1921 (105 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
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.
| 1982 | Dangerous Companyas Ray's Mother | |
| 1981 | First Monday in Octoberas Christine Snow | |
| 1980 | My Kidnapper, My Loveas Letty Fairlain | |
| 1979 | Backstairs at the White Houseas Lou Hoover | |
| 1977 | The Incredible Hulkas | |
| 1977 | Three's Companyas Judge Sheffield | |
| 1976 | Having Babiesas Mrs. Fontreil | |
| 1976 | Sammy Somebodyas | |
| 1974 | Little House on the Prairieas Laura Colby Ingalls | |
| 1972 | Kung Fuas Mary Jenkins | |
| 1972 | The Brian Keith Showas | |
| 1969 | The Minxas Louise Baxter | |
| 1969 | Medical Centeras Florence Brent | |
| 1968 | The Name of the Gameas Elsa Roarke | |
| 1968 | The Angry Breedas Gloria Patton | |
| 1967 | The Incidentas Muriel Purvis | |
| 1967 | Mannixas Anne Marion | |
| 1966 | The Jackie Gleason Showas | |
| 1965 | Run for Your Lifeas Clara Mallory | |
| 1964 | American in Parisas Gloria Miles | |
| 1963 | Burke's Lawas Devora Cato | |
| 1963 | Burke's Lawas Vera Selby | |
| 1963 | Breaking Pointas | |
| 1963 | Vacation Playhouseas | |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carsonas Self | |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Houras Beatrice Bartel | |
| 1962 | The Virginianas Mary Beth Stanton | |
| 1961 | Love in a Goldfish Bowlas Sandra Slide | |
| 1959 | Adventures in Paradiseas Topaz Harmony | |
| 1959 | Riverboatas Lorna Langton | |
| 1959 | Bonanzaas Dianne Jordan | |
| 1958 | Naked Cityas Myrtle Tiloff | |
| 1958 | Kathy O'as Celeste Saunders | |
| 1958 | High School Confidential!as Arlene Williams | |
| 1958 | The Female Animalas Lily Frayne | |
| 1957 | Suspicionas Georgiana | |
| 1957 | Slaughter on 10th Avenueas Madge Pitts | |
| 1957 | Clipper Shipas Helen Ott | |
| 1956 | The Harder They Fallas Beth Willis | |
| 1956 | 1984as Julia of the Outer Party | |
| 1955 | Man with the Gunas Nelly Bain | |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presentsas Fran Holland | |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presentsas Wanda Ferlini | |
| 1955 | Female on the Beachas Amy Rawlinson | |
| 1955 | Women's Prisonas Brenda Martin | |
| 1954 | Climax!as Audrey Caldwell | |
| 1954 | Climax!as Dinah Lake | |
| 1954 | The Human Jungleas Mary Abbott | |
| 1954 | Return from the Seaas Frieda | |
| 1954 | The High and the Mightyas Sally McKee | |
| 1954 | Alaska Seasas Nicky Jackson | |
| 1953 | Letter to Lorettaas Lucia | |
| 1953 | Pony Expressas Denny Russell | |
| 1953 | The Vanquishedas Rose Slater | |
| 1953 | Split Secondas Dorothy 'Dottie' Vale | |
| 1953 | The Oscarsas Self | |
| 1953 | General Electric Theateras Gloria Miles | |
| 1952 | Sky Full of Moonas Dixie Delmar | |
| 1952 | Flesh and Furyas Sonya Bartow | |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Starsas | |
| 1951 | Rhubarbas Polly Sickles | |
| 1951 | Ace in the Holeas Lorraine | |
| 1951 | The Mating Seasonas Betsy | |
| 1950 | Union Stationas Marge Wrighter | |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatreas | |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatreas Chris Hunter | |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatreas Julia | |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatreas Lee | |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatreas Maggie | |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatreas Mary Ford | |
| 1950 | Gunfireas Flo | |
| 1950 | The Costume Designeras Self (archive footage) | |
| 1950 | The Skipper Surprised His Wifeas Rita Rossini | |
| 1950 | Mystery Streetas Vivian Heldon | |
| 1950 | Cagedas Gita "Smoochie" Kovsky | |
| 1950 | Appointment with Dangeras Dodie | |
| 1948 | Johnny Belindaas Stella McCormick | |
| 1947 | Tycoonas Dancer at Fiesta (uncredited) | |
| The Marshal of Gunsight Passas |
