Jan Sterling
Known for
Acting
Life
1921 – 2004 (aged 82)
Born in
New York City, New York, USA
Credits
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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
Little House on the Prairie
11 Sep 1974
Ace in the Hole
29 Jun 1951
The Incredible Hulk
04 Nov 1977
Bonanza
12 Sep 1959
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
02 Oct 1955
Kung Fu
14 Oct 1972
Three's Company
15 Mar 1977
The Harder They Fall
08 May 1956
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Filmography
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 Hoover4 episodes
1977
- The Incredible Hulk1 episode
- Three's Companyas Judge Sheffield1 episode
1976
- Having Babiesas Mrs. Fontreil
- Sammy Somebody
1974
- Little House on the Prairieas Laura Colby Ingalls1 episode
1972
- Kung Fuas Mary Jenkins1 episode
- The Brian Keith Show1 episode
1969
- The Minxas Louise Baxter
- Medical Centeras Florence Brent1 episode
1968
- The Name of the Gameas Elsa Roarke1 episode
- The Angry Breedas Gloria Patton
1967
- The Incidentas Muriel Purvis
- Mannixas Anne Marion1 episode
1965
- Run for Your Lifeas Clara Mallory1 episode
1964
- American in Parisas Gloria Miles
1963
- Burke's Lawas Vera Selby1 episode
- Breaking Point1 episode
- Vacation Playhouse1 episode
1962
- The Alfred Hitchcock Houras Beatrice Bartel1 episode
- The Virginianas Mary Beth Stanton1 episode
1961
- Love in a Goldfish Bowlas Sandra Slide
1959
- Adventures in Paradiseas Topaz Harmony1 episode
- Riverboatas Lorna Langton1 episode
- Bonanzaas Dianne Jordan1 episode
1958
- Naked Cityas Myrtle Tiloff1 episode
- Kathy O'as Celeste Saunders
- High School Confidential!as Arlene Williams
- The Female Animalas Lily Frayne
1957
- Suspicionas Georgiana1 episode
- Slaughter on 10th Avenueas Madge Pitts
- Clipper Shipas Helen Ott
1956
- The Harder They Fallas Beth Willis
- 1984as Julia of the Outer Party
1955
- Man with the Gunas Nelly Bain
- Alfred Hitchcock Presentsas Wanda Ferlini1 episode
- Female on the Beachas Amy Rawlinson
- Women's Prisonas Brenda Martin
1954
- Climax!as Audrey Caldwell1 episode
- The Human Jungleas Mary Abbott
- Return from the Seaas Frieda
- The High and the Mightyas Sally McKee
- Alaska Seasas Nicky Jackson
1953
- Letter to Lorettaas Lucia1 episode
- Pony Expressas Denny Russell
- The Vanquishedas Rose Slater
- Split Secondas Dorothy 'Dottie' Vale
- General Electric Theateras Gloria Miles1 episode
1952
- Sky Full of Moonas Dixie Delmar
- The Jackie Gleason Show
- Flesh and Furyas Sonya Bartow
1951
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1 episode
- Rhubarbas Polly Sickles
- Ace in the Holeas Lorraine
- The Mating Seasonas Betsy
1950
- Union Stationas Marge Wrighter
- Lux Video Theatre1 episode
- Gunfireas Flo
- The Skipper Surprised His Wifeas Rita Rossini
- Mystery Streetas Vivian Heldon
- Cagedas Gita "Smoochie" Kovsky
- Appointment with Dangeras Dodie
- The Marshal of Gunsight Pass1 episode
1948
- Johnny Belindaas Stella McCormick
1947
- Tycoonas Dancer at Fiesta (uncredited)