Jan Sterling

Apr 03, 1921 - Mar 26, 2004 (82 years old) in 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.

Known For

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Little House on the Prairie

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Bonanza

Dianne Jordan

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Three's Company

Judge Sheffield

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Burke's Law

Devora Cato

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The Incredible Hulk

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The Name of the Game

Elsa Roarke

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Climax!

Dinah Lake

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Naked City

Myrtle Tiloff

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Mannix

Anne Marion

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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Beatrice Bartel

Credits

The Marshal of Gunsight Pass Future

★ NR
Dangerous Company 1982

Ray's Mother

★ 6
First Monday in October 1981

Christine Snow

★ 6.3
My Kidnapper, My Love 1980

Letty Fairlain

★ 6
Backstairs at the White House 1979

Lou Hoover

★ 5.9
The Incredible Hulk 1977

★ 7.2
Three's Company 1977

Judge Sheffield

★ 7.7
Having Babies 1976

Mrs. Fontreil

★ 6
Sammy Somebody 1976

★ NR
Little House on the Prairie 1974

★ 7.9
Kung Fu 1972

★ 7.6
The Brian Keith Show 1972

★ 5
The Minx 1969

Louise Baxter

★ 2.3
Medical Center 1969

Florence Brent

★ 6.1
The Name of the Game 1968

Elsa Roarke

★ 6.8
The Angry Breed 1968

Gloria Patton

★ 4.5
The Incident 1967

Muriel Purvis

★ 7.3
Mannix 1967

Anne Marion

★ 6.7
The Jackie Gleason Show 1966

★ 8.2
Run for Your Life 1965

Clara Mallory

★ 7.2
American in Paris 1964

Gloria Miles

★ NR
Burke's Law 1963

Devora Cato

★ 6
Breaking Point 1963

★ 7.3
Vacation Playhouse 1963

★ NR
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour 1962

Beatrice Bartel

★ 7.8
The Virginian 1962

Mary Beth Stanton

★ 6.5
Love in a Goldfish Bowl 1961

Sandra Slide

★ 2
Adventures in Paradise 1959

Topaz Harmony

★ 5.7
Riverboat 1959

Lorna Langton

★ 6.2
Bonanza 1959

Dianne Jordan

★ 7.5
Naked City 1958

Myrtle Tiloff

★ 5.5
Kathy O' 1958

Celeste Saunders

★ 10
High School Confidential! 1958

Arlene Williams

★ 5.7
The Female Animal 1958

Lily Frayne

★ 5.6
Suspicion 1957

Georgiana

★ 5.9
Slaughter on 10th Avenue 1957

Madge Pitts

★ 5.4
The Harder They Fall 1956

Beth Willis

★ 7.1
1984 1956

Julia of the Outer Party

★ 6.5
Man with the Gun 1955

Nelly Bain

★ 6.2
Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1955

Fran Holland

★ 7.7
Female on the Beach 1955

Amy Rawlinson

★ 5.7
Women's Prison 1955

Brenda Martin

★ 5.7
Climax! 1954

Dinah Lake

★ 3.3
The Human Jungle 1954

Mary Abbott

★ 5.3
Return from the Sea 1954

Frieda

★ 4.5
The High and the Mighty 1954

Sally McKee

★ 5.9
Alaska Seas 1954

Nicky Jackson

★ 6.2
Letter to Loretta 1953

Lucia

★ 6.5
Pony Express 1953

Denny Russell

★ 5.6
The Vanquished 1953

Rose Slater

★ 4.6
Split Second 1953

Dorothy 'Dottie' Vale

★ 6.2
The Oscars 1953

Self

★ 6.9
General Electric Theater 1953

Gloria Miles

★ 6.3
Sky Full of Moon 1952

Dixie Delmar

★ 5.5
Flesh and Fury 1952

Sonya Bartow

★ 6.1
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars 1951

★ 7.3
Rhubarb 1951

Polly Sickles

★ 5.5
Ace in the Hole 1951

Lorraine

★ 7.9
The Mating Season 1951

Betsy

★ 6.5
Union Station 1950

Marge Wrighter

★ 6.4
Lux Video Theatre 1950

Lee

★ 6.3
Gunfire 1950

Flo

★ 5
The Costume Designer 1950

Self (archive footage)

★ NR
The Skipper Surprised His Wife 1950

Rita Rossini

★ 4.7
Mystery Street 1950

Vivian Heldon

★ 6.8
Caged 1950

Jeta "Smoochie" Kovsky

★ 7.1
Appointment with Danger 1950

Dodie

★ 5.6
Johnny Belinda 1948

Stella McCormick

★ 6.8
Tycoon 1947

Dancer at Fiesta (uncredited)

★ 5.3

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