Jan Sterling
Born in New York City, New York, USA — Apr 03 1921• Died Mar 26 2004
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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.
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Bonanza
Dianne Jordan
Mannix
Anne Marion
Little House on the Prairie
Laura Colby Ingalls
The Virginian
Mary Beth Stanton
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Beatrice Bartel
Climax!
Dinah Lake
Naked City
Myrtle Tiloff
Medical Center
Florence Brent
Burke's Law
Devora Cato
The Incredible Hulk
Three's Company
Judge Sheffield
The Name of the Game
Elsa Roarke
The Oscars
Self
Adventures in Paradise
Topaz Harmony
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Fran Holland
Run for Your Life
Clara Mallory
Suspicion
Georgiana
Lux Video Theatre
Lee
Riverboat
Lorna Langton
Vacation Playhouse
Letter to Loretta
Lucia
The Brian Keith Show
Breaking Point
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
General Electric Theater
Gloria Miles
Backstairs at the White House
Lou Hoover
Ace in the Hole
Lorraine
The High and the Mighty
Sally McKee
The Harder They Fall
Beth Willis
Caged
Gita "Smoochie" Kovsky
Mystery Street
Vivian Heldon
Union Station
Marge Wrighter
The Jackie Gleason Show
The Female Animal
Lily Frayne
The Human Jungle
Mary Abbott
1984
Julia of the Outer Party
Kung Fu
Mary Jenkins
Rhubarb
Polly Sickles
Johnny Belinda
Stella McCormick
Flesh and Fury
Sonya Bartow
High School Confidential!
Arlene Williams
Man with the Gun
Nelly Bain
My Kidnapper, My Love
Letty Fairlain
First Monday in October
Christine Snow
The Costume Designer
Self (archive footage)
Female on the Beach
Amy Rawlinson
Split Second
Dorothy 'Dottie' Vale
Appointment with Danger
Dodie
Pony Express
Denny Russell
The Mating Season
Betsy
The Incident
Muriel Purvis
Women's Prison
Brenda Martin
Gunfire
Flo
Having Babies
Mrs. Fontreil
Kathy O'
Celeste Saunders
Alaska Seas
Nicky Jackson
Dangerous Company
Ray's Mother
The Vanquished
Rose Slater
The Angry Breed
Gloria Patton
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
Madge Pitts
Tycoon
Dancer at Fiesta (uncredited)
The Skipper Surprised His Wife
Rita Rossini
Return from the Sea
Frieda
Sky Full of Moon
Dixie Delmar
American in Paris
Gloria Miles
Clipper Ship
Helen Ott
Sammy Somebody
Love in a Goldfish Bowl
Sandra Slide
The Marshal of Gunsight Pass
The Minx
Louise Baxter