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Jan Sterling
Jan Sterling

Jan Sterling

ActingBorn April 3, 1921Died March 26, 2004 (age 82)New York City, New York, USA

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.

Filmography

1982
Dangerous Company

as Ray's Mother

Movie
1981
First Monday in October

as Christine Snow

Movie
1980
My Kidnapper, My Love

as Letty Fairlain

Movie
1977
Three's Company

as Judge Sheffield

TV
1976
Having Babies

as Mrs. Fontreil

Movie
1974
Little House on the Prairie

as Laura Colby Ingalls

TV
1972
Kung Fu

as Mary Jenkins

TV
1969
The Minx

as Louise Baxter

Movie
1969
Medical Center

as Florence Brent

TV
1968
The Name of the Game

as Elsa Roarke

TV
1968
The Angry Breed

as Gloria Patton

Movie
1967
The Incident

as Muriel Purvis

Movie
1967
Mannix

as Anne Marion

TV
1965
Run for Your Life

as Clara Mallory

TV
1964
American in Paris

as Gloria Miles

Movie
1963
Burke's Law

as Devora Cato

TV
1963
Burke's Law

as Vera Selby

TV
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Beatrice Bartel

TV
1962
The Virginian

as Mary Beth Stanton

TV
1961Movie
1959
Adventures in Paradise

as Topaz Harmony

TV
1959
Riverboat

as Lorna Langton

TV
1959
Bonanza

as Dianne Jordan

TV
1958
Naked City

as Myrtle Tiloff

TV
1958
Kathy O'

as Celeste Saunders

Movie
1958
High School Confidential!

as Arlene Williams

Movie
1958
The Female Animal

as Lily Frayne

Movie
1957
Suspicion

as Georgiana

TV
1957Movie
1957
Clipper Ship

as Helen Ott

Movie
1956
The Harder They Fall

as Beth Willis

Movie
1956
1984

as Julia of the Outer Party

Movie
1955
Man with the Gun

as Nelly Bain

Movie
1955TV
1955TV
1955
Female on the Beach

as Amy Rawlinson

Movie
1955
Women's Prison

as Brenda Martin

Movie
1954
Climax!

as Dinah Lake

TV
1954
Climax!

as Audrey Caldwell

TV
1954
The Human Jungle

as Mary Abbott

Movie
1954Movie
1954Movie
1954
Alaska Seas

as Nicky Jackson

Movie
1953TV
1953
Pony Express

as Denny Russell

Movie
1953
The Vanquished

as Rose Slater

Movie
1953
Split Second

as Dorothy 'Dottie' Vale

Movie
1953
The Oscars

as Self

TV
1953TV
1952
Sky Full of Moon

as Dixie Delmar

Movie
1952
Flesh and Fury

as Sonya Bartow

Movie
1951
Rhubarb

as Polly Sickles

Movie
1951
Ace in the Hole

as Lorraine

Movie
1951Movie
1950
Union Station

as Marge Wrighter

Movie
1950TV
1950
Lux Video Theatre

as Chris Hunter

TV
1950TV
1950
Lux Video Theatre

as Mary Ford

TV
1950TV
1950
Gunfire

as Flo

Movie
1950
The Costume Designer

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1950Movie
1950
Mystery Street

as Vivian Heldon

Movie
1950
Caged

as Gita "Smoochie" Kovsky

Movie
1950Movie
1948
Johnny Belinda

as Stella McCormick

Movie
1947
Tycoon

as Dancer at Fiesta (uncredited)

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayApril 3, 1921
Day of DeathMarch 26, 2004
Place of BirthNew York City, New York, USA
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