Jan Sterling

Born: 1921-04-03, New York City, New York, USA

Died: 2004-03-26

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

• The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)
• Bonanza (1959)
• Little House on the Prairie (1974)
• Three's Company (1977)
• The Virginian (1962)
• Climax! (1954)
• Run for Your Life (1965)
• Burke's Law (1963)
• Medical Center (1969)
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
• The Harder They Fall (1956)
• Adventures in Paradise (1959)
• Suspicion (1957)
• Riverboat (1959)
• Breaking Point (1963)
• Ace in the Hole (1951)
• Pony Express (1953)
• 1984 (1956)
• Man with the Gun (1955)
• Union Station (1950)
• The High and the Mighty (1954)
• Dangerous Company (1982)
• The Vanquished (1953)
• Mystery Street (1950)
• Rhubarb (1951)
• Female on the Beach (1955)
• The Mating Season (1951)
• The Female Animal (1958)
• American in Paris (1964)
• High School Confidential! (1958)