Jan Sterling
ActingJan 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.
Movies
Ray's Mother
Dangerous Company
1982
Christine Snow
First Monday in October
1981
Letty Fairlain
My Kidnapper, My Love
1980
Mrs. Fontreil
Having Babies
1976
Louise Baxter
The Minx
1969
Gloria Patton
The Angry Breed
1968
Muriel Purvis
The Incident
1967
Gloria Miles
American in Paris
1964
Sandra Slide
Love in a Goldfish Bowl
1961
Celeste Saunders
Kathy O'
1958
Arlene Williams
High School Confidential!
1958
Lily Frayne
The Female Animal
1958
Madge Pitts
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
1957
Helen Ott
Clipper Ship
1957
Beth Willis
The Harder They Fall
1956
Julia of the Outer Party
1984
1956
Nelly Bain
Man with the Gun
1955
Amy Rawlinson
Female on the Beach
1955
Brenda Martin
Women's Prison
1955
Mary Abbott
The Human Jungle
1954
TV Shows
Lou Hoover
Backstairs at the White House
1979
The Incredible Hulk
1977
Judge Sheffield
Three's Company
1977
Laura Colby Ingalls
Little House on the Prairie
1974
Mary Jenkins
Kung Fu
1972
The Brian Keith Show
1972
Florence Brent
Medical Center
1969
Elsa Roarke
The Name of the Game
1968
Anne Marion
Mannix
1967
Clara Mallory
Run for Your Life
1965
Devora Cato
Burke's Law
1963
Vera Selby
Burke's Law
1963
Breaking Point
1963
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Beatrice Bartel
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
Mary Beth Stanton
The Virginian
1962
Topaz Harmony
Adventures in Paradise
1959
Lorna Langton
Riverboat
1959
Dianne Jordan
Bonanza
1959
Myrtle Tiloff
Naked City
1958
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