Acting credits
68
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Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Jan Sterling
Acting
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Movies: 40Series: 28
TMDB ID: 20418
IMDb ID: nm0012443
Known for: Acting
Born: April 3, 1921
Died: March 26, 2004
Age: 82
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1947 - 1982
Years active: 36
Average TMDB rating: 6.79
Wikidata: Q259581
Also known as
Jane Sterling Adriance • Jane Adriance • Jane Sterling • Jane Darian • Jane Adrian
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Jan Sterling.
6.0
Dangerous Company
as Ray's Mother
1982 Movie
6.1
First Monday in October
as Christine Snow
1981 Movie
6.0
My Kidnapper, My Love
as Letty Fairlain
1980 Movie
6.0
Having Babies
as Mrs. Fontreil
1976 Movie
2.0
The Minx
as Louise Baxter
1969 Movie
4.5
The Angry Breed
as Gloria Patton
1968 Movie
7.4
The Incident
as Muriel Purvis
1967 Movie
American in Paris
as Gloria Miles
1964 Movie
2.0
Love in a Goldfish Bowl
as Sandra Slide
1961 Movie
10.0
Kathy O'
as Celeste Saunders
1958 Movie
5.3
High School Confidential!
as Arlene Williams
1958 Movie
5.8
The Female Animal
as Lily Frayne
1958 Movie
5.4
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
as Madge Pitts
1957 Movie
Clipper Ship
as Helen Ott
1957 Movie
7.2
The Harder They Fall
as Beth Willis
1956 Movie
6.5
1984
as Julia of the Outer Party
1956 Movie
6.1
Man with the Gun
as Nelly Bain
1955 Movie
5.7
Female on the Beach
as Amy Rawlinson
1955 Movie
5.7
Women's Prison
as Brenda Martin
1955 Movie
4.8
The Human Jungle
as Mary Abbott
1954 Movie
4.5
Return from the Sea
as Frieda
1954 Movie
5.9
The High and the Mighty
as Sally McKee
1954 Movie
6.2
Alaska Seas
as Nicky Jackson
1954 Movie
5.6
Pony Express
as Denny Russell
1953 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Jan Sterling.
5.9
Backstairs at the White House
as Lou Hoover • 4 eps
1979 Series
7.2
The Incredible Hulk
1 eps
1977 Series
7.6
Three's Company
as Judge Sheffield • 1 eps
1977 Series
7.9
Little House on the Prairie
1 eps
1974 Series
7.7
Kung Fu
as Mary Jenkins • 1 eps
1972 Series
5.0
The Brian Keith Show
1 eps
1972 Series
6.1
Medical Center
as Florence Brent • 1 eps
1969 Series
6.8
The Name of the Game
as Elsa Roarke • 1 eps
1968 Series
6.7
Mannix
as Anne Marion • 1 eps
1967 Series
8.2
The Jackie Gleason Show
1966 Series
7.2
Run for Your Life
as Clara Mallory • 1 eps
1965 Series
6.0
Burke's Law
as Devora Cato • 1 eps
1963 Series
7.2
Breaking Point
1 eps
1963 Series
7.0
Vacation Playhouse
1 eps
1963 Series
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self • 1 eps
1962 Series
7.8
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Beatrice Bartel • 1 eps
1962 Series
6.4
The Virginian
as Mary Beth Stanton • 1 eps
1962 Series
5.7
Adventures in Paradise
as Topaz Harmony • 1 eps
1959 Series
6.2
Riverboat
as Lorna Langton • 1 eps
1959 Series
7.5
Bonanza
as Dianne Jordan • 1 eps
1959 Series
5.5
Naked City
as Myrtle Tiloff • 1 eps
1958 Series
5.9
Suspicion
as Georgiana • 1 eps
1957 Series
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Fran Holland • 1 eps
1955 Series
3.3
Climax!
as Dinah Lake • 1 eps
1954 Series