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: 6.83
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.
as Ray's Mother
Dangerous Company
1982 • Movie
as Christine Snow
First Monday in October
1981 • Movie
as Letty Fairlain
My Kidnapper, My Love
1980 • Movie
as Mrs. Fontreil
Having Babies
1976 • Movie
as Louise Baxter
The Minx
1969 • Movie
as Gloria Patton
The Angry Breed
1968 • Movie
as Muriel Purvis
The Incident
1967 • Movie
as Gloria Miles
American in Paris
1964 • Movie
as Sandra Slide
Love in a Goldfish Bowl
1961 • Movie
as Celeste Saunders
Kathy O'
1958 • Movie
as Arlene Williams
High School Confidential!
1958 • Movie
as Lily Frayne
The Female Animal
1958 • Movie
as Madge Pitts
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
1957 • Movie
as Helen Ott
Clipper Ship
1957 • Movie
as Beth Willis
The Harder They Fall
1956 • Movie
as Julia of the Outer Party
1984
1956 • Movie
as Nelly Bain
Man with the Gun
1955 • Movie
as Amy Rawlinson
Female on the Beach
1955 • Movie
as Brenda Martin
Women's Prison
1955 • Movie
as Mary Abbott
The Human Jungle
1954 • Movie
as Frieda
Return from the Sea
1954 • Movie
as Sally McKee
The High and the Mighty
1954 • Movie
as Nicky Jackson
Alaska Seas
1954 • Movie
as Denny Russell
Pony Express
1953 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Jan Sterling.
as Lou Hoover • 4 eps
Backstairs at the White House
1979 • Series
1 eps
The Incredible Hulk
1977 • Series
as Judge Sheffield • 1 eps
Three's Company
1977 • Series
as Laura Colby Ingalls • 1 eps
Little House on the Prairie
1974 • Series
as Mary Jenkins • 1 eps
Kung Fu
1972 • Series
1 eps
The Brian Keith Show
1972 • Series
as Florence Brent • 1 eps
Medical Center
1969 • Series
as Elsa Roarke • 1 eps
The Name of the Game
1968 • Series
as Anne Marion • 1 eps
Mannix
1967 • Series
as Clara Mallory • 1 eps
Run for Your Life
1965 • Series
as Devora Cato • 1 eps
Burke's Law
1963 • Series
1 eps
Breaking Point
1963 • Series
1 eps
Vacation Playhouse
1963 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 • Series
as Beatrice Bartel • 1 eps
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962 • Series
as Mary Beth Stanton • 1 eps
The Virginian
1962 • Series
as Topaz Harmony • 1 eps
Adventures in Paradise
1959 • Series
as Lorna Langton • 1 eps
Riverboat
1959 • Series
as Dianne Jordan • 1 eps
Bonanza
1959 • Series
as Myrtle Tiloff • 1 eps
Naked City
1958 • Series
as Georgiana • 1 eps
Suspicion
1957 • Series
as Fran Holland • 1 eps
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 • Series
as Dinah Lake • 1 eps
Climax!
1954 • Series
as Lucia • 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
1953 • Series