Jan Sterling
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.
1984
(Julia of the Outer Party)
Ace in the Hole
(Lorraine)
Split Second
(Dorothy 'Dottie' Vale)
Appointment with Danger
(Dodie)
Women's Prison
(Brenda Martin)
Man with the Gun
(Nelly Bain)
The Harder They Fall
(Beth Willis)
Rhubarb
(Polly Sickles)
Caged
(Jeta "Smoochie" Kovsky)
High School Confidential!
(Arlene Williams)
Pony Express
(Denny Russell)
The Human Jungle
(Mary Abbott)
The Vanquished
(Rose Slater)
Union Station
(Marge Wrighter)
Johnny Belinda
(Stella McCormick)
Female on the Beach
(Amy Rawlinson)
The Incident
(Muriel Purvis)
The High and the Mighty
(Sally McKee)
Mystery Street
(Vivian Heldon)
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
(Madge Pitts)
Flesh and Fury
(Sonya Bartow)
Love in a Goldfish Bowl
(Sandra Slide)
Alaska Seas
(Nicky Jackson)
Sky Full of Moon
(Dixie Delmar)
The Angry Breed
(Gloria Patton)
The Female Animal
(Lily Frayne)
Kathy O'
(Celeste Saunders)
First Monday in October
(Christine Snow)
The Mating Season
(Betsy)
The Minx
(Louise Baxter)
Gunfire
(Flo)
My Kidnapper, My Love
(Letty Fairlain)
The Skipper Surprised His Wife
(Rita Rossini)
Sammy Somebody
Return from the Sea
(Frieda)
Dangerous Company
(Ray's Mother)
The Costume Designer
(Self (archive footage))
Having Babies
(Mrs. Fontreil)
American in Paris
(Gloria Miles)
Tycoon
(Dancer at Fiesta (uncredited))
Burke's Law
(Devora Cato)
The Jackie Gleason Show
The Incredible Hulk
Kung Fu
Little House on the Prairie
Naked City
(Myrtle Tiloff)
Three's Company
(Judge Sheffield)
General Electric Theater
(Gloria Miles)
Backstairs at the White House
(Lou Hoover)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
(Fran Holland)
Run for Your Life
(Clara Mallory)
Lux Video Theatre
(Lee)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Climax!
(Dinah Lake)
Adventures in Paradise
(Topaz Harmony)
Riverboat
(Lorna Langton)
The Brian Keith Show
Breaking Point
Vacation Playhouse
The Oscars
(Self)
The Marshal of Gunsight Pass
Letter to Loretta
(Lucia)
Lux Video Theatre
(Julia)
Lux Video Theatre
(Chris Hunter)
Lux Video Theatre
(Mary Ford)
Lux Video Theatre
(Maggie)
Burke's Law
(Vera Selby)
The Name of the Game
(Elsa Roarke)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
(Wanda Ferlini)
Mannix
(Anne Marion)
Bonanza
(Dianne Jordan)
Climax!
(Audrey Caldwell)
Medical Center
(Florence Brent)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
(Self)
Suspicion
(Georgiana)
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
(Beatrice Bartel)
The Virginian
(Mary Beth Stanton)