
Jan Sterling
Acting
Born 1921-04-03 · New York City, New York, USA · Died 2004-03-26
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.
Acting

Dangerous Company
Ray's Mother

First Monday in October
Christine Snow

My Kidnapper, My Love
Letty Fairlain

Backstairs at the White House
Lou Hoover

The Incredible Hulk

Three's Company
Judge Sheffield

Having Babies
Mrs. Fontreil
Sammy Somebody

Little House on the Prairie
Laura Colby Ingalls

Kung Fu
Mary Jenkins

The Brian Keith Show

The Minx
Louise Baxter

Medical Center
Florence Brent

The Name of the Game
Elsa Roarke

The Angry Breed
Gloria Patton

The Incident
Muriel Purvis

Mannix
Anne Marion

The Jackie Gleason Show

Run for Your Life
Clara Mallory

American in Paris
Gloria Miles

Burke's Law
Devora Cato

Burke's Law
Vera Selby

Breaking Point
Vacation Playhouse

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Beatrice Bartel

The Virginian
Mary Beth Stanton

Love in a Goldfish Bowl
Sandra Slide

Adventures in Paradise
Topaz Harmony

Riverboat
Lorna Langton