Jan Sterling
Acting · 82 years old
New York City, New York, USA
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.
Known For
Kathy O'
Celeste Saunders
The Jackie Gleason Show
Little House on the Prairie
Laura Colby Ingalls
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Beatrice Bartel
Ace in the Hole
Lorraine
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Fran Holland
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Wanda Ferlini
Kung Fu
Mary Jenkins
Three's Company
Judge Sheffield
Bonanza
Dianne Jordan
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
The Incident
Muriel Purvis
The Incredible Hulk
The Harder They Fall
Beth Willis
Run for Your Life
Clara Mallory
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Breaking Point
Caged
Gita "Smoochie" Kovsky
The Oscars
Self
Johnny Belinda
Stella McCormick