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.
TV credits
Rated 6.1 out of 10
Backstairs at the White House
1979
Rated 7.2 out of 10
The Incredible Hulk
1977
Rated 7.6 out of 10
Three's Company
1977
Rated 8.0 out of 10
Little House on the Prairie
1974
Rated 7.7 out of 10
Kung Fu
1972
Rated 6.3 out of 10
The Brian Keith Show
1972
Rated 6.4 out of 10
Medical Center
1969
Rated 7.0 out of 10
The Name of the Game
1968
Rated 6.8 out of 10
Mannix
1967
Rated 7.1 out of 10
Run for Your Life
1965
Rated 6.3 out of 10
Burke's Law
1963
Rated 7.4 out of 10
Breaking Point
1963
Rated 8.0 out of 10
Vacation Playhouse
1963
Rated 7.5 out of 10
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Rated 7.9 out of 10
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
Rated 6.5 out of 10
The Virginian
1962
Rated 6.1 out of 10
Adventures in Paradise
1959
Rated 6.5 out of 10
Riverboat
1959
Rated 7.5 out of 10
Bonanza
1959
Rated 5.7 out of 10
Naked City
1958
Rated 6.2 out of 10
Suspicion
1957
Rated 7.8 out of 10
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Rated 3.8 out of 10
Climax!
1954
Rated 6.6 out of 10
Letter to Loretta
1953