Jan Sterling
Acting Born Apr 3, 1921 New York City, New York, USA 24 credits
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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- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self
- Run for Your Life (1965) as Clara Mallory
- Bonanza (1959) as Dianne Jordan
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) as Beatrice Bartel
- Mannix (1967) as Anne Marion
- Little House on the Prairie (1974) as Laura Colby Ingalls
- The Virginian (1962) as Mary Beth Stanton
- Burke's Law (1963) as Devora Cato
- Burke's Law (1963) as Vera Selby
- Climax! (1954) as Dinah Lake
- Climax! (1954) as Audrey Caldwell
- The Incredible Hulk (1977)
- Naked City (1958) as Myrtle Tiloff
- Medical Center (1969) as Florence Brent
- Three's Company (1977) as Judge Sheffield
- The Name of the Game (1968) as Elsa Roarke
- The Oscars (1953) as Self
- Suspicion (1957) as Georgiana
- Adventures in Paradise (1959) as Topaz Harmony
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) as Fran Holland
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) as Wanda Ferlini
- Vacation Playhouse (1963)
- Riverboat (1959) as Lorna Langton
- Lux Video Theatre (1950) as Lee