Jan Sterling
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.
Filmography
Kathy O'
1958 · 10.0
The Jackie Gleason Show
1952 · 8.5
Vacation Playhouse
1963 · 8.0
American in Paris
1964 · 8.0
The Marshal of Gunsight Pass
1950 · 8.0
Sammy Somebody
1976 · 8.0
Little House on the Prairie
1974 · 8.0
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962 · 7.9
Ace in the Hole
1951 · 7.9
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · 7.8
Kung Fu
1972 · 7.7
Bonanza
1959 · 7.5
Three's Company
1977 · 7.5
My Kidnapper, My Love
1980 · 7.5
Breaking Point
1963 · 7.4
The Incident
1967 · 7.4
The Incredible Hulk
1977 · 7.2
The Harder They Fall
1956 · 7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · 7.2
Run for Your Life
1965 · 7.1
Caged
1950 · 7.1
The Name of the Game
1968 · 7.0
Gunfire
1950 · 7.0
Mannix
1967 · 6.9
Johnny Belinda
1948 · 6.9
General Electric Theater
1953 · 6.8
Mystery Street
1950 · 6.8
Lux Video Theatre
1950 · 6.7
Alaska Seas
1954 · 6.7
Letter to Loretta
1953 · 6.6
The Virginian
1962 · 6.5
Riverboat
1959 · 6.5
1984
1956 · 6.5
Flesh and Fury
1952 · 6.5
Union Station
1950 · 6.5
The Mating Season
1951 · 6.5
Medical Center
1969 · 6.4
Split Second
1953 · 6.4
Burke's Law
1963 · 6.2
Suspicion
1957 · 6.2
The Brian Keith Show
1972 · 6.2
First Monday in October
1981 · 6.2
Adventures in Paradise
1959 · 6.1
Backstairs at the White House
1979 · 6.1
Man with the Gun
1955 · 6.1
Dangerous Company
1982 · 6.0
Sky Full of Moon
1952 · 6.0
The Female Animal
1958 · 6.0
Return from the Sea
1954 · 6.0
The High and the Mighty
1954 · 5.9
Pony Express
1953 · 5.8
Rhubarb
1951 · 5.8
Women's Prison
1955 · 5.8
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
1957 · 5.8
Naked City
1958 · 5.7
Female on the Beach
1955 · 5.7
Appointment with Danger
1950 · 5.7
Tycoon
1947 · 5.6
The Human Jungle
1954 · 5.6
High School Confidential!
1958 · 5.6
Love in a Goldfish Bowl
1961 · 5.5
The Skipper Surprised His Wife
1950 · 5.2
The Angry Breed
1968 · 5.2
The Vanquished
1953 · 4.9
Climax!
1954 · 3.8
The Minx
1969 · 3.2