Person
Jan Sterling
Acting · 1921–2004 · New York City, New York, USA
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.
Known for
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Beatrice Bartel
Little House on the Prairie
Laura Colby Ingalls
Bonanza
Dianne Jordan
Mannix
Anne Marion
The Virginian
Mary Beth Stanton
Climax!
Dinah Lake
The Oscars
Self
Naked City
Myrtle Tiloff
Burke's Law
Devora Cato
Filmography
- 1982Dangerous CompanyRay's Mother
- 1981First Monday in OctoberChristine Snow
- 1980My Kidnapper, My LoveLetty Fairlain
- 1979Backstairs at the White HouseLou Hoover
- 1977The Incredible Hulk
- 1977Three's CompanyJudge Sheffield
- 1976Having BabiesMrs. Fontreil
- 1976Sammy Somebody
- 1974Little House on the PrairieLaura Colby Ingalls
- 1972Kung FuMary Jenkins
- 1972The Brian Keith Show
- 1969The MinxLouise Baxter
- 1969Medical CenterFlorence Brent
- 1968The Name of the GameElsa Roarke
- 1968The Angry BreedGloria Patton
- 1967The IncidentMuriel Purvis
- 1967MannixAnne Marion
- 1966The Jackie Gleason Show
- 1965Run for Your LifeClara Mallory
- 1964American in ParisGloria Miles
- 1963Burke's LawDevora Cato
- 1963Breaking Point
- 1963Vacation Playhouse
- 1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf
- 1962The Alfred Hitchcock HourBeatrice Bartel
- 1962The VirginianMary Beth Stanton
- 1961Love in a Goldfish BowlSandra Slide
- 1959Adventures in ParadiseTopaz Harmony
- 1959RiverboatLorna Langton
- 1959BonanzaDianne Jordan
- 1958Naked CityMyrtle Tiloff
- 1958Kathy O'Celeste Saunders
- 1958High School Confidential!Arlene Williams
- 1958The Female AnimalLily Frayne
- 1957SuspicionGeorgiana
- 1957Slaughter on 10th AvenueMadge Pitts
- 1957Clipper ShipHelen Ott
- 1956The Harder They FallBeth Willis
- 19561984Julia of the Outer Party
- 1955Man with the GunNelly Bain
- 1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsFran Holland
- 1955Female on the BeachAmy Rawlinson
- 1955Women's PrisonBrenda Martin
- 1954Climax!Dinah Lake
- 1954The Human JungleMary Abbott
- 1954Return from the SeaFrieda
- 1954The High and the MightySally McKee
- 1954Alaska SeasNicky Jackson
- 1953Letter to LorettaLucia
- 1953Pony ExpressDenny Russell
- 1953The VanquishedRose Slater
- 1953Split SecondDorothy 'Dottie' Vale
- 1953The OscarsSelf
- 1953General Electric TheaterGloria Miles
- 1952Sky Full of MoonDixie Delmar
- 1952Flesh and FurySonya Bartow
- 1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
- 1951RhubarbPolly Sickles
- 1951Ace in the HoleLorraine
- 1951The Mating SeasonBetsy
- 1950Union StationMarge Wrighter
- 1950Lux Video TheatreLee
- 1950GunfireFlo
- 1950The Costume DesignerSelf (archive footage)
- 1950The Skipper Surprised His WifeRita Rossini
- 1950Mystery StreetVivian Heldon
- 1950CagedGita "Smoochie" Kovsky
- 1950Appointment with DangerDodie
- 1948Johnny BelindaStella McCormick
- 1947TycoonDancer at Fiesta (uncredited)
- —The Marshal of Gunsight Pass
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