Jan Sterling
Birthday
1921/04/03
Day of death
2004/03/26 (83 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also know as
Jane Sterling Adriance, Jane Adriance, Jane Sterling, Jane Darian, Jane Adrian
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.
Acting
(1956) 1984
as Julia of the Outer Party
(1951) Ace in the Hole
as Lorraine
(1953) Split Second
as Dorothy 'Dottie' Vale
(1950) Appointment with Danger
as Dodie
(1955) Women's Prison
as Brenda Martin
(1955) Man with the Gun
as Nelly Bain
(1956) The Harder They Fall
as Beth Willis
(1951) Rhubarb
as Polly Sickles
(1950) Caged
as Jeta "Smoochie" Kovsky
(1953) Pony Express
as Denny Russell
(1958) High School Confidential!
as Arlene Williams
(1954) The Human Jungle
as Mary Abbott
(1950) Union Station
as Marge Wrighter
(1953) The Vanquished
as Rose Slater
(1948) Johnny Belinda
as Stella McCormick
(1955) Female on the Beach
as Amy Rawlinson
(1967) The Incident
as Muriel Purvis
(1954) The High and the Mighty
as Sally McKee
(1950) Mystery Street
as Vivian Heldon
(1957) Slaughter on 10th Avenue
as Madge Pitts
(1952) Flesh and Fury
as Sonya Bartow
(1961) Love in a Goldfish Bowl
as Sandra Slide
(1954) Alaska Seas
as Nicky Jackson
(1952) Sky Full of Moon
as Dixie Delmar
(1968) The Angry Breed
as Gloria Patton
(1958) The Female Animal
as Lily Frayne
(1958) Kathy O'
as Celeste Saunders
(1981) First Monday in October
as Christine Snow
(1951) The Mating Season
as Betsy
(1969) The Minx
as Louise Baxter
(1950) Gunfire
as Flo
(1980) My Kidnapper, My Love
as Letty Fairlain
(1950) The Skipper Surprised His Wife
as Rita Rossini
(1976) Sammy Somebody
as ---
(1954) Return from the Sea
as Frieda
(1982) Dangerous Company
as Ray's Mother
(1950) The Costume Designer
as Self (archive footage)
(1976) Having Babies
as Mrs. Fontreil
(1964) American in Paris
as Gloria Miles
(1947) Tycoon
as Dancer at Fiesta (uncredited)
(1963) Burke's Law
as Devora Cato
(1966) The Jackie Gleason Show
as ---
(1977) The Incredible Hulk
as ---
(1972) Kung Fu
as ---
(1974) Little House on the Prairie
as ---
(1958) Naked City
as Myrtle Tiloff
(1977) Three's Company
as Judge Sheffield
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Gloria Miles
(1979) Backstairs at the White House
as Lou Hoover
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Fran Holland
(1965) Run for Your Life
as Clara Mallory
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Lee
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as ---
(1954) Climax!
as Dinah Lake
(1959) Adventures in Paradise
as Topaz Harmony
(1959) Riverboat
as Lorna Langton
(1972) The Brian Keith Show
as ---
(1963) Breaking Point
as ---
(1963) Vacation Playhouse
as ---
(1953) The Oscars
as Self
The Marshal of Gunsight Pass
as ---
(1953) Letter to Loretta
as Lucia
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Mary Ford
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Chris Hunter
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Julia
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Maggie
(1963) Burke's Law
as Vera Selby
(1968) The Name of the Game
as Elsa Roarke
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Wanda Ferlini
(1967) Mannix
as Anne Marion
(1959) Bonanza
as Dianne Jordan
(1954) Climax!
as Audrey Caldwell
(1969) Medical Center
as Florence Brent
(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
(1957) Suspicion
as Georgiana
(1962) The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Beatrice Bartel
(1962) The Virginian
as Mary Beth Stanton