Jan Sterling
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.
Movies
Dangerous Company
Ray's Mother
First Monday in October
Christine Snow
My Kidnapper, My Love
Letty Fairlain
Having Babies
Mrs. Fontreil
Sammy Somebody
The Minx
Louise Baxter
The Angry Breed
Gloria Patton
The Incident
Muriel Purvis
American in Paris
Gloria Miles
Love in a Goldfish Bowl
Sandra Slide
Kathy O'
Celeste Saunders
High School Confidential!
Arlene Williams
The Female Animal
Lily Frayne
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
Madge Pitts
Clipper Ship
Helen Ott
The Harder They Fall
Beth Willis
1984
Julia of the Outer Party
Man with the Gun
Nelly Bain
Female on the Beach
Amy Rawlinson
Women's Prison
Brenda Martin
The Human Jungle
Mary Abbott
Return from the Sea
Frieda
The High and the Mighty
Sally McKee
Alaska Seas
Nicky Jackson
Pony Express
Denny Russell
The Vanquished
Rose Slater
Split Second
Dorothy 'Dottie' Vale
Sky Full of Moon
Dixie Delmar
Flesh and Fury
Sonya Bartow
Rhubarb
Polly Sickles
Ace in the Hole
Lorraine
The Mating Season
Betsy
Union Station
Marge Wrighter
Gunfire
Flo
The Skipper Surprised His Wife
Rita Rossini
Mystery Street
Vivian Heldon
Caged
Gita "Smoochie" Kovsky
Appointment with Danger
Dodie
Johnny Belinda
Stella McCormick
Tycoon
Dancer at Fiesta (uncredited)
TV Series
Backstairs at the White House
Lou Hoover
4 Episodes
The Incredible Hulk
1 Episode
Three's Company
Judge Sheffield
1 Episode
Little House on the Prairie
1 Episode
Kung Fu
Mary Jenkins
1 Episode
The Brian Keith Show
1 Episode
Medical Center
Florence Brent
1 Episode
The Name of the Game
Elsa Roarke
1 Episode
Mannix
Anne Marion
1 Episode
The Jackie Gleason Show
Run for Your Life
Clara Mallory
1 Episode
Burke's Law
Devora Cato
1 Episode
Breaking Point
1 Episode
Vacation Playhouse
1 Episode
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Beatrice Bartel
1 Episode
The Virginian
Mary Beth Stanton
1 Episode
Adventures in Paradise
Topaz Harmony
1 Episode
Riverboat
Lorna Langton
1 Episode
Bonanza
Dianne Jordan
1 Episode
Naked City
Myrtle Tiloff
1 Episode
Suspicion
Georgiana
1 Episode
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Fran Holland
1 Episode
Climax!
Dinah Lake
1 Episode
Letter to Loretta
Lucia
1 Episode
General Electric Theater
Gloria Miles
1 Episode
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1 Episode
Lux Video Theatre
Lee
1 Episode
The Marshal of Gunsight Pass
1 Episode