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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 3, 1921
Died
March 26, 2004
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Jane Sterling Adriance
- Jane Adriance
- Jane Sterling
- Jane Darian
- Jane Adrian
Jan Sterling
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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
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Ray's Mother
Dangerous Company
1982
6.1
Christine Snow
First Monday in October
1981
6.0
Letty Fairlain
My Kidnapper, My Love
1980
5.9
Lou Hoover
Backstairs at the White House
1979
7.2
The Incredible Hulk
1977
7.6
Judge Sheffield
Three's Company
1977
6.0
Mrs. Fontreil
Having Babies
1976
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Sammy Somebody
1976
7.9
Little House on the Prairie
1974
7.7
Mary Jenkins
Kung Fu
1972
Credits
Dangerous Company
as Ray's Mother
1982
6.0
First Monday in October
as Christine Snow
1981
6.1
My Kidnapper, My Love
as Letty Fairlain
1980
6.0
Backstairs at the White House
as Lou Hoover
1979
5.9
The Incredible Hulk
1977
7.2
Three's Company
as Judge Sheffield
1977
7.6
Having Babies
as Mrs. Fontreil
1976
6.0
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Sammy Somebody
1976
0.0
Little House on the Prairie
1974
7.9
Kung Fu
as Mary Jenkins
1972
7.7
The Brian Keith Show
1972
5.0
The Minx
as Louise Baxter
1969
2.0
Medical Center
as Florence Brent
1969
6.1
The Name of the Game
as Elsa Roarke
1968
6.8
The Angry Breed
as Gloria Patton
1968
4.5
The Incident
as Muriel Purvis
1967
7.4
Mannix
as Anne Marion
1967
6.7
The Jackie Gleason Show
1966
8.2
Run for Your Life
as Clara Mallory
1965
7.2
American in Paris
as Gloria Miles
1964
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Burke's Law
as Devora Cato
1963
6.0
Burke's Law
as Vera Selby
1963
6.0
Breaking Point
1963
7.2
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Vacation Playhouse
1963
7.0
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Beatrice Bartel
1962
7.8
The Virginian
as Mary Beth Stanton
1962
6.4
Love in a Goldfish Bowl
as Sandra Slide
1961
2.0
Adventures in Paradise
as Topaz Harmony
1959
5.7
Riverboat
as Lorna Langton
1959
6.2
Bonanza
as Dianne Jordan
1959
7.5
Naked City
as Myrtle Tiloff
1958
5.5
Kathy O'
as Celeste Saunders
1958
10.0
High School Confidential!
as Arlene Williams
1958
5.3
The Female Animal
as Lily Frayne
1958
5.8
Suspicion
as Georgiana
1957
5.9
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
as Madge Pitts
1957
5.4
Clipper Ship
as Helen Ott
1957
0.0
The Harder They Fall
as Beth Willis
1956
7.1
1984
as Julia of the Outer Party
1956
6.5
Man with the Gun
as Nelly Bain
1955
6.1
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Fran Holland
1955
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Wanda Ferlini
1955
7.8
Female on the Beach
as Amy Rawlinson
1955
5.7
Women's Prison
as Brenda Martin
1955
5.7
Climax!
as Dinah Lake
1954
3.3
Climax!
as Audrey Caldwell
1954
3.3
The Human Jungle
as Mary Abbott
1954
4.8
Return from the Sea
as Frieda
1954
4.5
The High and the Mighty
as Sally McKee
1954
5.9
Alaska Seas
as Nicky Jackson
1954
6.2
Letter to Loretta
as Lucia
1953
6.5
Pony Express
as Denny Russell
1953
5.6
The Vanquished
as Rose Slater
1953
4.7
Split Second
as Dorothy 'Dottie' Vale
1953
6.2
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
General Electric Theater
as Gloria Miles
1953
6.4
Sky Full of Moon
as Dixie Delmar
1952
5.5
Flesh and Fury
as Sonya Bartow
1952
6.1
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
7.2
Rhubarb
as Polly Sickles
1951
5.3
Ace in the Hole
as Lorraine
1951
7.9
The Mating Season
as Betsy
1951
6.6
Union Station
as Marge Wrighter
1950
6.4
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Lux Video Theatre
as Lee
1950
6.3
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Lux Video Theatre
as Chris Hunter
1950
6.3
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Lux Video Theatre
as Julia
1950
6.3
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Lux Video Theatre
as Mary Ford
1950
6.3
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Lux Video Theatre
as Maggie
1950
6.3
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Lux Video Theatre
1950
6.3
Gunfire
as Flo
1950
5.0
The Costume Designer
as Self (archive footage)
1950
0.0
The Skipper Surprised His Wife
as Rita Rossini
1950
4.7
Mystery Street
as Vivian Heldon
1950
6.7
Caged
as Gita "Smoochie" Kovsky
1950
7.1
Appointment with Danger
as Dodie
1950
5.5
Johnny Belinda
as Stella McCormick
1948
6.8
Tycoon
as Dancer at Fiesta (uncredited)
1947
5.3
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The Marshal of Gunsight Pass
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