Actor
Jan Sterling
Born 1921 · New York City, New York, USA
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
Little House on the Prairie
Laura Colby Ingalls · 1974
Ace in the Hole
Lorraine · 1951
Bonanza
Dianne Jordan · 1959
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Fran Holland · 1955
Kung Fu
Mary Jenkins · 1972
Three's Company
Judge Sheffield · 1977
The Harder They Fall
Beth Willis · 1956
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Beatrice Bartel · 1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · 1962
The Incident
Muriel Purvis · 1967
1984
Julia of the Outer Party · 1956
Caged
Gita "Smoochie" Kovsky · 1950
The Oscars
Self · 1953
Johnny Belinda
Stella McCormick · 1948
Mystery Street
Vivian Heldon · 1950
Mannix
Anne Marion · 1967
The High and the Mighty
Sally McKee · 1954
Union Station
Marge Wrighter · 1950
Man with the Gun
Nelly Bain · 1955
Kathy O'
Celeste Saunders · 1958
The Virginian
Mary Beth Stanton · 1962
The Mating Season
Betsy · 1951
The Costume Designer
Self (archive footage) · 1950
Split Second
Dorothy 'Dottie' Vale · 1953