
Acting
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.

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962

Bonanza
1959

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962

Mannix
1967

Little House on the Prairie
1974

The Incredible Hulk
1977

The Virginian
1962

The Name of the Game
1968

Climax!
1954

Run for Your Life
1965

Three's Company
1977

The Oscars
1953

Naked City
1958

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955

Burke's Law
1963

Adventures in Paradise
1959

Medical Center
1969

Suspicion
1957

The High and the Mighty
1954

Vacation Playhouse
1963

Riverboat
1959

The Jackie Gleason Show
1952

Breaking Point
1963

The Brian Keith Show
1972

The Harder They Fall
1956

Letter to Loretta
1953

Ace in the Hole
1951

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951

Backstairs at the White House
1979

General Electric Theater
1953

1984
1956

Pony Express
1953

Man with the Gun
1955

Dangerous Company
1982

The Minx
1969

The Mating Season
1951