Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 3, 1921
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
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 - Movies
Ace in the Hole
as Lorraine
Caged
as Gita "Smoochie" Kovsky
The High and the Mighty
as Sally McKee
1984
as Julia of the Outer Party
The Harder They Fall
as Beth Willis
Pony Express
as Denny Russell
Union Station
as Marge Wrighter
Johnny Belinda
as Stella McCormick
Tycoon
as Dancer at Fiesta (uncredited)
The Incident
as Muriel Purvis
Known For - TV Shows
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
Bonanza
as Dianne Jordan
Little House on the Prairie
as Laura Colby Ingalls
Mannix
as Anne Marion
The Virginian
as Mary Beth Stanton
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Beatrice Bartel
Climax!
as Dinah Lake
Climax!
as Audrey Caldwell
Medical Center
as Florence Brent
Naked City
as Myrtle Tiloff