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
The Harder They Fall
as Beth Willis
Ace in the Hole
as Lorraine
Mystery Street
as Vivian Heldon
Man with the Gun
as Nelly Bain
The High and the Mighty
as Sally McKee
Caged
as Gita "Smoochie" Kovsky
1984
as Julia of the Outer Party
Union Station
as Marge Wrighter
Pony Express
as Denny Russell
The Incident
as Muriel Purvis
Known For - TV Shows
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
Little House on the Prairie
as Laura Colby Ingalls
Bonanza
as Dianne Jordan
Mannix
as Anne Marion
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Beatrice Bartel
The Virginian
as Mary Beth Stanton
Climax!
as Dinah Lake
Climax!
as Audrey Caldwell
Naked City
as Myrtle Tiloff
Three's Company
as Judge Sheffield