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Jan Sterling
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…
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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.
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1982
Dangerous Company
Movie Ray's Mother
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1981
First Monday in October
Movie Christine Snow
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1980
My Kidnapper, My Love
Movie Letty Fairlain
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1979
Backstairs at the White House
TV show Lou Hoover
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1977
The Incredible Hulk
TV show
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1977
Three's Company
TV show Judge Sheffield
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1976
Having Babies
Movie Mrs. Fontreil
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1976
Sammy Somebody
Movie
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1974
Little House on the Prairie
TV show Laura Colby Ingalls
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1972
Kung Fu
TV show Mary Jenkins
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1972
The Brian Keith Show
TV show
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1969
The Minx
Movie Louise Baxter
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1969
Medical Center
TV show Florence Brent
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1968
The Name of the Game
TV show Elsa Roarke
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1968
The Angry Breed
Movie Gloria Patton
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1967
The Incident
Movie Muriel Purvis
More credits
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1967
Mannix
TV show Anne Marion
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1965
Run for Your Life
TV show Clara Mallory
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1964
American in Paris
Movie Gloria Miles
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1963
Burke's Law
TV show Devora Cato
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1963
Breaking Point
TV show
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1963
Vacation Playhouse
TV show
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1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV show Self
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1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV show Beatrice Bartel
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1962
The Virginian
TV show Mary Beth Stanton
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1961
Love in a Goldfish Bowl
Movie Sandra Slide
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1959
Adventures in Paradise
TV show Topaz Harmony
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1959
Riverboat
TV show Lorna Langton
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1959
Bonanza
TV show Dianne Jordan
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1958
Naked City
TV show Myrtle Tiloff
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1958
Kathy O'
Movie Celeste Saunders
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1958
High School Confidential!
Movie Arlene Williams
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1958
The Female Animal
Movie Lily Frayne
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1957
Suspicion
TV show Georgiana
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1957
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
Movie Madge Pitts
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1957
Clipper Ship
Movie Helen Ott
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1956
The Harder They Fall
Movie Beth Willis
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1956
1984
Movie Julia of the Outer Party
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1955
Man with the Gun
Movie Nelly Bain
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1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV show Fran Holland
