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Jan Sterling (1921–2004)

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One of Hollywood's more talented and watchable stars on screen was sullen, strikingly stick-thin 50s actress Jan Sterling who didn't quite reach the top echelon of stardom but certainly ensured audiences of a real good time with her sexy pout and flashy style in soaps, film noir and saucy comedy. Jan was born Jane Sterling Adriance in Manhattan in 1921 to a well-to-do family... See full bio »

Born:

Jane Sterling Adriance
in New York City, New York, USA

Died:

(age 82) in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
Jan Sterling 10/5/44
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1988 Baby Boom (TV series)
Barbara
– Christmas '88 (1988) … Barbara
 
1985 Riptide (TV series)
Ruth Davis
– Fuzzy Vision (1985) … Ruth Davis
 
1982 Dangerous Company (TV movie)
Ray's Mother
 
1981 First Monday in October
Christine Snow
 
1981 The Incredible Hulk (TV series)
Stella Verdugo
– Interview with the Hulk (1981) … Stella Verdugo
 
1980 My Kidnapper, My Love (TV movie)
Geegee's Mother
 
1980 Three's Company (TV series)
Judge Sheffield
– And Justice for Jack (1980) … Judge Sheffield
 
1979 Backstairs at the White House (TV mini-series)
Mrs. Lou Hoover
– Episode #1.3 (1979) … Mrs. Lou Hoover
– Episode #1.4 (1979) … Mrs. Lou Hoover (credit only)
– Episode #1.1 (1979) … Mrs. Lou Hoover (credit only)
– Episode #1.2 (1979) … Mrs. Lou Hoover
 
1976 Little House on the Prairie (TV series)
Laura Colby Ingalls
– Journey in the Spring: Part 1 (1976) … Laura Colby Ingalls
 
1976 Having Babies (TV movie)
Mrs. Fontreil
 
1976 Sammy Somebody
 
1974 Kung Fu (TV series)
Mary Jenkins
– This Valley of Terror (1974) … Mary Jenkins
 
1973 The Movie Quiz (TV series)
Price-Team Member
– Episode dated 2 July 1973 (1973) … Price-Team Member
 
1971 The Virginian (TV series)
Mary Beth Stanton
– Jump-Up (1971) … Mary Beth Stanton
 
1971 Medical Center (TV series)
Florence Brent
– Crossroads (1971) … Florence Brent
 
1970 Bracken's World (TV series)
Harriett Moran
– Money Men (1970) … Harriett Moran
 
1969-1970 Guiding Light (TV series)
Mildred Foss
 
1969 The Minx
Louise Baxter
 
1969 The Name of the Game (TV series)
Elsa Roarke
– Good-bye Harry (1969) … Elsa Roarke
– Love-In at Ground Zero (1969)
 
1968 The Angry Breed
Gloria Patton
 
1968 Mannix (TV series)
Anne Marion
– The Falling Star (1968) … Anne Marion
 
1967 The Incident
Muriel Purvis
 
1967 The Road West (TV series)
Sarah Meagen
– Eleven Miles to Eden (1967) … Sarah Meagen
 
1966 Run for Your Life (TV series)
Clara Mallory
– The Cruel Fountain (1966) … Clara Mallory
 
1963-1965 Burke's Law (TV series)
Devora Cato / Vera Selby
– Who Killed the Jackpot? (1965) … Vera Selby
– Who Killed Alex Debbs? (1963) … Devora Cato
 
1964 American in Paris (TV movie)
Gloria Miles
 
1964 The Doctors and the Nurses (TV series)
Claire Lucas
– Where Park Runs into Vreeland (1964) … Claire Lucas
 
1963 Breaking Point (TV series)
Nurse Murdoch
– Millions of Faces (1963) … Nurse Murdoch
 
1961-1963 The Dick Powell Theatre (TV series)
Chris / Selena Royce
– Luxury Liner (1963) … Selena Royce
– Doyle Against the House (1961) … Chris
 
1962 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV series)
Beatrice Bartel
– The Tender Poisoner (1962) … Beatrice Bartel
 
1962 Kraft Mystery Theater (TV series)
– In Close Pursuit (1962)
 
1962 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (TV series)
Guest Cast
– In Close Pursuit (1962) … Guest Cast
 
1961 Naked City (TV series)
Myrtle Tiloff
– The Tragic Success of Alfred Tiloff (1961) … Myrtle Tiloff
 
1961 King of Diamonds (TV series)
Shelia Bradford
– Stop Johnny King! (1961) … Shelia Bradford
 
1959-1961 Wagon Train (TV series)
Annie Griffith / Selena Hartnell
– The Selena Hartnell Story (1961) … Selena Hartnell
– The Annie Griffith Story (1959) … Annie Griffith
 
1961 Love in a Goldfish Bowl
Sandra Slide
 
1961 Adventures in Paradise (TV series)
Topaz Harmony
– Errand of Mercy (1961) … Topaz Harmony
 
1958-1961 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
Fran Holland / Wanda Ferlini
– The Last Escape (1961) … Wanda Ferlini
– On the Nose (1958) … Fran Holland
 
1960 Bonanza (TV series)
Dianne Jordan
– The Blood Line (1960) … Dianne Jordan
 
1960 The Untouchables (TV series)
Francie McKay
– Kiss of Death Girl (1960) … Francie McKay
 
1960 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Gloria Miles
– At Your Service (1960) … Gloria Miles
 
1960 Alcoa Theatre (TV series)
Dr. Mary Cartwright
– Chinese Finale (1960) … Dr. Mary Cartwright
 
1959 Riverboat (TV series)
Lorna Langton
– Strange Request (1959) … Lorna Langton
 
1959 Lux Playhouse (TV series)
Alice Vincent
– Stand-In for Murder (1959) … Alice Vincent
 
1958 Kathy O'
Celeste Saunders
 
1958 High School Confidential!
Arlene Williams
 
1958 Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre (TV series)
Martha
– A Guilty Woman (1958) … Martha
 
1958 Kraft Theatre (TV series)
Jackie
– Run, Joe, Run (1958) … Jackie
 
1958 Suspicion (TV series)
Georgiana
– Comfort for the Grave (1958) … Georgiana
 
1958 The Female Animal
Lily Frayne
 
1958 Pursuit (TV series)
Allison Smith
– The House at Malibu (1958) … Allison Smith
 
1956-1957 Climax! (TV series)
Audrey Caldwell / Dinah Lake
– Mask for the Devil (1957) … Audrey Caldwell
– The Shadow of Evil (1956) … Dinah Lake
 
1957 Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
Madge Pitts
 
1957 The Loretta Young Show (TV series)
Lucia
– Rummage Sale (1957) … Lucia
 
1957 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
Helen Ott
– Clipper Ship (1957) … Helen Ott
 
1955-1957 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Chris Hunter / Julia / Lee / …
– The Great Lie (1957) … Maggie
– Rebuke Me Not (1956) … Mary Ford
– She Married Her Boss (1956) … Julia
– The Unfaithful (1956) … Chris Hunter
– Appointment for Love (1955)
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1957 The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (TV series)
Brenda Stevens
– Whereabouts Unknown (1957) … Brenda Stevens
 
1956 Celebrity Playhouse (TV series)
Lil Brown
– I'll Make the Arrest (1956) … Lil Brown
– The Go-Between (1956)
 
1956 The Harder They Fall
Beth Willis
 
1956 Front Row Center (TV series)
Ruth Merrill
– Hawk's Head (1956) … Ruth Merrill
 
1956 1984
Julia of the Inner Party
 
1956 Chevron Hall of Stars (TV series)
– Reverse English (1956)
 
1955 Man with the Gun
Nelly Bain
 
1955 Female on the Beach
Amy Rawlinson
 
1955 The Star and the Story (TV series)
Paula Vaughan
– Desert Story (1955) … Paula Vaughan
– Ferry to Fox Island (1955)
 
1955 Stage 7 (TV series)
Marge
– A Note of Fear (1955) … Marge
 
1955 Women's Prison
Brenda Martin
 
1954 The Ford Television Theatre (TV series)
Ann
– Trip Around the Block (1954) … Ann
 
1954 The Human Jungle
Mary Abbott
 
1954 Return from the Sea
Frieda - Waitress
 
1954 The High and the Mighty
Sally McKee
 
1954 Alaska Seas
Nicky Jackson
 
1953 The Vanquished
Rose Slater
 
1953 Pony Express
Denny Russell
 
1953 Split Second
Dottie Vale
 
1952 Sky Full of Moon
Dixie Delmar
 
1952 Flesh and Fury
Sonya Bartow
 
1951 Rhubarb
Polly Sickles
 
1951 Ace in the Hole
Lorraine Minosa
 
1951 Appointment with Danger
Dodie
 
1951 Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (TV series)
– The Just and the Unjust (1951)
 
1951 The Mating Season
Betsy
 
1950 Union Station
Marge Wrighter
 
1950 Gunfire
Flo - Saloon Girl (uncredited)
 
1950 Mystery Street
Vivian Heldon
 
1950 The Skipper Surprised His Wife
Rita Rossini
 
1950 Caged
Jeta Kovsky aka Smoochie
 
1948 Johnny Belinda
Stella McCormick
 
1947 Tycoon
Dancer at Fiesta (uncredited)
 
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1954 The Human Jungle (performer: "It Ain't Gonna Be You")
 
Show ShowSelf (15 titles)
1968 The Woody Woodbury Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 6 February 1968 (1968) … Herself
 
1968 Talking Pictures (TV movie)
Herself
 
1964 Made in America (TV series)
Herself - Panelist (1964)
 
1964 The Price Is Right (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 14 September 1964 (1964) … Herself
 
1963 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Herself - Guest
– Episode dated 30 July 1963 (1963) … Herself - Guest
 
1963 The Plot Thickens (TV movie)
Herself
 
1961 The Jackie Gleason Show (TV series)
Herself - Panelist
– Episode #1.1 (1961) … Herself - Panelist
 
1960 About Faces (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 13 May 1960 (1960) … Herself
 
1959-1960 The Jack Paar Tonight Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #3.115 (1960) … Herself
– Episode #2.136 (1959) … Herself
 
1957 Person to Person (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Episode #4.20 (1957) … Herself
 
1956 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Herself - Intermission guest
– Indiscreet (1956) … Herself - Intermission guest
 
1955 The George Gobel Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #2.10 (1955) … Herself
 
1955 The 27th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Nominee/Co-Presenter
 
1954 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Herself
– William Wellman (1954) … Herself
 
1954 The Buick-Berle Show (TV series)
Herself - Actress
– Episode #6.14 (1954) … Herself - Actress
 
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2005 11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV special)
Herself (Memorial Tribute)
 
1979 Little House Years (TV movie)
Laura Colby Ingalls
 
1950 The Costume Designer (documentary short)
Herself
 

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(1938- 1978). Active on Broadway [sometimes credited as Jane Sterling] in the following productions: See more »

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Height:

5' 5" (1.65 m)
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Personal Quote:

I adored Hollywood because I'd always wanted to be a movie star. Maybe in some funny Freudian way, it was my way of getting more attention than my baby sister, who was pretty with curly hair. We all have drives we don't completely understand. See more »

Trivia:

Son Adams Douglas by actor Paul Douglas later became a programmer at NASA. See more »

Star Sign:

Aries