Linda Stirling
Born: 1921-10-11
Died: 1997-07-20
Known For: Acting
Biography
Her real name was Louise Schultz. She was born 11 Oct 1921, in Long Beach California. Most of you know her by her screen and acting name of "Tigress Linda Stirling". She studied music, dance, and drama as a child and received a scholarship to a Hollywood acting school. But she arrived in Hollywood to discover the school had closed, and she took a job as a showgirl at the Earl Carroll Theatre in Hollywood. She modeled in fashion advertisements and one ad led to a screen test. She was cast as a model in Powers Girl, The (1942), but more importantly, she was again spotted in an advertisement, this time by executives of Republic Studios, who were looking for a beautiful but athletic woman to star in their upcoming serial, The Tiger Woman, (1944). Despite having no experience in the kind of stunts and athletics that would be required, Stirling was able to convince not only the executives but ace stuntman Yakima Canutt of her capability. She won the role and a contract from Republic, and played hard-riding and -fighting heroines in numerous serials, Westerns, and low-budget adventure films over the next three or four years.
Filmography
2000
- The Many Faces of Zorro as Self (archive footage)
1993
1991
- The Republic Pictures Story as Self
1966
- D-Day on Mars as Sheila Layton
1955
1954
- The Whistler
- Public Defender as Betty
1953
1952
1947
- The Pretender as Flo Ronson
- Jesse James Rides Again as Ann Bolton
1946
- The Crimson Ghost as Diana Farnsworth
- That Brennan Girl as (uncredited)
- Passkey to Danger as Model
- The Madonna's Secret as Helen North
- The Mysterious Mr. Valentine as Janet Spencer
- Rio Grande Raiders as Nancy Harding
- The Invisible Informer as Eve Rogers
1945
- The Cherokee Flash as Joan Mason
- Dakota as Entertainer (uncredited)
- Santa Fe Saddlemates as Ann Morton
- Wagon Wheels Westward as Arlie Adams
- Sheriff of Cimarron as Helen Burton
- The Purple Monster Strikes as Sheila Layton
- Manhunt of Mystery Island as Claire Forrest
- The Topeka Terror as June Hardy
1944
- The Tiger Woman as Tiger Woman / Rita Arnold
- Zorro's Black Whip as Barbara Meredith
- Sheriff of Sundown as Lois Carpenter
- Strangers in the Night as Rosemary in Portrait (Uncredited)
- San Antonio Kid as Ann Taylor
- Vigilantes of Dodge City as Carol Franklin
1943
- The Powers Girl as Powers America Beauty Pageant Model