Linda Stirling
Acting • Born 1921-10-11 – Died 1997-07-20
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
36 credits
D-Day on Mars
Movie • 1966
Sheila Layton
The Pretender
Movie • 1947
Flo Ronson
The Madonna's Secret
Movie • 1946
Helen North
The Mysterious Mr. Valentine
Movie • 1946
Janet Spencer
Zorro's Black Whip
Movie • 1944
Barbara Meredith
San Antonio Kid
Movie • 1944
Ann Taylor
The Republic Pictures Story
Movie • 1991
Self
The Topeka Terror
Movie • 1945
June Hardy
The Crimson Ghost
Movie • 1946
Diana Farnsworth
The Purple Monster Strikes
Movie • 1945
Sheila Layton
Manhunt of Mystery Island
Movie • 1945
Claire Forrest
Jesse James Rides Again
Movie • 1947
Ann Bolton
The Tiger Woman
Movie • 1944
Tiger Woman / Rita Arnold
Vigilantes of Dodge City
Movie • 1944
Carol Franklin
Sheriff of Cimarron
Movie • 1945
Helen Burton
Santa Fe Saddlemates
Movie • 1945
Ann Morton
The Powers Girl
Movie • 1943
Powers America Beauty Pageant Model
Captain Mephisto and the Transformation Machine
Movie
Dakota
Movie • 1945
Entertainer (uncredited)
That Brennan Girl
Movie • 1946
(uncredited)
The Invisible Informer
Movie • 1946
Eve Rogers
Passkey to Danger
Movie • 1946
Model
Wagon Wheels Westward
Movie • 1945
Arlie Adams
The Cherokee Flash
Movie • 1945
Joan Mason
Sheriff of Sundown
Movie • 1944
Lois Carpenter
Rio Grande Raiders
Movie • 1946
Nancy Harding
Strangers in the Night
Movie • 1944
Rosemary in Portrait (Uncredited)
The Many Faces of Zorro
Movie • 2000
Self (archive footage)
Cliffhangers: Adventures from the Thrill Factory
Movie • 1993
Herself
I Led Three Lives
TV • 1953
The Millionaire
TV • 1955
Martha
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
TV • 1955
The Whistler
TV • 1954
Cavalcade of America
TV • 1952
The Adventures of Kit Carson
TV • 1951
Public Defender
TV • 1954
Betty