Linda Stirling

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.

Known For

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

The Millionaire

Cavalcade of America

Public Defender

The Adventures of Kit Carson

The Whistler

I Led Three Lives

Cliffhangers: Adventures from the Thrill Factory

All Movies (29)

• The Many Faces of Zorro2000 · as Self (archive footage)
• Cliffhangers: Adventures from the Thrill Factory1993 · as Herself
• The Republic Pictures Story1991 · as Self
• D-Day on Mars1966 · as Sheila Layton
• The Pretender1947 · as Flo Ronson
• Jesse James Rides Again1947 · as Ann Bolton
• That Brennan Girl1946 · as (uncredited)
• The Crimson Ghost1946 · as Diana Farnsworth
• Rio Grande Raiders1946 · as Nancy Harding
• The Mysterious Mr. Valentine1946 · as Janet Spencer
• The Invisible Informer1946 · as Eve Rogers
• Passkey to Danger1946 · as Model
• The Madonna's Secret1946 · as Helen North
• Wagon Wheels Westward1945 · as Arlie Adams
• Dakota1945 · as Entertainer (uncredited)
• The Cherokee Flash1945 · as Joan Mason
• The Purple Monster Strikes1945 · as Sheila Layton
• Santa Fe Saddlemates1945 · as Ann Morton
• Manhunt of Mystery Island1945 · as Claire Forrest
• Sheriff of Cimarron1945 · as Helen Burton
• The Topeka Terror1945 · as June Hardy
• Zorro's Black Whip1944 · as Barbara Meredith
• Vigilantes of Dodge City1944 · as Carol Franklin
• Sheriff of Sundown1944 · as Lois Carpenter
• Strangers in the Night1944 · as Rosemary in Portrait (Uncredited)
• San Antonio Kid1944 · as Ann Taylor
• The Tiger Woman1944 · as Tiger Woman / Rita Arnold
• The Powers Girl1943 · as Powers America Beauty Pageant Model
• Captain Mephisto and the Transformation Machine—

All TV Shows (7)

• The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp1955
• The Millionaire1955 · as Martha
• The Whistler1954
• Public Defender1954 · as Betty
• I Led Three Lives1953
• Cavalcade of America1952
• The Adventures of Kit Carson1951