Linda Stirling
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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
Credits
The Crimson Ghost (1946)
as Diana Farnsworth
The Pretender (1947)
as Flo Ronson
Dakota (1945)
as Entertainer (uncredited)
The Purple Monster Strikes (1945)
as Sheila Layton
Zorro's Black Whip (1944)
as Barbara Meredith
That Brennan Girl (1946)
as (uncredited)
The Powers Girl (1943)
as Powers America Beauty Pageant Model
Cliffhangers: Adventures from the Thrill Factory (1993)
as Herself
The Mysterious Mr. Valentine (1946)
as Janet Spencer
The Many Faces of Zorro (2000)
as Self (archive footage)
Santa Fe Saddlemates (1945)
as Ann Morton
Manhunt of Mystery Island (1945)
as Claire Forrest
Jesse James Rides Again (1947)
as Ann Bolton
Strangers in the Night (1944)
as Rosemary in Portrait (Uncredited)
The Madonna's Secret (1946)
as Helen North
The Tiger Woman (1944)
as Tiger Woman / Rita Arnold
Passkey to Danger (1946)
as Model
The Republic Pictures Story (1991)
as Self
Vigilantes of Dodge City (1944)
as Carol Franklin
San Antonio Kid (1944)
as Ann Taylor
Sheriff of Cimarron (1945)
as Helen Burton
Sheriff of Sundown (1944)
as Lois Carpenter
The Cherokee Flash (1945)
as Joan Mason
Rio Grande Raiders (1946)
as Nancy Harding
The Topeka Terror (1945)
as June Hardy
Wagon Wheels Westward (1945)
as Arlie Adams
D-Day on Mars (1966)
as Sheila Layton
The Invisible Informer (1946)
as Eve Rogers
Captain Mephisto and the Transformation Machine (—)
Actor