Linda Stirling
Actor
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
Strangers in the Night
as Rosemary in Portrait (Uncredited) 1944
The Pretender
as Flo Ronson 1947
The Mysterious Mr. Valentine
as Janet Spencer 1946
That Brennan Girl
as (uncredited) 1946
The Crimson Ghost
as Diana Farnsworth 1946
Zorro's Black Whip
as Barbara Meredith 1944
The Madonna's Secret
as Helen North 1946
The Powers Girl
as Powers America Beauty Pageant Model 1943
The Purple Monster Strikes
as Sheila Layton 1945
Manhunt of Mystery Island
as Claire Forrest 1945
The Many Faces of Zorro
as Self (archive footage) 2000
Santa Fe Saddlemates
as Ann Morton 1945
D-Day on Mars
as Sheila Layton 1966
The Topeka Terror
as June Hardy 1945
The Tiger Woman
as Tiger Woman / Rita Arnold 1944
Sheriff of Cimarron
as Helen Burton 1945