Linda Stirling
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| Linda Stirling | ||
 Linda Stirling as The Tiger Woman (1944) | ||
| Background information | ||
| Birth name | Louise Schultz | |
| Born | Oct 11, 1921 | |
| Died | Jul 20, 1997 - age 76 Los Angeles, Calif, USA  | |
| Spouse(s) | Sloan Nibley | |
| Notable roles | The Tiger Woman in The Tiger Woman The Black Whip in Zorro's Black Whip Sheila Layton in The Purple Monster Strikes | |
Linda Stirling (11 October 1921 - 20 July 1997) was an American showgirl, model and actress. In her later years, she had a second career as a college English professor for more than two decades. She is most famous for her roles in movie serials.
Linda Stirling was born Louise Schultz in Long Beach, California. Her first role was as a model in The Powers Girl in 1943 and her first role in a serial was the title character in The Tiger Woman (1944). In 1946 she married Republic screenwriter Sloan Nibley and retired, although she later appeared in occasional episodes of television shows.
She taught English Literature at Glendale College in Glendale, California between 1967 and 1990.
Her cousin was the actor Harris Yulin.
Stirling died of cancer in Los Angeles, California in 1997.
Mini Biography from http://www.IMDB.com
American leading woman, a popular action star of serials in the 1940s. 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 The Powers Girl (1943), 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. She married a screenwriter for Republic, Sloan Nibley in 1946 and shortly thereafter retired from movies. She made a few guest appearances on television in the 1950s, but spent most of her later years doing college work (as both student and teacher) and attending to her family life. She was widowed in 1990 and died of cancer in 1997.
Filmography
Films
- The Pretender (1947) as Flo Ronson
- Jesse James Rides Again (1947, Serial) as Ann Bolton
- That Brennan Girl (1946)
- The Magnificent Rogue (1946)
- The Crimson Ghost (1946, Serial) as Diana Farnsworth
- Rio Grande Raiders (1946) as Nancy Harding
- The Mysterious Mr. Valentine (1946) as Janet Spencer
- The Invisible Informer (1946) as Eve Rogers
- Passkey to Danger (1946)
- The Madonna's Secret (1946) as Helen North
- Dakota (1945) as Entertainer
- Wagon Wheels Westward (1945) as Arlie Adams
- The Cherokee Flash (1945) as Joan Mason
- The Purple Monster Strikes (1945, Serial) as Sheila Layton
- Santa Fe Saddlemates (1945) as Ann Morton
- Manhunt of Mystery Island (1945, Serial) as Claire Forrest
- Sheriff of Cimarron (1945) as Helen Burton
- The Topeka Terror (1945) as June Hardy
- Zorro's Black Whip (1944, Serial) as Barbara Meredith/The Black Whip
- Vigilantes of Dodge City (1944) as Carol Franklin
- Sheriff of Sundown (1944) as Lois Carpenter
- Strangers in the Night (1944)
- The San Antonio Kid (1944) as Ann Taylor
- The Tiger Woman (1944, Serial) as Tiger Woman/Rita Arnold
- The Powers Girl (1943)
Television episodes
- On Trial (1957) in "The Case of the Abandoned Horse"
- The Millionaire (1956) as Martha in "The Betty Perkins Story"
- The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1956) as Joan Laramie in "The Suffragette" Cavalcade of America (1956) in "The Secret Life of Joe Swedie"
- The Adventures of Kit Carson as Mrs Hudson (1951-1955) in "Incident at Wagontire", "The Missing Hacienda" & "The Teton Tornado"
- Medic as Ellen McClure (1955) in "My Child's Keeper
- The Man Behind the Badge (1955) in "The Case of the Troubled Circus"
- The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1954) as Helen Blayne in "The Woman on the Bus"
- The Public Defender (1954) as Betty
External links
- Linda Stirling at the Internet Movie Database
- Linda Stirling at B-Westerns.com
- Linda Stirling Article at Todd Gault's Serial Experience
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