Cast & creator
Linda Stirling
Best known for The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, The Millionaire, Public Defender
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.
29
film credits
7
television credits
36
1943–2000 · acting roles
6.8
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (36)
Showing 36 of 36 credits
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
The Millionaire
Martha
1955
Public Defender
Betty
1954
Cavalcade of America
1952
The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951
I Led Three Lives
1953
The Whistler
1954
Jesse James Rides Again
Ann Bolton
1947
Zorro's Black Whip
Barbara Meredith
1944
The Pretender
Flo Ronson
1947
The Many Faces of Zorro
Self (archive footage)
2000
Dakota
Entertainer (uncredited)
1945
Cliffhangers: Adventures from the Thrill Factory
Herself
1993
The Mysterious Mr. Valentine
Janet Spencer
1946
Manhunt of Mystery Island
Claire Forrest
1945
The Crimson Ghost
Diana Farnsworth
1946
Strangers in the Night
Rosemary in Portrait (Uncredited)
1944
The Purple Monster Strikes
Sheila Layton
1945
Vigilantes of Dodge City
Carol Franklin
1944
The Madonna's Secret
Helen North
1946
The Powers Girl
Powers America Beauty Pageant Model
1943
The Republic Pictures Story
Self
1991
D-Day on Mars
Sheila Layton
1966
That Brennan Girl
(uncredited)
1946
The Cherokee Flash
Joan Mason
1945Captain Mephisto and the Transformation Machine
Santa Fe Saddlemates
Ann Morton
1945
The Invisible Informer
Eve Rogers
1946
Wagon Wheels Westward
Arlie Adams
1945
San Antonio Kid
Ann Taylor
1944
Rio Grande Raiders
Nancy Harding
1946
Passkey to Danger
Model
1946
Sheriff of Sundown
Lois Carpenter
1944
The Tiger Woman
Tiger Woman / Rita Arnold
1944
The Topeka Terror
June Hardy
1945
Sheriff of Cimarron
Helen Burton
1945