Linda Stirling
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.
Acted in
The Republic Pictures Story
1991
as Self
D-Day on Mars
1966
as Sheila Layton
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
The Millionaire
1955
as Martha
The Whistler
1954
Public Defender
1954
as Betty
I Led Three Lives
1953
Cavalcade of America
1952
The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951
The Pretender
1947
as Flo Ronson
Jesse James Rides Again
1947
as Ann Bolton
That Brennan Girl
1946
as (uncredited)
The Crimson Ghost
1946
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
as Model
The Madonna's Secret
1946
as Helen North
Wagon Wheels Westward
1945
as Arlie Adams
Dakota
1945
as Entertainer (uncredited)
The Cherokee Flash
1945
as Joan Mason
The Purple Monster Strikes
1945
as Sheila Layton
Santa Fe Saddlemates
1945
as Ann Morton
Manhunt of Mystery Island
1945
as Claire Forrest
Sheriff of Cimarron
1945
as Helen Burton
The Topeka Terror
1945
as June Hardy
Zorro's Black Whip
1944
as Barbara Meredith
Vigilantes of Dodge City
1944
as Carol Franklin
Sheriff of Sundown
1944
as Lois Carpenter
Strangers in the Night
1944
as Rosemary in Portrait (Uncredited)
San Antonio Kid
1944
as Ann Taylor
The Tiger Woman
1944
as Tiger Woman / Rita Arnold
The Powers Girl
1943
as Powers America Beauty Pageant Model
