Linda Stirling

Infobox Actor
bgcolour = Silver
name = Linda Stirling


caption = Linda Stirling as The Tiger Woman (1944)
birthdate = birth date|1921|10|11|df=y
location = Flagicon|USA Long Beach, California, United States
deathdate = death date and age|1997|7|20|1921|10|11|df=y
deathplace = Los Angeles, California, United States
birthname = Louise Schultz
spouse = Sloan Nibley
notable role = 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.

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

*imdb name|id=0830549|name=Linda Stirling
* [http://www.b-westerns.com/ladies5.htm Linda Stirling] at B-Westerns.com
* [http://www.serialexperience.com/showarticle.php?fldRecNum=92 Linda Stirling Article] at Todd Gault's Serial Experience
* [http://www.skylighters.org/ggparade/index6.html WW2 Glamour Girl Parade] at The Barracks Wall: World War Two Pin-ups

Persondata
NAME=Stirling, Linda
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Schultz, Louise
SHORT DESCRIPTION=American model and actress
DATE OF BIRTH=11 October, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH=Long Beach, California, United States
DATE OF DEATH=20 July, 1997
PLACE OF DEATH=Los Angeles, California, United States