Linda Stirling

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Linda Stirling
Linda Stirling as The Tiger Woman (1944)
Born	Louise Schultz 11 October 1921 (1921-10-11) Long Beach, California, United States
Died	20 July 1997 (aged 75) Los Angeles, California, United States
Spouse(s)	Sloan Nibley

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.

[edit] Filmography

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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

[edit] External links

The references in this article would be clearer with a different or consistent style of citation, footnoting, or external linking.

• Linda Stirling at the Internet Movie Database
• Linda Stirling at B-Westerns.com
• Linda Stirling Article at Todd Gault's Serial Experience
• WW2 Glamour Girl Parade at The Barracks Wall: World War Two Pin-ups