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Linda Stirling is a Actor American born on 11 october 1921 at Long Beach (USA)

Linda Stirling

Linda Stirling
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Birth name Louise Schultz
Nationality USA
Birth 11 october 1921 at Long Beach (USA)
Death 20 july 1997 (at 75 years)

Linda Stirling (October 11, 1921 – July 20, 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.

Biography

Ses débuts
Fille de Mr et Me Alex Schultz, Linda Stirling est née à Long Beach, en Californie. Elle a fréquenté la Burnett Grammar School, le George Washington Junior High School et le Long Beach Polytechnic High School.

Elle a commencé à étudier le théâtre à l'âge de 12 ans et a finalement étudié pendant deux ans à l'Académie des arts dramatiques de Ben Bard . Elle a également été active dans la Long Beach Players' Guild.

Stirling a travaillé comme mannequin pour des photographes et a joué dans un théâtre d'été.


Carrière
Dans le livre In the Nick of Time: Motion Picture Sound Serials, William C. Cline a écrit : « Parmi les caractéristiques nécessaires à une héroïne, Linda Stirling les possédait toute - présence, intégrité, beauté et polyvalence - et une seule aurait suffi dans son cas » .

Le premier rôle de Stirling fut en tant que mannequin dans The Powers Girl en 1943 et son premier rôle dans un serial est le personnage principal de The Tiger Woman (1944). La même année, elle joue le rôle principal de l'héroïne dans Zorro le vengeur masqué (1944).

Après son mariage, elle met un terme à sa carrière d'actrice pour élever sa famille, bien qu’elle apparaisse plus tard dans des épisodes de séries télévisées à partir de 1952.


Ses dernières années
À la fin de sa carrière d'actrice, et ses enfants ayant grandi, Linda Stirling s’inscrit à l'UCLA. Elle obtient finalement un BFA, une maîtrise et enfin un doctorat en littérature anglaise à l'âge de 50 ans. Avec son diplôme en poche, Stirling commence une nouvelle carrière en tant qu’enseignante d’anglais et de théâtre à l’université dans les années 1960 au Glendale College de Glendale, en Californie, entre 1967 et 1990.

Dans cette nouvelle carrière, Stirling a cherché à prendre ses distances de son passé hollywoodien, tout en restant active dans le circuit de la convention du film jusqu'aux dernières années de sa vie. Elle est également apparue dans un documentaire de 1990 sur Republic Pictures, le studio pour lequel elle a réalisé l'essentiel de son travail.


Vie privée
En 1946, elle épouse le scénariste de Republic, Sloan Nibley. Ils ont eu deux fils. Elle est décédée d'un cancer à Studio City, Los Angeles, Californie en 1997.

Usually with

Kenne Duncan
Kenne Duncan
(8 films)
Roy Barcroft
Roy Barcroft
(7 films)
Bud Thackery
Bud Thackery
(4 films)
Tom Steele
Tom Steele
(5 films)
Fred Graham
Fred Graham
(6 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Linda Stirling (17 films)

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Actress

The Pretender, 1h9
Directed by W. Lee Wilder
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Albert Dekker, Charles Drake, Alan Carney, Linda Stirling, Tom Kennedy, Charles Middleton
Roles Flo Ronson
Rating63% 3.1849253.1849253.1849253.1849253.184925
The story tells of Kenneth Holden (Dekker), a crooked investment businessman who embezzles a large sum of money from an estate. He hopes to cover his crime by marrying the estate's heiress Claire Worthington (Craig).
The Crimson Ghost, 2h47
Directed by Fred C. Brannon, William Witney
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Crime
Actors Charles Quigley, Linda Stirling, Clayton Moore, I. Stanford Jolley, Kenne Duncan, Forrest Taylor
Roles Diana Farnsworth
Rating67% 3.3808253.3808253.3808253.3808253.380825
A mysterious villain, the eponymous Crimson Ghost, is determined to steal a counter atomic device known as Cyclotrode X, which can short out any electrical device.
The Mysterious Mr. Valentine, 56minutes
Directed by Philip Ford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Actors William Henry, Linda Stirling, Virginia Christine, Thomas E. Jackson, Kenne Duncan, Barbara Woodell
Roles Janet Spencer
Rating58% 2.9245852.9245852.9245852.9245852.924585
A young girl gets a flat tire, and ends up with her car being stolen. Later, her car is involved in an accident which results in a man's death. The gangsters who stole the car plant the body in her car to make it look like she was at fault.
That Brennan Girl, 1h35
Directed by Alfred Santell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors James Dunn, Mona Freeman, William Marshall, June Duprez, Frank Jenks, Charles Arnt
Roles (uncredited)
Rating63% 3.1857153.1857153.1857153.1857153.185715
On Mother's Day, 1946, a woman known as Ziggy Brennan looks back on her life.
Dakota
Dakota (1945)
, 1h22
Directed by Joseph Kane
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Romance, Western
Actors John Wayne, Vera Ralston, Walter Brennan, Ward Bond, Mike Mazurki, Ona Munson
Roles Entertainer (uncredited)
Rating58% 2.9465052.9465052.9465052.9465052.946505
En 1871, sur le territoire du Dakota, le joueur professionnel John Devlin rencontre 'Sandy', fille de Marko Poli, magnat du chemin de fer. Les deux jeunes gens se marient et s'enfuient, poursuivis par le père. Lors de leur périple, ils remontent une rivière vers le nord à bord du River Bird, commandé par le capitaine Bounce, et sont confrontés au gang de Jim Bender et de son second 'Bigtree' Collins...
The Cherokee Flash, 58minutes
Directed by Thomas Carr
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Sunset Carson, Linda Stirling, Tom London, Roy Barcroft, Fred Graham, Bud Osborne
Roles Joan Mason
Rating67% 3.397863.397863.397863.397863.39786
Manhunt of Mystery Island
Directed by Yakima Canutt, Spencer Gordon Bennet, Wallace Grissell
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action
Actors Linda Stirling, Roy Barcroft, Kenne Duncan, Forrest Taylor, Jack Ingram, Harry Strang
Roles Claire Forrest
Rating70% 3.5119553.5119553.5119553.5119553.511955
A breakthrough scientific device will revolutionize the world's energy usage if the kidnapped creator can be found. To rescue her father, Claire Forrest enlists the help of private detective, Lance Reardon. Clues lead them to a remote Pacific isle known only as Mystery Island, where the two confront sinister and astonishing forces. The descendants of a long-dead pirate, Captain Mephisto are holding the scientist for their own gain. Worst of all, one of the heirs possesses a Transformation Machine with the impossible ability of changing him into the molecular duplicate of his ancestor, Mephisto...
The Purple Monster Strikes
Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet, Fred C. Brannon
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action
Themes Films about extraterrestrial life, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Dennis Moore, Linda Stirling, Roy Barcroft, John Davidson, Emmett Vogan, Anthony Warde
Roles Sheila Layton
Rating62% 3.138933.138933.138933.138933.13893
Astronomer Cyrus Layton is working late one night on his new airplane design in his observatory. He witnesses what he believes is a meteorite landing in the far distance. He contacts his niece Sheila and asks her to bring Craig Foster to the observatory to help analyze his discovery; he then sets out to search for the meteorite crater. Layton instead discovers a crashed spaceship; the ship's pilot emerges and explains that he is from the planet Mars.
San Antonio Kid, 1h9
Directed by Howard Bretherton
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Wild Bill Elliott, Robert Blake, Alice Fleming, Linda Stirling, Earle Hodgins, Glenn Strange
Roles Ann Taylor
Rating62% 3.13733.13733.13733.13733.1373
A geologist, Walter Garfield (LeRoy Mason, discovers oil on land owned by Ben Taylor (Jack Kirk). Believing that the deposits extend to the surrounding ranches as well, Garfield wires his company that oil may be present and then teams up with Red Ryder’s arch enemy, Ace Hanlon (Glenn Strange) . Hanlon, the local saloon owner and his gang instigate a wave of terror against the ranchers hoping to drive the ranchers away, buy their land cheaply and make a fortune selling it to Metropolitan Oil Company for whom Garfield works.
The Tiger Woman
Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet, Wallace Grissell
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Adventure
Actors Linda Stirling, Allan Lane, George J. Lewis, Duncan Renaldo, LeRoy Mason, Robert Frazer
Roles Tiger Woman / Rita Arnold
Rating66% 3.3279953.3279953.3279953.3279953.327995
Evil oil speculators in South America attempt to drive away a native tribe and their leader, the Tiger Woman. The Tiger Woman, a white woman, might be the lost heiress to a vast fortune, and later plotlines in the serial are built around determining her true identity.
Zorro's Black Whip, 3h31
Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet, Wallace Grissell
Origin USA
Genres Swashbuckler, Action, Adventure, Western
Themes Medical-themed films, Superhero films, Films about disabilities, Personne sourde ou muette, Zorro
Actors Linda Stirling, George J. Lewis, Lucien Littlefield, Francis McDonald, Wally Wales, John Hamilton
Roles Barbara Meredith
Rating61% 3.092993.092993.092993.092993.09299
In Zorro's Black Whip the word Zorro never occurs, but a female who behaves like Don Diego in Idaho fights a cabal of corrupt politicians as "The Black Whip" after her brother (the original Black Whip) is killed.
Sheriff of Sundown, 55minutes
Directed by Lesley Selander
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Allan Lane, Duncan Renaldo, Max Terhune, Linda Stirling, Roy Barcroft, Jack Kirk
Roles Lois Carpenter
Rating65% 3.262943.262943.262943.262943.26294
Strangers in the Night, 56minutes
Directed by Anthony Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Actors Virginia Grey, Helene Thimig, Edith Barrett, Charles Sullivan, Linda Stirling
Roles Rosemary in Portrait (Uncredited)
Rating62% 3.146253.146253.146253.146253.14625
Sgt. Johnny Meadows is seriously wounded in battle in the South Pacific during Word War Two. While recuperating, he takes comfort reading a book donated to the Red Cross by Rosemary Blake, who has written her name and address in the book. He corresponds with her, and as pen pals they fall in love. Eventually, on leave and back in the States, he heads for Rosemary’s home. While taking the train to get there, he meets a pretty woman reading the same book, and for a moment thinks he has met Rosemary. But the lovely woman is Dr. Leslie Ross, coincidentally heading for the same town where Rosemary lives, to take over a practice being left by another doctor. They start a friendly conversation, but then there is a derailment of several cars ahead of them, and the doctor treats those who are wounded, while Johnny assists where he can. More help arrives and, both exhausted, they share a cab-ride into the town they were both headed for.