Tisha Sterling

Tisha Sterling
Tisha Sterling and Michael Douglas in CBS Playhouse (1969)
Born	Patricia Ann Sterling December 10, 1944 Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Residence	Ketchum, Blaine County, Idaho
Other names	Patricia Sterling
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1960–99
Spouse(s)	Lal Baum (m. 1965–70)
Children	Heidi Bates Hogan (b. 1966)
Parent(s)	Robert Sterling Ann Sothern

Patricia Ann "Tisha" Sterling (born December 10, 1944) is an American television and film actress. She is the only daughter of actor Robert Sterling and actress and singer Ann Sothern. Her first film role was Jean, one of the ensemble cast of rebellious teens portrayed in the cult classic Village of the Giants (1965).

Life and career

Born in Los Angeles, California, Sterling started acting in the 1960s with an appearance on her mother's television series The Ann Sothern Show. She later appeared in episodes of The Donna Reed Show, The Long, Hot Summer, Batman episodes 43 and 44 as Legs, the daughter of Ma Parker (played by Shelley Winters), The Name of the Game, The Bold Ones, Hawaii Five-O, and The New Adventures of Perry Mason. She appeared in the feature films Village of the Giants (1965), Coogan's Bluff (1968), and Norwood (1970).

In 1987, Sterling played a younger version of her mother's character (in flashbacks) in The Whales of August. Following that role, she appeared in two other films. Sterling made her last onscreen appearance to date in Breakfast of Champions (1999), opposite Bruce Willis. She has since retired from acting, and currently resides as a florist in Ketchum, Idaho, (where her mother lived for many years until her death in 2001) with her daughter, Heidi Bates Hogan. Sterling was briefly married to Lal Baum (1937-1987), the great-grandson of L. Frank Baum from 1965 until 1970. Baum died on July 21, 1987.

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1965	Village of the Giants	Jean
1968	The Name of the Game Is Kill	Nan Terry	Alternative title: The Female Trap
	Journey to Shiloh	Airybelle Sumner
	Coogan's Bluff	Linny Raven, Ringerman's Girlfriend
1969	Big Daddy		Alternative title: Paradise Road
1970	Norwood	Marie
1971	The Sandpit Generals	Dora	Alternative titles: The Defiant The Wild Pack
1975	Crazy Mama	Young Sheba
1976	The Killer Inside Me	Amy Stanton
1981	Burned at the Stake	Karen Graham	Alternative title: The Coming
1987	The Whales of August	Young Tisha
1992	Dark Horse	Officer Ross
1999	Breakfast of Champions	Beatrice Keedsler
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1960	The Donna Reed Show	Girl	1 episode
1964	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	Rachel	1 episode
1965	Dr. Kildare	Sheila Winfield	1 episode
	Mr. Novak	Myra	"The Firebrand"
	The Donna Reed Show		1 episode
	The Long, Hot Summer	Susan Beauchamp	3 episodes
	Slattery's People	Cindy Markham	1 episode
1966	Vacation Playhouse	Elsie Stanhope	1 episode
	Batman	Legs Parker	2 episodes (43 and 44)
	T.H.E. Cat	Girl	1 episode
1967	Get Smart	Miss U.S.A.	1 episode
	The Road West	Tassie	1 episode
	Run for Your Life	Tia	1 episode
1968	Bonanza	Laura Jean Pollard	1 episode
	It Takes a Thief	Madame Trish Marku	1 episode
1969	The Name of the Game	Niobe Redsmith Alice Ward	2 episodes
	CBS Playhouse		1 episode
1969–1970	The Bold Ones: The New Doctors	Casey Woods Joan	2 episodes
1970	Night Slaves	Annie Fletcher/Naillil	Television movie
	The Immortal	Julie/Nancy Dudley	1 episode
1970–1971	Insight	Mary	2 episodes
1971	The Bold Ones: The Lawyers	Joyce Hyland	1 episode
	The Virginian	Melissa	1 episode
	Powderkeg	Beth Parkinson	Television movie
	A Death of Innocence	Buffie Cameron	Television movie
1972	Another Part of the Forest	Birdie	Television movie
	The Sixth Sense	Annette Gordon	1 episode
	Medical Center	Dr. Maggie Craig	1 episode
	Night Gallery	Fern	1 episode
	Ironside	Wanda Bolen	1 episode
1973	Columbo: Candidate for Crime	Linda Johnson	1 episode
1974	Snatched	Robin Wood	Television movie
	Hawaii Five-O	Eadie Scott	1 episode
	The New Adventures of Perry Mason	Susan	1 episode
	Wide World Mystery	Kimberly	1 episode
	Betrayal	Gretchen Addison aka Adele Murphy	Television movie
1975	The Space-Watch Murders		Television movie
	Caribe	Sue Mallory	1 episode
1976	Kiss Me, Kill Me	Maureen Coyle	Television movie
	Serpico	Jenny	1 episode
	Police Woman	Celia	1 episode
1977	McMillan & Wife	Anna Meridio	1 episode
	In the Glitter Palace	Grace Mayo	Television movie Alternative title: A Woman Accused
	The Feather and Father Gang		1 episode
1979–1981	Charlie's Angels	Singer Mary	2 episodes
1986	The Young and the Restless	Operator	1 episode

External links

• Tisha Sterling at the Internet Movie Database