Tisha Sterling

• Name — Tisha Sterling • Birth Name — Patricia Ann Sterling • Born — 10 December 1944 • Birthplace — Los Angeles, California, U.S. • Other Names — Patricia Sterling Tish Sterling • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1960–1999 • Children — 1 • Parents — Robert Sterling Ann Sothern

Sterling was born at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Los Angeles, California. Her parents divorced when she was three years old. 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; Bonanza; Batman episodes 43 and 44 as Legs, the daughter of Ma Parker (played by Shelley Winters); The Name of the Game; The Bold Ones: The Lawyers; Hawaii Five-O; Columbo; The New Adventures of Perry Mason and Get Smart. 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. She had previously played a younger version of her mother's character in Crazy Mama (1975). Following that role, she appeared in two other films. Sterling made her last onscreen appearance in Breakfast of Champions (1999), opposite Bruce Willis.

Sterling has since retired from acting, and works 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 married to Lal Baum (1937–1987), the great-grandson of author L. Frank Baum, from 1965 until 1970. Baum died of cancer on July 21, 1987. She is a Roman Catholic.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1964 — Alfred Hitchcock Hour — Rachel — "Change of Address" • 1965 — Dr. Kildare — Sheila Winfield — "Lullaby for an Indian Summer" • 1965 — Mr. Novak — Myra — "The Firebrand" • 1965 — The — Teresa — "Pop Goes Teresa" • 1965 — The — Susan Beauchamp — "The Homecoming", "A Time for Living", "A Stranger to the House" • 1965 — Slattery's People — Cindy Markham — "Of Damon, Pythias, and Sleeping Dogs" • 1966 — Vacation Playhouse — Elsie Stanhope — "Frank Merriwell" • 1966 — Batman — Legs — "The Greatest Mother of Them All", "Ma Parker" • 1966 — T.H.E. Cat — Phoebe — "Curtains for Miss Winslow" • 1967 — Get Smart — Miss U.S.A. — "The Girls from KAOS" • 1967 — The — Tassie — "Eleven Miles to Eden" • 1967 — Run for Your Life — Tia — "It Could Only Happen in Rome" • 1968 — Bonanza — Laura Jean Pollard — "Star Crossed" • 1968 — It Takes a Thief — Madame Trish Marcu — "Birds of a Feather" • 1969 — The — Niobe Redsmith / Alice Ward — "Love-In at Ground Zero", "The Bobby Currier Story" • 1969 — The — Casey Woods — "What's the Price of a Pair of Eyes?" • 1969–1971 — Insight — Mary — "Exit", "A Man Called Don" • 1970 — The — Joan McPartland — "This Will Really Kill You" • 1970 — Night Slaves — Annie Fletcher / Naillil — TV film • 1970 — The — Julie Dudley / Nancy Dudley — "Paradise Bay" • 1971 — The — Joyce Hyland — "The Hyland Confession" • 1971 — The — Melissa — "Flight from Memory" • 1971 — Bearcats! — Beth Parkinson — "Powderkeg" • 1971 — A Death of Innocence — Buffie Cameron — TV film • 1972 — The — Annette Gordon — "Lady, Lady, Take My Life" • 1972 — Medical Center — Dr. Maggie Craig — "Confession" • 1972 — Night Gallery — Fern — "The Return of the Sorceror" • 1972 — Another Part of the Forest — Birdie — TV film • 1972 — Ironside — Wanda Bolen — "Who'll Cry for My Baby" • 1973 — Snatched — Robin Wood — TV film • 1973 — Hawaii Five-O — Eadie Scott — "Little Girl Blue" • 1973 — Columbo — Linda Johnson — "Candidate for Crime" • 1973 — The — Susan Oriel — "The Case of the Jailed Justice" • 1974 — The — Kimberly — "Death Is a Bad Trip" • 1974 — Betrayal — Gretchen Addison / Adele Murphy — TV film • 1975 — Caribe — Sue Mallory — "The Assassin" • 1976 — Kiss Me, Kill Me — Maureen Coyle — TV film • 1976 — Serpico — Jenny — "Strike!" • 1976 — Police Woman — Celia — "Bait" • 1977 — McMillan & Wife — Anna Meridio — "Coffee, Tea, or Cyanide" • 1977 — In the Glitter Palace — Grace Mayo — TV film • 1981 — Charlie's Angels — Mary — "Angel on the Line" • 1986 — The — Connie — Guest role (3 episodes)