Western film expert Les Adams co-authored Shoot-Em-Ups with Buck Rainey.  About twenty years ago, Les also wrote and published a series of softcover 'zines titled Yesterday's Saturdays, and each issue highlighted a couple dozen B westerns and included cast lists, plot synopsis, ad cuts, etc.  Les has a massive database on the B western and serial, and that database includes info on the heroes, supporting players, directors, producers, et al.

Following is a database run of those wonderful performers who portrayed the heroine --- leading ladies such as Jennifer Holt, Dale Evans, Peggy Stewart and Iris Meredith who primarily worked in B westerns and cliffhangers.  There were others who started in B films, and through luck and talent, graduated to higher class features --- these included Dorothy Malone, Martha Hyer, Cecilia Parker, Yvonne De Carlo and Ruth Roman.  And other heroines wound up on early TV, and included Marjorie Reynolds (LIFE OF RILEY), Gale Storm (MY LITTLE MARGIE), Gail Davis (ANNIE OAKLEY), Barbara Britton (MR. & MRS. NORTH), and Noel Neill and Phyllis Coates of SUPERMAN.

Before proceeding, please take a look at the 'ground rules' on what each of the columns includes and does not include:

• no silent film credits
• no TV credits
• no title-changed reissues or changed-for-TV titles
• no foreign language (not an issue with the vast majority on this list)
• no 'compilation' films
• the Westerns column includes both B and A grade films
• Serials and Shorts may be westerns or non-westerns
• Features contains no western films
• each column represents 'at least this many'
• the only column that may be short is the 'Shorts' segment which is a work-in-progress data base

The list is sorted in WESTERN film appearance order

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