Linda Blair

Linda Linda LindaLinda Blair, who was barely five when she was born, needed to get used to being in the spotlight. As a model for children or actor, she got the role as Regan the possessed girl, out of 600 candidates, for The Exorcist, (1973). Linda got the Golden Globe and was on course to win an Academy Award. However, after the revelation it was revealed that Mercedes McCambridge had dubbed the demon voice, and that the 8 second scenes were acted by a stunt-double and the dream of having an A-list career fell flat. The next couple of years Linda was not a problem securing the lead role in a range of films, among them the highly successful television films Born Innocent (1974) (the top TV film of the year) and Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic (1975) along with The Exorcist sequel Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977). In 1977, she purchased cocaine on the pressure of her peers at 18 years old, this resulted in being arrested and sentenced to three years probation. The widely-publicized bust for drugs caused Linda to be banned from Hollywood which slowed her progress. Her film career soon slowed down to B-movies and occasional television guest appearances only

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