Linda Blair Biography

Birthday: 1959-01-22
Place of Birth: St. Louis, Missouri USA
Height: 5' 2" (1.57 m)
Wiki Biography: From the age of six, Linda Blair had to get used to the spotlight, both as a model and in motion pictures, when out of 600 applicants she got picked for the role of Regan, the possessed child, in The Exorcist (1973). Linda seemed to be set to take the Academy Award for that role, but when it leaked how little of the possessed child she actually had been (dubbed voice by Mercedes McCambridge and liberal use of a dummy) that dream broke, and with that disappointment probably came the first blow to what should have been a sure road to stardom. Over the next few years she had no trouble finding leading roles in a number of pictures, mostly as some kind of abused child (13-year-old alcoholic, rape victim, to mention a few), but the early attention brought with it life in the fast lane and Linda, as quite a few others in recent years, hadn't had the time to learn how to handle it, and drugs, a stream of unsteady relationships and other factors almost brought her career to an end.
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Filmography
TV Title | Appeared As | Year | Genre |
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Chicken Soup for the Soul | 1999 - 2000 | Drama | |
The Scariest Places on Earth | 2000 | Horror | |
Beyond with James Van Praagh | 2002 | ||
An Affair of the Heart: Rick Springfield | Herself | 2013 | Drama |
Movies Title | Appeared As | Year | Genre |
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The Exorcist | Regan MacNeil | 1973 | 0, Reality Tv |
Born Innocent | 1974 | Drama | |
Airport 1975 | Janice Abbott | 1974 | Action, Drama, Thriller |
Victory at Entebbe | 1976 | Action, Drama, History | |
Exorcist II: The Heretic | Regan MacNeil | 1977 | Horror, Mystery, Thriller |
Roller Boogie | Terry Barkley | 1979 | Drama, Music, Romance |
Hell Night | Marti Gaines | 1981 | Horror, Thriller |
Sorceress | Amelia Reynolds | 1982 | 0 |
Savage Streets | Brenda | 1984 | Action, Crime |
Night Patrol | Sue | 1984 | |
Red Heat | Christine Carlson | 1985 | Thriller |
Savage Island | Daly | 1985 | Action, Drama |
Up Your Alley | Vickie Adderly | 1989 | Comedy |
Bad Blood | Evie Barnes | 1989 | Drama, Thriller |
Witchery | Jane Brooks | 1989 | Horror |
Bedroom Eyes II | Sophie Stevens | 1990 | Thriller |
Moving Target | Sally Tyler | 1990 | Thriller |
Zapped Again! | 1990 | Comedy, Sci Fi | |
Repossessed | Nancy Aglet | 1990 | Comedy, Horror |
Fatal Bond | 1991 | ||
The Chilling | Mary Hampton | 1992 | Horror |
Dead Sleep | Maggie Healey | 1993 | Mystery, Thriller |
Skins | Maggie Joiner | 1995 | Drama |
All Is Normal | Barbara | 2008 | Drama, Thriller |
Hitters Anonymous | Brenda | 2008 | Comedy |
Imps* | Jamie | 2009 | Comedy |
Found Footage Festival Volume 5: Live in Milwaukee | Herself | 2010 | Comedy |