Linda Blair

Linda Linda LindaFrom the age of 5 years old, Linda Blair had to become comfortable in the spotlight, first as a child model and then acting as a actress. When among 600 hopefuls, she was selected for the role of Regan, the possessed child and actress for the film The Exorcist (1973). Linda Blair rose quickly to notoriety and was awarded the Golden Globe. She was expected to also win an Academy Award. But when it was revealed that certain roles were actually dubbed and a stunt-dummy was filmed for 8 seconds in the movie, the dream was shattered. In the following years, Linda was not a problem securing lead roles in a number of pictures, including the wildly successful television series Born Innocent (1974) (the number one TV show of that year) as well as Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic (1975) and the Exorcist sequel Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977). In the end, she was forced by peers into taking cocaine prior to the age of 18, this led to the arrest of her and the subsequent sentence to three years of probation. Linda was blocked by Hollywood after the much publicized drug arrest. Her career soon became limited to B movies and television appearances.

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