Linda Blair

Linda Linda LindaLinda Blair, who was barely five at the time, was able grown accustomed to being in the spotlight. At first, as a child model and later as an actor, she got the role as Regan the possessed girl, among 600 hopefuls, for The Exorcist, (1973). Linda received the Golden Globe and was on course to win the Academy Award. However, after it was revealed in the media that Mercedes McCambridge had dubbed the Demon voice and that 8 seconds were performed by a stunt-double she was left with a nightmare of having an A-list career was a failure. She was able to land the lead role in a range of movies, including Born Innocent (#1 TV film of 1974) and Sarah T. - Portrait of an Adolescent Alcoholic(1975) as well as her role in the Exorcist II sequel Exorcist II : The Heretic. But when she was peer pressured into taking cocaine prior to the age of 18 years old, it resulted in an arrest and subsequent sentencing to three years probation. The widely-publicized bust for drugs caused Linda to be banned from Hollywood as well as her professional film career soon slowed down to B-movies and occasional TV appearances as a guest

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