Linda Blair

Linda Linda LindaAs young as five, Linda Blair had to be accustomed to being in public attention, initially as an infant model, and later acting in the role of an actress when out of 600 applicants she was selected for the role of Regan, the possessed child, in The Exorcist (1973). Linda Blair rose quickly to fame, and she won the Golden Globe. She was expected to also win an Academy Award. But when the story leaked that some part of her roles were recorded as well as that a stunt-dummy performed just eight seconds, the whole idea fell apart. In the following years, Linda was not a problem securing leading roles in a variety of movies, including her highly successful television movies Born Innocent (1974) (the most watched TV show that year) as well as Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic (1975) along with her role in the Exorcist sequel Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977). They arrested her and gave her three years of probation following peer-pressured her into purchasing cocaine as she was turning age 18. Linda's career was in Hollywood was reduced to B films and occasional TV appearances as a guest after her much-publicized arrest for cocaine possession.

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