Linda Blair
From the age of just five Linda Blair had to learn to accept public attention, initially as a child model and then acting as a actress. When among 600 hopefuls, she was chosen for the role in the role of Regan who was the child who had been possessed and actress in The Exorcist (1973). Linda was awarded the Golden Globe and was on way to winning the Academy Award. However, after it was revealed in the media that Mercedes McCambridge had dubbed the demon voice, and that the 8 second scenes were acted by a stunt duo, the dream of having an A-list career was a failure. In the following years, she had no trouble securing leading roles in a variety of film productions, such as the highly successful television films Born Innocent (1974) (the #1 TV movie of that year) and Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic (1975) and The Exorcist sequel Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977). The actress was detained and sentenced to three years of probation after people in her circle pressured her to buy cocaine when she turned 18 years old. The widely-publicized bust for drugs caused Linda to be blacklisted by Hollywood and her acting profession was later reduced to B-movies and occasional television appearances as a guest
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