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Linda Denise Blair (born January 22, 1959) [1] [2] is an American actress and activist. Her portrayal of Regan MacNeil in the horror film The Exorcist (1973) established her in popular culture and as a scream queen , earning her a Golden Globe Award, as well as an Academy Award nomination.
As a new ‘Exorcist’ sequel hits cinemas, Annabel Nugent digs into Linda Blair’s life pre- and post-Lucifer Satan, scandal and S Club 7: The remarkable story of The Exorcist child star Linda ...
The 90-year-old actress, who earned one of the seminal 1973 horror film’s 10 Oscar nominations for playing the distressed mother of a possessed teenage girl (Linda Blair), had been opposed to ...
Linda Blair and Ellen Burstyn in a harrowing scene from William Friedkin's 1973 horror classic, The Exorcist. (Photo Illustration: Yahoo News; Photo: Everett Collection) ...
The Exorcist is a 1973 American supernatural horror film directed by William Friedkin from a screenplay by William Peter Blatty, based on his 1971 novel.The film stars Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Jason Miller, and Linda Blair, and follows the demonic possession of a young girl and the attempt to rescue her through an exorcism by two Catholic priests.
[31] [32] Linda Blair, who portrayed Regan MacNeil in the first film, was an "advisor" on set. Green stated to Total Film that "I was really lucky to have [Blair] read the script, but she was not interested in a significant role and stepping back into that. We brought her in as an advisor because we're dealing with young people, and we want to ...
The Exorcist’s director, William Friedkin, who died in August at the age of 87, was well aware of the horror movie’s lasting cultural impact years following its theatrical debut in 1973. Like ...
The series is hosted by Linda Blair, and narrated by Zelda Rubinstein. [1] Alan Robson acted as an on-site correspondent. [2] While the show is set in numerous locations around the world, the interstitials featuring Blair and Robson were shot in Los Angeles, California. [2] In a 2001 interview with Larry King, host Blair explained the series: