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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.
Eileen Dietz (born January 11, 1944) is an American actress who is best known for her appearances in many horror films such as the face of the demon in The Exorcist and for her portrayal of characters on the soap operas Guiding Light and General Hospital.
Deanna Dunagan (born May 25, 1940) is an American actress.While principally active as a stage actress, she has also worked in television and film. She is best known for her Tony Award-winning portrayal of Violet Weston in Tracy Letts' August: Osage County and for her portrayal of Nana in M. Night Shyamalan's 2015 film The Visit.
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 ...
"The Exorcist is a powerful film even if one were to remove the supernatural element," agrees Syracuse University professor and pop culture expert, Kendall Phillips. "At its heart, this is a story ...
Warning: This article contains spoilers for The Exorcist. As written by William Peter Blatty, both in his original novel and his Academy Award-winning screenplay, The Exorcist (1973) did not happen.
Orson Welles called her "the world's greatest living radio actress". [2] She won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her screen debut in All the King's Men (1949) and was nominated in the same category for Giant (1956). She voiced the majority of dialogue for demon Pazuzu in The Exorcist (1973). [1]
Katherine Tupper "Kitty" Winn (born February 21, 1943) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as the heroin addict Helen in the romantic drama The Panic in Needle Park (1971), for which she won the Best Actress award at the 1971 Cannes Film Festival, and her recurring role of Sharon Spencer in the horror film franchise The Exorcist.