Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
Kasulka had never even seen the 1973 film The Exorcist before she landed a lead role in the 2016 Fox television series The Exorcist, [4] as Casey Rance, an 18 year-old girl who has been possessed by an evil force. [1] In 2019, Kasulka acted in, wrote and directed the short film Bird of Shame, shot entirely in black and white with zero dialogue. [5]
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]
"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 ...
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 ...
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.
Friedkin leaped from "The French Connection" to "The Exorcist," adapted from William Peter Blatty's novel of the same name. The movie, starring Linda Blair as the possessed girl and Ellen Burstyn ...