Linda Blair

From the age of five years, Linda Blair had to learn to accept being in the spotlight. First as model for children and later as an actress, when out of a field of nearly 600 candidates she was chosen for the role in the role of Regan, the child that was possessed as seen for the film The Exorcist (1973). Linda Blair quickly rose to fame and won an award called the Golden Globe. She was scheduled to be awarded the Academy Award. But when news broke that some part of her roles were recorded as well as that a stunt-dummy performed just eight seconds, the whole idea went down the drain. In the following years, she didn't have any trouble getting leading roles in a variety of film productions, such as the highly successful television films Born Innocent (1974) (the most watched TV show that year) and Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic (1975) in addition to an Exorcist sequel Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977). When she was forced by peers into buying cocaine when she was just of 18, it led to the arrest of her and the subsequent sentence to three years ' probation. The widely-publicized bust for drugs caused Linda to be placed on the blacklist in Hollywood, and her film career soon slowed down to B-movies and occasional television guest appearances.