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Linda Blair
Linda Denise Blair is an American actress and activist. She is known for playing Regan MacNeil in the horror film The Exorcist (1973), which established her as a prominent figure in horror popular culture. Her performance netted her a Golden Globe and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She reprised the role in two sequels: Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) and The Exorci…
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entertainment · American actress and activist (born 1959) · actor · film actor · television actor · also Linda Blair, Blair
Born 22 January 1959 · Q232280
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2026· 3 entries
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2025· 1 entry
“disease in 2023, after experiencing numerous symptoms which were discovered to be stemming from a near-fatal thyroid storm. In August 2026, Los Angeles County officials executed an inspection warrant at Blair”
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2023· 1 entry
After experiencing numerous symptoms which were discovered to be stemming from a near-fatal thyroid storm
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2022· 1 entry
Blair competed in season eight of The Masked Singer as "Scarecrow", resembling a pumpkin-headed scarecrow
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2014· 2 entries
In 2014, Blair revealed that she was treated for an umbilical hernia.
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Blair revealed that she was treated for an umbilical hernia
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2013· 1 entry
Accepted a role in the comedy web series Whoa
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2010· 1 entry
Appeared as herself on the cable series Pit Boss and Jury Duty
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2008· 1 entry
Appeared at the 18th annual Malaga Fantasy and Horror Film Festival to accept a lifetime achievement award for her work in the horror genre
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2006· 1 entry
Guest-starred on The CW television series Supernatural, playing the part of Detective Diana Ballard, as she aids Sam and Dean Winchester in the episode "The Usual Suspects", which aired November 9, 2006
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2004· 2 entries
Founded the Linda Blair WorldHeart Foundation, a non-profit organization that works to rehabilitate and adopt rescue animals
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Founded the Linda Blair WorldHeart Foundation, a nonprofit organization that works to rescue and rehabilitate abused, neglected, and mistreated animals and provide them with needed pet care
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2000· 1 entry
Was cast as a regular in the BBC television show, L
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1999· 1 entry
Appeared in an online parody of The Blair Witch Project titled The Blair Bitch Project
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1997· 1 entry
Appeared in a documentary for Channel 4 in the United Kingdom entitled Didn't You Used to be Satan
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1996· 1 entry
Blair reunited with director Wes Craven for a cameo role as a reporter in Scream (1996), In 1997 she starred in a Broadway revival of Grease, playing Rizzo
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1986· 1 entry
Won Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress for Night Patrol (1986).
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1985· 1 entry
Starred again in another women-in-prison feature titled Red Heat, playing a prisoner of war in West Germany
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1983· 1 entry
Blair posed nude in an issue of Playboy
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1979· 1 entry
With her starring role in the musical drama Roller Boogie, which established her as a sex symbol
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1978· 1 entry
Made a return to acting in the Wes Craven-directed television horror film Stranger in Our House (retitled Summer of Fear), based on the novel by Lois Duncan, and also with the lead role in the Canadian production Wil
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1977· 2 entries
At 18 years old, she was arrested for drug possession and conspiracy to sell drugs
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Blair reprised her role as Regan in the Exorcist sequel, Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977), garnering a Saturn Award nomination for Best Actress of 1978
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1975· 1 entry
Where she lived with her older sister, Debbie
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1972· 1 entry
Was selected from a field of 600 applicants for her most notable role as Regan, the possessed daughter of a famous actress, in William Friedkin's The Exorcist (1973)
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1959· 2 entries
Born 1959-01-22.
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“welfare, and no dogs were removed. Filmography Film Television Awards and nominations See also List of animal rights advocates References Works cited Lee, Jason (2017).”
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