Linda Blair Linda Blair Linda Denise Blair (born January 22, 1959) is an American actress, film producer and animal rights activist. Blair is best known for her role as the possessed child, Regan, in the film "The Exorcist" (1973), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award and won a Golden Globe. She reprised her role in "" (1977), for which she was nominated for a Saturn Award. Blair would go on to star in numerous controversial dramatic television films, such as "Born Innocent" (1974) and "Sarah T. – Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic" (1975) before establishing herself as a sex
Pazuzu (The Exorcist) makeup in the shots. In these shots, the demon is played by actress Eileen Dietz, who underwent makeup tests for the "possessed Regan", wore one of the alternate make-ups in her role as the demon. Pazuzu (The Exorcist) Pazuzu is the main antagonist in "The Exorcist" horror novels and film series, created by William Peter Blatty. Blatty derived the character from Assyrian and Babylonian mythology, where Pazuzu was considered the king of the demons of the wind, and the son of the god Hanbi. In "The Exorcist", Pazuzu appears as a demon who possesses Regan MacNeil. Pazuzu is often depicted