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
The Exorcist (film series) original non-bloody version of the spider-walk scene. The updated "bloody version" of the spider-walk scene appears in the 2000 re-release of "The Exorcist: The Version You've Never Seen" utilizing CGI technology to incorporate the special effect of blood pouring from Regan's mouth during this scene’s finale. Despite his misgivings about the studio-imposed reshoots, Blatty is proud of the finished version of "The Exorcist III", having said “It’s still a superior film. And in my opinion, and excuse me if I utter heresy here, but for me it’s a more frightening film than "The Exorcist"". Nevertheless, Blatty had hoped to recover