Linda Blair

Linda Blair

Known for
Acting
Born
January 22, 1959 (age 67)
Birthplace
Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

Biography

Linda Denise Blair (born January 22, 1959) is an American actress. Blair is best known for her role as the possessed child, Regan, in the 1973 acclaimed blockbuster The Exorcist, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award and two Golden Globes, winning one. She reprised her role in 1977's Exorcist II: The Heretic, a controversial sequel which had a poor response with both audiences and critics.

Known For

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Filmography

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Battling Darkness poster

Battling Darkness

Movie · as Self

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Undershorts poster

Undershorts

Movie

2026
Boorman and the Devil poster

Boorman and the Devil

Movie · as Self

2026
Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders poster

Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2025
Airports poster

Airports

Movie

2025
The Friday the 13th Murders poster

The Friday the 13th Murders

TV · as Self – Actress, The Exorcist (archive footage) · 1 ep

2025
Celebrity Weakest Link poster

Celebrity Weakest Link

TV · as Self - Contestant · 1 ep

2023
Spooktacular! poster

Spooktacular!

Movie · as Self

2023
The Exorcist: Believer poster

The Exorcist: Believer

Movie · as Regan MacNeil

2023
Landfill poster

Landfill

Movie · as Detective Karen Atwood

2023
100 Years of Warner Bros. poster

100 Years of Warner Bros.

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2020
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #1 poster

AGFA Mystery Mixtape #1

Movie · as Self

2020
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies poster

Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies

Movie · as Self

2020
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault poster

The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault

Movie · as (archive footage)

2020
Cursed Films poster

Cursed Films

TV · as Self - Actor · 1 ep

2019
The Masked Singer poster

The Masked Singer

TV · as Self, Scarecrow (archive footage) · 2 eps

2018
Surge of Power: Revenge of the Sequel poster

Surge of Power: Revenge of the Sequel

Movie · as Helen Harris

2018
Eli Roth's History of Horror poster

Eli Roth's History of Horror

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2015
The Green Fairy poster

The Green Fairy

Movie · as Mrs. Lanfrey

2015
Satan Lives poster

Satan Lives

Movie · as Self

2013
Blood of 1000 Virgins poster

Blood of 1000 Virgins

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2011
Cousin Sarah

Cousin Sarah

Movie

2011
Celebrity Nude Revue: Easy 80's Volume 1 poster

Celebrity Nude Revue: Easy 80's Volume 1

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2010
Raising Hell: Filming the Exorcist poster

Raising Hell: Filming the Exorcist

Movie · as Self

2010
Found Footage Festival Volume 5: Live in Milwaukee poster

Found Footage Festival Volume 5: Live in Milwaukee

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2010
The Exorcist Locations: Georgetown Then and Now poster

The Exorcist Locations: Georgetown Then and Now

Movie · as Self

2009
RuPaul's Drag Race poster

RuPaul's Drag Race

TV · as Self - Guest Judge · 1 ep

2009
Celebrity Ghost Stories poster

Celebrity Ghost Stories

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2006
The Powder Puff Principle poster

The Powder Puff Principle

Movie · as School Board President

2006
Teddy Scares

Teddy Scares

Movie · as Rita Mortis (voice)

2006
I Love the '70s: Volume 2 poster

I Love the '70s: Volume 2

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2006
Child Star Confidential

Child Star Confidential

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2005
Hitters Anonymous

Hitters Anonymous

Movie · as Brenda Swan

2005
The Perfect Scary Movie poster

The Perfect Scary Movie

Movie · as Self

2005
Rollerboogie III poster

Rollerboogie III

Movie

2005
Supernatural poster

Supernatural

TV · as Diana Ballard · 1 ep

2005
100 Greatest Kid Stars

100 Greatest Kid Stars

TV · 4 eps

2004
UnConventional poster

UnConventional

Movie · as Self

2003
Monster Makers poster

Monster Makers

Movie · as Shelly Stoker

2003
Linda Blair: Turning Heads poster

Linda Blair: Turning Heads

Movie · as self

2002
Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s poster

Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s

Movie · as Self

2001
Good Day Live poster

Good Day Live

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2000
S Club 7: Artistic Differences

S Club 7: Artistic Differences

Movie · as Joni

2000
Scariest Places on Earth poster

Scariest Places on Earth

TV · 45 eps

1999
The Blair Bitch Project poster

The Blair Bitch Project

Movie · as Heather

1999
S Club 7 poster

S Club 7

TV · as Joni Witherspoon · 9 eps

1998
The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist poster

The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist

Movie · as Self - Regan

1998
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs poster

Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs

Movie · as Self

1998
Godzilla: The Series poster

Godzilla: The Series

TV · as Alexandra Springer (voice) · 1 ep

1998
Hollywood Squares poster

Hollywood Squares

TV · as Self - Panelist · 5 eps

1997
Behind the Music poster

Behind the Music

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1997
Extreme Ghostbusters poster

Extreme Ghostbusters

TV · as Selene (voice) · 1 ep

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1996
Didn't You Used to Be Satan? poster

Didn't You Used to Be Satan?

Movie · as Self

1996
Prey of the Jaguar poster

Prey of the Jaguar

Movie · as Cody Johnson

1996
Scream poster

Scream

Movie · as Obnoxious Reporter (uncredited)

1996
E! True Hollywood Story poster

E! True Hollywood Story

TV · 3 eps

1996
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal poster

Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal

TV · as Rebecca Royce · 1 ep

1995
Sorceress poster

Sorceress

Movie · as Amelia Reynolds

1994
Gang Boys poster

Gang Boys

Movie · as Maggie Joiner

1994
Double Blast poster

Double Blast

Movie · as Claudia

1993
Intimate Portrait poster

Intimate Portrait

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1992
Phone poster

Phone

Movie · as Eve

1992
Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride poster

Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride

Movie · as Hannah Hawkes

1992
Calendar Girl, Cop, Killer? The Bambi Bembenek Story poster

Calendar Girl, Cop, Killer? The Bambi Bembenek Story

Movie · as Jane Mader

1992
Renegade poster

Renegade

TV · as Teddy Ray Thompson · 1 ep

1991
Fatal Bond poster

Fatal Bond

Movie · as Leonie Stevens

1990
Repossessed poster

Repossessed

Movie · as Nancy Aglet

1990
Zapped Again! poster

Zapped Again!

Movie · as Miss Mitchell

1990
Nickelodeon Studios Opening Day Celebration! poster

Nickelodeon Studios Opening Day Celebration!

Movie

1990
Dead Sleep poster

Dead Sleep

Movie · as Maggie Healey

1989
Bail Out poster

Bail Out

Movie · as Annette 'Nettie' Ridgeway

1989
The Chilling poster

The Chilling

Movie · as Mary Hampton

1989
Up Your Alley poster

Up Your Alley

Movie · as Vickie Adderly

1989
Bedroom Eyes II poster

Bedroom Eyes II

Movie · as Sophie Stevens

1989
How to Get Revenge poster

How to Get Revenge

Movie · as Self - Host

1989
Hollywood on Horses

Hollywood on Horses

Movie · as Self

1988
Witchcraft (Evil Encounters) poster

Witchcraft (Evil Encounters)

Movie · as Jane Brooks

1988
Moving Target poster

Moving Target

Movie · as Sally Tyler

1988
Silent Assassins poster

Silent Assassins

Movie · as Sara

1988
Grotesque poster

Grotesque

Movie · as Lisa

1988
SFX Retaliator poster

SFX Retaliator

Movie · as Doris

1988
Bad Blood poster

Bad Blood

Movie · as Evie Barnes

1988
Monsters poster

Monsters

TV · as Lia · 1 ep

1987
Nightforce poster

Nightforce

Movie · as Carla

1987
The Heckling

The Heckling

Movie

1987
Married... with Children poster

Married... with Children

TV · as Ida Mae · 1 ep

1985
Red Heat poster

Red Heat

Movie · as Christine Carlson

1985
Savage Island poster

Savage Island

Movie · as Daly

1985
MacGyver poster

MacGyver

TV · as Jenny Larson · 1 ep

1984
Savage Streets poster

Savage Streets

Movie · as Brenda

1984
Night Patrol poster

Night Patrol

Movie · as Officer Sue Perman

1984
Murder, She Wrote poster

Murder, She Wrote

TV · as Jane Pascal · 1 ep

1984
Puttin' on the Hits poster

Puttin' on the Hits

TV · as Judge · 1 ep

1983
Imps* poster

Imps*

Movie · as Jamie

1983
Chained Heat poster

Chained Heat

Movie · as Carol Henderson

1981
Hell Night poster

Hell Night

Movie · as Marti Gaines

1980
Ruckus poster

Ruckus

Movie · as Jenny Bellows

1979
Stranger in Our House poster

Stranger in Our House

Movie · as Rachel Bryant

1979
Roller Boogie poster

Roller Boogie

Movie · as Terry Barkley

1979
Wild Horse Hank poster

Wild Horse Hank

Movie · as Hank Bradford

1977
Exorcist II: The Heretic poster

Exorcist II: The Heretic

Movie · as Regan MacNeil

1977
US Against the World poster

US Against the World

Movie · as Self

1977
The Love Boat poster

The Love Boat

TV · as Muffy · 1 ep

1976
Born Innocent poster

Born Innocent

Movie · as Chris Parker

1976
Victory at Entebbe poster

Victory at Entebbe

Movie · as Chana Vilnofsky

1975
Sweet Hostage poster

Sweet Hostage

Movie · as Doris Mae Withers

1975
Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic poster

Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic

Movie · as Sarah Travis

1974
Airport 1975 poster

Airport 1975

Movie · as Janice Abbott

1973
The Exorcist poster

The Exorcist

Movie · as Regan MacNeil

1971
The Sporting Club poster

The Sporting Club

Movie · as Barby

1970
The Way We Live Now poster

The Way We Live Now

Movie · as Sara Aldridge

1968
Hidden Faces

Hidden Faces

TV · as Allyn Jaffe · 129 eps

1962
The Merv Griffin Show poster

The Merv Griffin Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps