Linda Denise Blair

Linda Blair is an American actress, born January 22, 1959, in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, to James Blair, an executive headhunter, and Elinore Blair, a real estate agent. Blair is best known for her role as the possessed child, Regan, in the film The Exorcist. The role earned her a Golden Globe and People’s Choice Award for Best Supporting Actress as well as an Academy Award nomination, she reprised her role in Exorcist II: The Heretic. She has also appeared on cover pages of People, Playboy, Seventeen, and many other magazines with Playboy being of course the most daring one. She has a brother, Jimmy, and a sister, Debbie.