Linda Blair, who was five years old when she was awarded the Golden Globe award, and appeared to be close to winning the Academy Award for the role. She had to get used to the spotlight. In the beginning, as a model, then as actor Linda Blair faced the spotlight since the day she was one of the 600 hopefuls, she was selected to portray Regan the girl who was possessed on the screen in The Exorcist. Linda quickly rose to global fame, was awarded the Golden Globe, and seemed to be destined to win on the Academy Award for that role until it became known about the fact that some aspects of the character were not done by her (the demonic voice was dubbed through Mercedes McCambridge, and eight seconds of a stunt dummy were utilized) this dream fell apart in disappointment, which likely came the first blow that could have been the start of an A-list profession. In the following years, she had no trouble securing lead roles in a number of film, which included the hugely successful TV series Born Innocent However, when she was pushed by her peers into buying cocaine at age 18, that led to her being detained and then a conviction for three years probation. Linda was blacklisted by Hollywood following the widely-publicized drug arrest. Her career soon became limited to B movies and the occasional guest TV appearances.
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