Linda Blair, who was barely five at the time, had to get used to being placed in the spotlight. At first, as a child model or actor, she was selected for the role of Regan the girl who was possessed, among 600 hopefuls, for The Exorcist, (1973). Linda quickly gained international fame, won the Golden Globe, and seemed to be set to take an Academy Award for that role However, after it was revealed that certain parts in the film did not get done by the actress herself (the vocals of the demon were dubbed with Mercedes McCambridge, and eight seconds of a stunt dummy used) that dream broke and, with it, most likely was the beginning of the end in what seemed to be the beginning of an A-list career. Through the years, she was in a position to get lead roles in a wide range of movies. These included the successful TV films Born Innocent and Sarah T. The - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic and Exorcist II - The Heretic. When she was forced by peers into purchasing cocaine before the age of 18, this led to the arrest of her and the subsequent sentence to three years of probation. Linda's time was in Hollywood had been reduced to B films, and occasionally appearances on television after her infamous arrest for cocaine possession.
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