ACTOR

Linda Blair

1959 - Today

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Linda Denise Blair (born January 22, 1959) is an American actress and activist. Her portrayal of Regan MacNeil in the horror film The Exorcist (1973) established her in popular culture and as a scream queen, earning her a Golden Globe and an Academy Award nomination. She reprised the role in two sequels: Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) and The Exorcist: Believer (2023). Blair has starred in several television films, including Born Innocent (1974), Sarah T. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Linda Blair has received more than 7,648,673 page views. Her biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Linda Blair is the 1,268th most popular actor (up from 1,772nd in 2019), the 2,199th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,950th in 2019) and the 598th most popular American Actor.

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  • 7.6M

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  • 57.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Linda Blair ranks 1,268 out of 13,578. Before her are Momoko Kōchi, Connie Nielsen, Vladimír Menšík, Patricia Clarkson, Michael Emerson, and Don S. Davis. After her are Linda Evans, Kim Hunter, Edmund Kean, Kate Capshaw, Patrick Duffy, and Stockard Channing.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Linda Blair ranks 71. Before her are Irene Cara, Chan Santokhi, Miki Matsubara, Satoru Iwata, Majed Abdullah, and Patricia Clarkson. After her are Wim Hof, Rupert Everett, Allison Janney, Juha Kankkunen, Clancy Brown, and Nimr al-Nimr.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Linda Blair ranks 2,199 out of 20,380. Before her are Paul Cohen (1934), Dorothy Parker (1893), Maxwell D. Taylor (1901), Patricia Clarkson (1959), Michael Emerson (1954), and Don S. Davis (1942). After her are Richard Ramirez (1960), Linda Evans (1942), Richard Ford (1944), Paul Marcinkus (1922), Billy Gibbons (1949), and Suzanne Collins (1962).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Linda Blair ranks 598. Before her are Jack Warden (1920), Fess Parker (1924), John Barrymore (1882), Patricia Clarkson (1959), Michael Emerson (1954), and Don S. Davis (1942). After her are Linda Evans (1942), Kim Hunter (1922), Kate Capshaw (1953), Patrick Duffy (1949), Stockard Channing (1944), and Fredric March (1897).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Exorcist
Regan MacNeil
When a charming 12-year-old girl takes on the characteristics and voices of others, doctors say there is nothing they can do. As people begin to die, the girl's mother realizes her daughter has been possessed by the devil--and that her daughter's only possible hope lies with two priests and the ancient rite of demonic exorcism.
Dec 26o 19737.735 / 10
Exorcist II: The Heretic
Regan MacNeil
Bizarre nightmares plague Regan MacNeil four years after her possession and exorcism. Has the demon returned? And if so, can the combined faith and knowledge of a Vatican investigator and a research specialist free her from its grasp?
Jun 17o 19774.521 / 10
Repossessed
Nancy Aglet
It's been some time since Father Jebedaiah Mayii exorcised the Devil from little Nancy Aglet, who is now grown up with a husband and two children of her own. But the prince of darkness wants to go a second round and has returned to repossess her! With Father Mayii unwilling to help, Father Luke Brophy tries his best to help Nancy, even when TV's Ernest Weller plans to air the exorcism live on TV.
Sep 14o 19905.153 / 10