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Acting

Linda Blair

Career: Active from 1968 to 2023, busiest in 1988 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles: 42
top three billing

Average score: 46/100

Highest rated: The Exorcist
81/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

Golden Globe Awards · Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
1974 · Won · 31st Golden Globe Awards
The Exorcist
Source: Wikidata
Academy Awards · Actress in a Supporting Role
1974 · Nominated · 46th Academy Awards
The Exorcist
Source: Wikidata

Characters

10

The characters Linda Blair played, best-known titles first.

Linda Blair as Regan Teresa MacNeil

Linda Blair as Regan MacNeil

Linda Blair as Nancy Aglet

Linda Blair as Brenda

Linda Blair as Scarecrow

Linda Blair as Rachel Bryant

Linda Blair as Jane Brooks

Linda Blair as Terry Barkley

Linda Blair as Officer Sue Perman

Linda Blair as Jenny Bellows

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 43 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Linda Blair Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Wholesome
1.7, average 3.4
Catharsis
3.9, average 5.1
Romance
2.7, average 3.8
Historical
1.4, average 2.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

Witchcraft 3
Nostalgic 3
Character-Driven 3
Crime 3
Campy 3
Fast-Paced 2
Psychological Thriller 2
Psychological Horror 2
Mystery & Suspense 2
Legal Drama 2
Mystery 2
Revenge Thriller 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

70

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

3 titles · average score 42

Landfill

47

as Detective Karen Atwood

The Exorcist: Believer

37

as Regan MacNeil

The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault

as (archive footage)

2010s

2 titles · average score 37

Surge of Power: Revenge of the Sequel

48

as Helen Harris

The Green Fairy

27

as Mrs. Lanfrey

2000s

8 titles · average score 63

as Rita Mortis (voice)

The Powder Puff Principle

as School Board President

Supernatural

71

TV show · as Diana Ballard

Hitters Anonymous

as Brenda Swan

100 Greatest Kid Stars

TV show

Monster Makers

48

as Shelly Stoker

Scariest Places on Earth

70

TV show

S Club 7: Artistic Differences

as Joni

1990s

19 titles · average score 51

The Blair Bitch Project

48

as Heather

Scream

71

as Obnoxious Reporter (uncredited)

Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal

70

TV show · as Rebecca Royce

Sorceress

36

as Amelia Reynolds

Gang Boys

45

as Maggie Joiner

Double Blast

as Claudia

Phone

62

as Eve

Renegade

63

TV show · as Teddy Ray Thompson

Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride

65

as Hannah Hawkes

Fatal Bond

37

as Leonie Stevens

Repossessed

37

as Nancy Aglet

Dead Sleep

38

as Maggie Healey

1980s

24 titles · average score 48

The Chilling

34

as Mary Hampton

Bail Out

38

as Annette 'Nettie' Ridgeway

Witchcraft (Evil Encounters)

36

as Jane Brooks

Grotesque

34

as Lisa

Savage Island

35

as Daly

Red Heat

39

as Christine Carlson

Savage Streets

59

as Brenda

Night Patrol

46

as Officer Sue Perman

Chained Heat

43

as Carol Henderson

Imps*

37

as Jamie

Hell Night

49

as Marti Gaines

Ruckus

55

as Jenny Bellows

1970s

13 titles · average score 52

Stranger in Our House

34

as Rachel Bryant

Roller Boogie

36

as Terry Barkley

Wild Horse Hank

53

as Hank Bradford

Exorcist II: The Heretic

30

as Regan MacNeil

The Love Boat

53

TV show · as Muffy

Victory at Entebbe

55

as Chana Vilnofsky

Born Innocent

62

as Chris Parker

Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic

60

as Sarah Travis

Sweet Hostage

68

as Doris Mae Withers

Airport 1975

46

as Janice Abbott

The Exorcist

81

as Regan MacNeil

The Sporting Club

as Barby

1960s

1 title

TV show · as Allyn Jaffe