Why did Linda Blair's career go straight down the shitter?

It wasn't from a lack of sleeping with music stars or bad teenage runaway B movies!

She's the original Fatface actress.

Honestly, I think she turned a career corner with Roller Boogie that couldn't ever be fixed.

She got a lot of good 70s and 80s dick. Don't be jealous.

Her best work is in "Repossessed".

There just aren't that many roles that have the actor puking pea soup.

She looks like she ate more extra bowls of pea soup rather than puked it out.

The Exorcist was such a creepy movie that it tainted her career forever.

She did a series of well regarded TV movies as a teen but then she became known more for drug problems than acting.

I can kind of understand her troubles. After The Exorcist she was a constant target of people who really thought she had satanic connections. Hard to grow up normally with that following you around.

Like most kid stars she made the mistake of thinking she was an actress/actor. She was not. She never trained, never learned her craft.

Her weight and drugs hurt her.

Her career did not go down the shitter, moron OP. She was a guest judge on Rupaul's Drag race a few years back!!

Because this is what people think of when they hear her name?

She was badly injured during the filming of Excorcist. She did something to her back during one of the exorcism scenes. I think she developed a pain pill addiction in addition to being unable to work.People forgot about her.

She's had a lot of plastic surgery over the years.

R15 It was Ellen Burstyn who injured her back badly during the making of The Exorcist. She said that a lot of really creepy things went on during the filming of the movie and to the cast because of the negative energy involved.

People remember her for throwing up pea soup and masturbating with a crucifix. That is the extent of her career

OMG remember that line when her head rotates.."Do you know what she did? Your cunting daughter?"

She got to suck Rick James' dick though.

R22 Really? He just liked her because her head was so flexible.

Super Freak was dedicated to her. She's super freaky

Didn't she sleep with Steven Tyler, too?

[quote] She's had a lot of plastic surgery over the years.

Honey, she looks like death.

She was a shameless star fucker, R27.

She has turkey neck, R30.

She looks more alive in the movie than in real life.

It was the makeup by Sears Kentex (™)

She deserved an Oscar for "Stranger in our House"

Let's not forget the time she posed topless.

Is there a cosmetic procedure for saggy old turkey neck? We need to let her know if there is.

Her turkey neck is a result of Pazuzu making her head spin so much.

R19 Blaire sustained a permanent back injury during the exorcisms scene. she fractured her spine.

R37 "Pazuzu" LMAO Hillarious you remember the demon's name.

Her first rock n roll boyfriend was not a band member at all. He was Dean Kilpatrick, the assistant road manager for Lynyrd Skynyrd. She was 14 at the time and she traveled with the band off and on for quite a while(it has been nearly 40 years ago so my memory is not absolutely on point as to how long it was.) Everyone liked her very much and she was very well accepted by the other girlfriends and one wife.

Unfortunately Dean was killed in the Mississippi crash in 1977. I know that Linda attended the funeral even though she was no longer involved with him. She has stayed close to the whole Skynyrd family over the years, and has attended many of the subsequent funerals. I was not at Ed Kings's funeral in December, but it would not surprise me if she was there.

R35 She showed her titties in the 80s trash classics Chained Heat and Savage Streets also.

She got fucked with a crucifix and fucked with a broomstick. Done and done.

I think she was fucking Rick Springfield.

She reminds me of Pia Zadora in terms of face shape and eyes.

I hope she finds enough work to fix her turkey neck

When you show your tits in a soft porn movie called Chained Heat then you know your career has hit the wall.

Wasn't she dating Rick Springfield when she was 15? He was in his mid 20s, and her parents allowed him to move into their home and share her bedroom. I guess if she was the breadwinner of the family, she got to make her own rules. She probably paid for the damn house.

They wheel her out for made for TV Halloween specials every year, otherwise she's obsolete.

Big Cockhound, major Ford supporter

Rick James wrote "Cold Blooded" about her, not "Superfreak".

She got a lot of hot cock for somebody who was below average looking. I was jealous when I found out she had Rick Springfield.

Yes r53, she was quite the chubette. She fucked rock stars, did lots of coke, and posted for Hustler and Oui magazines.

She was an excellent actress. One of the greatest of our time.

I think she's tremendous!

She's not fat. She has genetically chubby cheeks that make her face look fat no matter how little she weighs. That's why she got the part in the Exorcist; the cherubic face made the demonic behavior all the more shocking.

Um, because she’s trash and has no talent whatsoever.

Yep Blair and burystn has permanent injuries from stunts done during filming. Her TV movies weren’t bad and I think had she stayed within the TV movie/small supporting role parts her career would’ve been longer. In her autobiography, Ellen burstyn said one of her biggest regrets was not going to bat for Linda more after Mercedes mccambridge came out about her dubbing Blair’s voice in some scenes of the movie. Burstyn said in was mostly Blair not mccambridge doing the vocals.

R61 yeah, it’s generally believed that’s what cost Blair the Oscar. This and the whole Dietz stunt double thing. I probably would’ve voted for Blair over winner Tatum O’Neal not for the parts where she was Regan but for the demonic scenes. Friedkin broke new ground with what he demanded a child actor does and I think Blair really pulled off. Regan was an iconic role and is still remembered more than Tatum.

The drug bust in 1977 really hurt her career and it was never the same for her in Hollywood after this. As a result she sunk into B movie oblivion. Blair was never going to be Meryl Streep but could’ve carved out a niche career in tv film if it wasn’t for the bust.

Cocaine - but at least Blair cleaned up her act sometime in the 80s, Right? I think she looks pretty good for her age. Not to compare the two, but I have no idea how Lindsey Lohan is still alive...

When Mercedes came out that she voiced the demon, not Blair, it really hurt her chances at an Oscar to the point that they considered revoking the nomination.

Mercedes McCambridge screwed her over. What a bitch.

Mercedes McCambridge was known for being a bitch and difficult, no?

I did feel she should have won the Oscar for “Giant” though.

R67 I’ll tell you alllll about it.

Rick James? Steven Tyler? Rick Springfield?

This is what constitutes "good 70s/80s dick?"

Ewwww. Gross.

Your mother sucks cocks in hell, R69.

Debra Winger stole her career.

Which actress would have looked even more absurd playing Linda Blair's part in the Exorcist?

Besides Cindy Brady from the Brady Bunch.

Diana Ross should have played little Regan. Why not? She was 34 years old playing the role of Dorothy from Oz in the Wiz.

Diana Ross was such a huge star.

Lucille Ball should have played Chris MacNeil.

Perhaps one of the Richards sisters could have played Regan - they did so well in "Escape from Witch Mountain".

I don't think they were old enough then.

She had beautiful breasts

R82 She still does lots of conventions. She has a lot of cult movies that got her a wide audience of fans.

Chunky face, turkey neck.

I read Mercedes McCambridge's memoir and she stated that she was furious when she saw The Exorcist and got go billing at all in the credits for the hideous voice. And in a way she was right - she should have been given some sort of credit.

R87 Should be NO billing...….

Mercedes should have been credited as the Old Alcoholic Hag with the voice of Satan.

Mercedes McCambridge won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for All The King's Men way back in 1949.

She never really seemed that into acting. After Exorcist I think she just went along with it and took what was offered. She's a passionate animals advocate and has done some great work so I love her.

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