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She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6331 Hollywood Blvd. Linda Blair has long been active in charities involving prevention of cruelty to animals such as PETA. She also returned to acting, albeit briefly, in a short-lived comedy on CBS in the mid-1960s. In the late 1990s, Blair won wide acclaim for her performance in the stage revival of Grease. After retiring, she taught drama at Vassar College. In 1990, she spoofed her "Exorcist" character in the film Repossessed that also starred Leslie Nielsen. Her career began to falter in the late 1940s, and eventually, she retired from the screen, her last role being in the Western classic Shane in 1953. During the early 80's she had a passionate relationship with the popular singer Rick James, but left him when she could no longer handle his drug addiction.

Smith Goes to Washington in 1939, and again in 1943 in The More the Merrier, for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She also was considered for the role of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind. Blair's career went into decline afterwards and she appeared in many minor films often with a horror theme. She continued her fame by starring in Mr. She also had a featured role in the disaster film Airport '75. Deeds Goes to Town that made her a star. A controversial movie due to the actress's age, the tagline of the film was "She was born innocent, but that was fourteen years ago.") and Sarah T...Portrait Of A Teenage Alcoholic. It was her role opposite Gary Cooper in 1936 in Mr. Following the success of this film, Blair appeared in the controversial television films Born Innocent (in which Blair portrays a girl sent away to face the brutal life of a women's prison.