Linda Blair

Linda Blair has long been active in charities involving prevention of cruelty to animals such as PETA. Carroll also had a recurring role on the NBC sitcom A Different World as Whitley Gilbert's (Jasmine Guy) mother. In the late 1990s, Blair won wide acclaim for her performance in the stage revival of Grease. She has also starred in the series Dynasty and The Colbys. In 1990, she spoofed her "Exorcist" character in the film Repossessed that also starred Leslie Nielsen. In 1974 she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for Claudine. 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. Opera singer Loulie Jean Norman provided Carroll's singing voice.

Blair's career went into decline afterwards and she appeared in many minor films often with a horror theme. and Pearl Bailey. She also had a featured role in the disaster film Airport '75. In 1959, she played Clara in the film version of Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess along with such distinguished actors as Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge, Sammy Davis Jr. 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. She was nominated for an Emmy Award for the role. 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. Her first film role was in Carmen Jones in 1954, but her big break came when she became the first African American actress to star in her own television series in which she did not play a domestic worker, when Julia debuted in 1968.

Blair had originally planned to be a doctor but was offered The Exorcist role. Born Carol Diahann Johnson in The Bronx, New York, she attended the New York City High School of the Performing Arts, along with schoolmate Billy Dee Williams. Linda Blair began her career as a young child modelling and then moved into commercials. Diahann Carroll (born July 15, 1935) is an American actress and singer. She did not receive the Academy Award for the role and it is thought that this was due in part to the fact that her voice was dubbed and a dummy was used in many scenes. No Strings (1962) in the part of Barbara Woodruff. and its first sequel, Exorcist II: The Heretic. House of Flowers (1954) in the part of Ottilie.

Linda Blair (born January 22, 1959) is an American actress famous for her role as the possessed child in The Exorcist. Fatal Bond, (1991). Repossessed, (1990). The Chilling, (1989).

Up Your Alley, (1989). Witchery, (1988). Grotesque, (1988). Savage Streets, (1984).

Chained Heat, (1983). Hell Night, (1981). Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977). Airport '75, (1974).

Born Innocent (1974, TV movie). The Exorcist (1973).