The exorcist voice actors: 59 Photos
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Mercedes McCambridge. While Linda Blair is, obviously, incredible as Regan and got an Oscar nomination, it's widely known now that her possessed voice is actually Mercedes McCambridge.);})();(function(){window.jsl.dh(qrTFZpetNoqj0PEP5I6bwAU__146,
The music of The Exorcist. Director William Friedkin pulled from Polish avant-garde composer Krzysztof Penderecki's 1961 Polymorphia for the film. This music is spine-tingling. It sounds like fingers on your back, spiders crawling on the walls, footsteps in another part of the house.
Linda Blair. Linda Blair makes a cameo appearance playing an adult Regan. Her role in the original Exorcist, as a 12-year-old possessed child, was truly haunting, with Oscar-winning actress Ellen Burstyn giving a heart-wrenching performance as her mom.);})();(function(){window.jsl.dh(qrTFZpetNoqj0PEP5I6bwAU__155,
Regan MacNeil | |
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Portrayed by | Linda Blair (films) Lydia Wilson (BBC Radio adaptation) Emily Yette (stage) Clare Louise Connolly (stage) Susannah Edgley (stage) Geena Davis (adult, television series) Sophie Thatcher (teenager, television series) |
In-universe information | |
Alias | Angela Rance (television series) |
Gender | Female |
Blair stepped away from the film industry in the 1990s to dedicate her time to rescuing dogs, largely, she says, because she felt like she needed a greater purpose than just making movies. I started rescuing dogs out of shelters in 1997 after my mother had passed. I was really devastated, she recalls.