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One Hell of a Performance: How Mercedes McCambridge Gave a Demon a Voice

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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
Portrayed byLinda 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
AliasAngela Rance (television series)
GenderFemale
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.