#OnThisDay 1974: Linda Blair was turning heads in London after starring in The Exorcist. | BBC Archive

A Tribute to Linda Blair — The Story the World Never Heard In 1973, The Exorcist changed cinema forever. But behind the legendary performance was a 14-year-old girl whose real story the world never truly understood. For decades, Linda Blair lived with the weight of a role that people blurred with reality. She faced criticism, assumptions, and cruelty from those who chose myth over truth. Few asked who she really was. Even fewer cared to look past the character. But Linda Blair did not let the wo