Spotlight On: Linda Blair

                                         Actor Spotlight: Linda Blair

Today's post focuses on legendary horror star Linda Blair. She's a bonafide b-movie legend and scream queen. Still most famous for her role as Regan in what is widely considered to be the scariest film of all time, The Exorcist.

 

Blair was born in St. Louis, Missouri on January 22, 1959. She grew up in Westport, Connecticut. Her career started at the age of 6 as a child model. Her first acting role was on the short run Daytime Soap Opera Hidden Faces from 1968-1969. She was selected from over 600 applicants to play Regan in The Exorcist. For this role she won a Golden Globe and a People Choice Award. She was also nominated for an Academy Award. Awards like this, even in the 70's, were rarely given to horror films. She reprised the role of Regan in The Exorcist II: The Heretic in 1977. The film was received poorly but gained Blair another award, a Saturn Award for Best Actress in 1988.

Between the two Exorcist films she appeared as the lead in the highly controversial television film Born Innocent in 1974. The same year she appeared in Airport 1975. The following year she was in two more television movies; Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic and Sweet Hostage opposite Martin Sheen. In 1978 she took the lead role in the Wes Craven directed tv horror Summer of Fear.   

In 1979, she starred in the film Roller Boogie. Throughout the 80's Blair appeared in numerous successful low budget b-movies, mostly horror and exploitation, including Savage Streets with Linnea Quigley, Chained Heat, Hell Night, Savage Island, Grotesque, Witchery, & more.

Since the 80's she's made guest appearances in films and television, including Wes Craven's Scream and Supernatural. She also hosted the series Scariest Places On

Earth and appeared on Celebrity Ghost Stories.

Blair has had a long and memorable career in horror and will remain a legend in horror history for her role in The Exorcist. She is also an advocate for animal and human welfare. She has her own foundation, the Linda Blair WorldHeart Foundation which you can check out here: http://www.lindablairworldheart.org/

 xoxo, Spooky Stephie

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Scream Queen Feature: Felissa Rose

                Today's Featured Scream Queen: Felissa Rose Esposito Miller

 Felissa Rose Esposito-Miller is an American actress most well known for her role as Angela Baker in the seminal slasher film Sleepaway Camp (1983). She later reprised the role in the sequel Return To Sleepaway Camp (2008).

Felissa was born in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City and grew up in Long Island. Felissa loved to perform and entertain people and while still in school started to look for representation. She auditioned for three different films and one of them ended up being Sleepaway Camp. She watched the film for the first time with her eighth grade class!

The original Sleepaway Camp was given the Scream Factory treatment in 2014. The Scream Factory Collector's Edition features a DVD and Blu-ray double disc set with custom artwork and includes new commentaries with Felissa.

 After Sleepaway Camp she took a break from acting to go to school at New York University in the Tisch School of the Arts. As of 2003, she has resumed her acting careeer and starred in several horror flicks with many more coming up. Some of her recent films include Under Surveillance, Psycho Sleepover, The Perfect House, Camp Dread with Danielle Harris and Eric Roberts, and Zombie Killers with Dee Wallace amongst many others. Coming up she'll be appearing To Jennifer with fellow Scream Queen Jessica Cameron, Dead End, Bethany, and Within These Walls.


















Felissa has been married since 2004 to musician Deron Miller with whom she has 3 children. She is the Head of Independent Genre Division at Carolco Pictures. She also has her own line of jeans coming out called Toxic Rose. She makes regular appearances at conventions and keeps in touch with fans through twitter and facebook!

Please follow Felissa on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/Felissa_Rose

Twitter for her movie Camp Dread: https://twitter.com/CampDread

Twitter for Sleepaway Camp Fans: https://twitter.com/SleepawaycampF

Her facebook pages: https://www.facebook.com/felissa.esposito?fref=ts
                                  https://www.facebook.com/felissa.miller?fref=ts

Also on facebook, a Felissa Rose fans page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Felissa-Rose-Fans-Page/561962240612903?fref=ts

Also check out her imdb page for updates on all of her future films! -xoxo, Spooky Stephie