Child Actors Who Played Very Adult Roles As Kids

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Linda Blair

In 1973, supernatural horror film The Exorcist caused a major uproar when it hit theaters. Based on a novel of the same name, the story was inspired by an exorcism performed on a child. Played by a 13-year-old Linda Blair, the possessed child hurled obscenities, spewed vomit, physically attacked men of cloth and violated herself with a crucifix, giving many people, including the Catholic Church, cause for concern over the film’s demonic themes. Blair earned a Golden Globe for her head-turning part and would reprise the role four years later in the sequel.

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