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Remembering Actress Mercedes McCambridge

McCambridge died March 2 at the age of 87. McCambridge chilled audiences in the 1970s as the voice of the Devil in The Exorcist. She won an Academy Award for her first film role — in 1949 for All the King's Men. She also starred with Joan Crawford in Nicholas Ray's western, Johnny Guitar.

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, March 19, 2004: Interview with Mercedes McCambridge; Review of the television series "Deadwood;" Interview with Thomas Keneally; Review of the film "Eternal sunshine of…

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