From Orson Welles in Citizen Kane to Linda Blair in The Exorcist, some actors delivered career-defining performances right out of the gate. We're counting down seven debuts so powerful, so lightning-in-a-bottle perfect, that everything after felt like an echo. Did these performers really peak on day one, or did we just witness unrepeatable magic?
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