Name
Marilyn Burns
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1949-07-05
Deathday
2014-08-05 (65 years old)
Place of Birth
Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
Marilyn Burns (born Mary Lynn Ann Burns; May 7, 1949 – August 5, 2014) was an American actress. Burns is known for portraying survivor Sally Hardesty in Tobe Hooper's influential horror film The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974). Burns was raised in Houston, Texas and after graduating with a drama degree at the University of Texas, Austin, she made her first film appearance in Robert Altman's comedy film Brewster McCloud (1970). After a brief cameo The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1995), Burns took a 17-year break from acting in feature films till she returned in Butcher Boys (2012), directed by Kim Henkel who co-wrote The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
Known For
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Five friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way, they...
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A young woman learns that she has inherited a Texas estate from her deceased grandmother.Â...
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A group of teenagers get into a car crash in the Texas woods on prom night, and then wande...
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A psychotic redneck owns a dilapidated hotel in rural East Texas, where he murders those w...
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A biplane pilot and WWI veteran takes up barnstorming and later a movie career in his ques...
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A non-stop roller coaster ride through the scariest moments of the greatest terror films o...
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Brewster is an owlish, intellectual boy who lives in a fallout shelter of the Houston Astr...
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A documentary primarily focusing on the filming and release of the original Texas Chainsaw...
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A documentary analyzing the furore which so-called "video nasties" caused in Britain durin...
- 1976 Eaten Alive as Faye
- 1974 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre as Sally
- 1974 Lovin' Molly as Sarah / Molly (uncredited)
- 1995 The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre as Patient on Gurney
- 1976 Helter Skelter as Linda Kasabian
- 2000 The American Nightmare as Self
- 2017 In a Madman's World as Mrs. Hill
- 1985 Future-Kill as Dorothy Grim
- 2013 Texas Chainsaw 3D as Verna Carson
- 2013 Butcher Boys as Ruth
- 2000 Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth as Self
- 1975 The Great Waldo Pepper as Spectator (uncredited)
- 2014 Sacrament as Beulah Standifer
- 1981 Kiss Daddy Goodbye as Nora Dennis
- 1971 Brewster McCloud as Tour Guide (uncredited)
- 2025 Nash the Slash Rises Again! as Self - Sally(archive footage)
- 1984 Terror in the Aisles as Self - Sally Hardesty (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2010 Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape as Self (archive footage)
- 2026 Stab as Sally Hardesty (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1976 Helter Skelter ( 2 episodes ) as Linda Kasabian
