Marilyn Burns
Acting
Born: 1949-07-05 · Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 2014-08-05
Biography
Marilyn Burns was born Mary Lynn Ann Burns on May 7, 1949 in Erie, Pennsylvania, and raised in Houston, Texas. She attended the University of Texas at Austin where she graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Drama. Marilyn was one of the original scream queens, remembered primarily for her role in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974). She played Sally Hardesty, a teenager who travels with her brother and some friends to the cemetery where her grandfather was buried to investigate reports of grave v
🎬 Movies (19)
Nash the Slash Rises Again!
2025
Self - Sally(archive footage)
In a Madman's World
2017
Mrs. Hill
Sacrament
2014
Beulah Standifer
Texas Chainsaw 3D
2013
Verna Carson
Butcher Boys
2013
Ruth
Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape
2010
Self (archive footage)
The American Nightmare
2000
Self
Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth
2000
Self
American Psycho
2000
Sally Hardesty (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre
1995
Patient on Gurney
Future-Kill
1985
Dorothy Grim
Terror in the Aisles
1984
Self - Sally Hardesty (archive footage) (uncredited)
Kiss Daddy Goodbye
1981
Nora Dennis
Eaten Alive
1976
Faye
Helter Skelter
1976
Linda Kasabian
The Great Waldo Pepper
1975
Spectator (uncredited)
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
1974
Sally
Lovin' Molly
1974
Sarah / Molly (uncredited)
Brewster McCloud
1971
Tour Guide (uncredited)
