
Marilyn Burns
Known for: Acting
Born: July 5, 1949
Died: August 5, 2014
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…
Known for

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
1974

Sacrament
2014

Future-Kill
1985

Kiss Daddy Goodbye
1981

Butcher Boys
2013

Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth
2000

Eaten Alive
1976

Helter Skelter
1976

Lovin' Molly
1974

Terror in the Aisles
1984

Texas Chainsaw 3D
2013

The American Nightmare
2000

Nash the Slash Rises Again!
2025

In a Madman's World
2017

Helter Skelter
1976

The Great Waldo Pepper
1975

Brewster McCloud
1971

Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape
2010

The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre
1995

American Psycho
2000