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Marilyn Burns

Marilyn Burns

Acting Born Jul 05, 1949 -- Died Aug 05, 2014 · Erie, Pennsylvania, USA

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 vandalism, and then encounters an insane, murderous family, including the chainsaw-wielding Leatherfa...

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American Psycho
7.4
movie
American Psycho
as Sally Hardesty (archive footage) (uncredited)
2000
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
7.3
movie
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
as Sally
1974
Texas Chainsaw 3D
5.5
movie
Texas Chainsaw 3D
as Verna Carson
2013
The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre
4.6
movie
The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre
as Patient on Gurney
1995
Eaten Alive
5.5
movie
Eaten Alive
as Faye
1976
Brewster McCloud
6.3
movie
Brewster McCloud
as Tour Guide (uncredited)
1971
The Great Waldo Pepper
6.5
movie
The Great Waldo Pepper
as Spectator (uncredited)
1975
Helter Skelter
6.8
movie
Helter Skelter
as Linda Kasabian
1976
Butcher Boys
4.5
movie
Butcher Boys
as Ruth
2013
Terror in the Aisles
6.1
movie
Terror in the Aisles
as Self - Sally Hardesty (archive footage) (uncredited)
1984
The American Nightmare
6.8
movie
The American Nightmare
as Self
2000
Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth
6.9
movie
Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth
as Self
2000