Marilyn Burns

Actor

Born: July 5, 1949
Died: August 5, 2014 (age 65)
From: 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…

Filmography (19)

Nash the Slash Rises Again! (2025)
Self - Sally(archive footage)
In a Madman's World (2017)
Mrs. Hill
Sacrament (2014)
Beulah Standifer
Butcher Boys (2013)
Ruth
Texas Chainsaw 3D (2013)
Verna Carson
Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape (2010)
Self (archive footage)
Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth (2000)
Self
The American Nightmare (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)