Marilyn Burns
Acting
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Acting Credits
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...
Known For
American Psycho
Sally Hardesty (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Sally
Texas Chainsaw 3D
Verna Carson
The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Patient on Gurney
The Great Waldo Pepper
Spectator (uncredited)
Eaten Alive
Faye
Helter Skelter
Linda Kasabian
Lovin' Molly
Sarah / Molly (uncredited)
Filmography
Nash the Slash Rises Again!
2025
as Self - Sally(archive footage)
In a Madman's World
2017
as Mrs. Hill
Sacrament
2014
as Beulah Standifer
Texas Chainsaw 3D
2013
as Verna Carson
Butcher Boys
2013
as Ruth
Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape
2010
as Self (archive footage)
The American Nightmare
2000
as Self
Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth
2000
as Self
American Psycho
2000
as Sally Hardesty (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre
1995
as Patient on Gurney
Future-Kill
1985
as Dorothy Grim
Terror in the Aisles
1984
as Self - Sally Hardesty (archive footage) (uncredited)
Kiss Daddy Goodbye
1981
as Nora Dennis
Eaten Alive
1976
as Faye
Helter Skelter
1976
as Linda Kasabian
Helter Skelter
1976
as Linda Kasabian
The Great Waldo Pepper
1975
as Spectator (uncredited)
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
1974
as Sally
Lovin' Molly
1974
as Sarah / Molly (uncredited)
Brewster McCloud
1971
as Tour Guide (uncredited)