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Marilyn Burns

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American actress (1949-2014)

United StatesActorsLived 1949 to 2014 · aged 65
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Marilyn Burns was an American actress. Burns is known for portraying survivor Sally Hardesty in Tobe Hooper's influential horror film The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), which established her as an early final girl and scream queen.

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American Psycho2000 · ★ 7.4
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre1974 · ★ 7.3
Texas Chainsaw 3D2013 · ★ 5.5
The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre1995 · ★ 4.6
Eaten Alive1976 · ★ 5.5
The Great Waldo Pepper1975 · ★ 6.5
Brewster McCloud1971 · ★ 6.3
Helter Skelter1976 · ★ 6.9
Butcher Boys2013 · ★ 4.5
The American Nightmare2000
Terror in the Aisles1984
Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape2010
Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth2000
Future-Kill1985
Sacrament2014
Lovin' Molly1974
Kiss Daddy Goodbye1981
In a Madman's World2017
Nash the Slash Rises Again!2025

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Helter Skelter1976

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Marilyn Burns was an American actress. Burns is known for portraying survivor Sally Hardesty in Tobe Hooper's influential horror film The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), which established her as an early final girl and scream queen. In 2025, the film was her first to be inducted into the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress.

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United States
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Actor
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deceased
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Lived 1949 to 2014 · aged 65
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