Marilyn Burns
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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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Filmography 19
American Psycho
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Texas Chainsaw 3D
The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Eaten Alive
The Great Waldo Pepper
Brewster McCloud
Helter Skelter
Butcher Boys
The American Nightmare
Terror in the Aisles
Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape
Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth
Future-Kill
Sacrament
Lovin' Molly
Kiss Daddy Goodbye
In a Madman's World
Nash the Slash Rises Again!21 credits on file
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About this person
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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Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1949 to 2014 · aged 65
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