What’s new
Arquicinema (2024) / A Trip to the Moon (1902) / The Art of the Moving Picture / Peaks of Japanese Cinema / Cinéphiles Cine-Files (2020) / The Lost World (1925) / A Million and One Nights: A History of the Motion Picture / The French New Wave / Jump Cut (2019) / Carnival of Souls (1962) / Writing the Photoplay / Silent Cinema & the Avant-Garde / Especial de Cine Mexicano (2017) / Sintel (2010) /
Arquicinema (2024) / A Trip to the Moon (1902) / The Art of the Moving Picture / Peaks of Japanese Cinema / Cinéphiles Cine-Files (2020) / The Lost World (1925) / A Million and One Nights: A History of the Motion Picture / The French New Wave / Jump Cut (2019) / Carnival of Souls (1962) / Writing the Photoplay / Silent Cinema & the Avant-Garde / Especial de Cine Mexicano (2017) / Sintel (2010) /
Cine Archive
← Back to filmography
Marilyn Burns
Born
5 July 1949
Died
5 August 2014
Place
Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
Acting

Marilyn Burns

Marilyn Burns (born Mary Lynn Ann Burns; May 7, 1949 – August 5, 2014) 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). Burns was raised in Houston, Texas and after graduating with a drama degree at the University of Texas, Austin, she made her first film appearance in Robert Altman's comedy film Brewster McCloud (1970). After a brief cameo The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1995), Burns took a 17-year break from acting in feature films till she returned in Butcher Boys (2012), directed by Kim Henkel who co-wrote The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.

As actor

Nash the Slash Rises Again!

2025 · Self - Sally(archive footage)

In a Madman's World

2017 · Mrs. Hill

Sacrament

2014 · Beulah Standifer

Texas Chainsaw 3D

2013 · Verna Carson

Butcher Boys

2013 · Ruth

Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape

2010 · Self (archive footage)

The American Nightmare

2000 · Self

Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth

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)

Stab

Sally Hardesty (archive footage) (uncredited)