Marilyn Burns
Mary Lynn Ann Burns
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A native of Erie, Pennsylvania, who grew up in Houston, Texas, Marilyn Burns earned a drama degree from the University of Texas at Austin and entered film with a small part in Robert Altman’s comedy Brewster McCloud (1970). She achieved iconic status as Sally Hardesty in Tobe Hooper’s low-budget horror classic The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), a role that cemented her reputation as an early “fi…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
