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Marilyn Burns

1949 - 2014

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Marilyn Burns (born Mary Lynn Ann Burns; May 7, 1949 – August 5, 2014) was an American actress. Burns is best known for her performance as survivor Sally Hardesty in Tobe Hooper's exploitation horror film The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), which is considered one of the best horror films of all time. In 2009, Burns was inducted into the Horror Hall of Fame at the Phoenix Film Festival. In 2025, the film was her first to be inducted into the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Marilyn Burns is the 3,221st most popular actor (up from 3,773rd in 2024), the 5,395th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,643rd in 2019) and the 1,526th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Marilyn Burns ranks 3,221 out of 13,578. Before her are Pilou Asbæk, Colleen Dewhurst, Oscar Isaac, Fons Rademakers, Zdeněk Svěrák, and Nehemiah Persoff. After her are Jonny Lee Miller, Gilbert Gottfried, Shruti Haasan, Lilia Skala, Catherine Frot, and Kim Young-ae.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Marilyn Burns ranks 324. Before her are Noli de Castro, Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara, Deep Roy, Janet Ågren, Philippe de Villiers, and Zoran Slavnić. After her are Ivan Buljan, César Aira, Corneliu Vadim Tudor, Manny Mori, George Friedman, and İbrahim Kaypakkaya. Among people deceased in 2014, Marilyn Burns ranks 226. Before her are Gustavo Cerati, Igor Rodionov, Tom Finney, Valentin Mankin, Peret, and René Llense. After her are Francesco Marchisano, Yuri Lyubimov, Stanisław Mikulski, José Wilker, Saul Zaentz, and Ryhor Baradulin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Marilyn Burns ranks 5,395 out of 20,380. Before her are George Bellows (1882), Edmund Randolph (1753), Karen Bass (1953), Dennis Meadows (1942), Ann Curtis (1926), and Peter Gould (1950). After her are Gilbert Gottfried (1955), Daniel Kinsey (1902), Lobo (1943), Bryan Singer (1965), Helen Churchill Candee (1858), and Ivy Lee (1877).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Marilyn Burns ranks 1,526. Before her are Zeppo Marx (1901), Sandahl Bergman (1951), Thomas Gibson (1962), Olivia Wilde (1984), Wendi McLendon-Covey (1969), and Tony Danza (1951). After her are Gilbert Gottfried (1955), Judge Reinhold (1957), Keith David (1956), Harry Guardino (1925), Chelsea Field (1957), and Anna Faris (1976).

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