ACTOR

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. She was known for playing Sally Hardesty in Tobe Hooper's horror film The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), which established her as a scream queen and a catalyst of the final girl trope. She was involved in two more films of its resulting franchise: a cameo in The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1995) and a supporting role in Texas Chainsaw 3D (2013). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marilyn Burns has received more than 1,350,739 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Marilyn Burns is the 3,773rd most popular actor (down from 2,771st in 2019), the 5,644th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,393rd in 2019) and the 1,709th most popular American Actor.

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  • 49.62

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  • 21

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  • 3.03

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  • 3.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Marilyn Burns ranks 3,773 out of 13,578. Before her are Shelley Long, Roger E. Mosley, Edward Hardwicke, Julian Beck, Saïd Taghmaoui, and Jessie Royce Landis. After her are Isuzu Yamada, Masayuki Mori, Milton Berle, Amjad Khan, Thure Lindhardt, and Prithviraj Kapoor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Marilyn Burns ranks 347. Before her are Garry Shandling, Leivinha, Julian Fellowes, Kriengsak Kovitvanit, Manny Mori, and Shelley Long. After her are Anita Borg, Jupp Kapellmann, Wayne Wang, Ed O'Ross, Alexander Gradsky, and William Shepherd. Among people deceased in 2014, Marilyn Burns ranks 251. Before her are Gundi Busch, Brian Hart, Billie Whitelaw, Valentin Mankin, Bruno Zumino, and Bel Kaufman. After her are Ichirō Nagai, Bernard Agré, Károly Sándor, Angéla Németh, Francesco Marchisano, and Helen Johns.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Marilyn Burns ranks 5,644 out of 20,380. Before her are Jesse L. Lasky (1880), Rey Mysterio (1974), Chief Joseph (1840), Jennifer Welles (1937), Robert Darnton (1939), and Jessie Royce Landis (1896). After her are Mitchell Leisen (1898), Bob Gale (1951), William Lloyd Garrison (1805), Country Joe McDonald (1942), James Blish (1921), and Axeman of New Orleans (null).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Marilyn Burns ranks 1,709. Before her are Art Carney (1918), Harold Lockwood (1887), Shelley Long (1949), Roger E. Mosley (1938), Julian Beck (1925), and Jessie Royce Landis (1896). After her are Milton Berle (1908), Joe Lando (1961), M. C. Gainey (1948), Mark Pellegrino (1965), Irving Cummings (1888), and Kurt Fuller (1953).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Sally
A group of five young friends face a nightmare of torment at the hands of a depraved Texas clan.
Oct 11o 19747.3 / 10
Texas Chainsaw 3D
Verna Carson
A young woman learns that she has inherited a Texas estate from her deceased grandmother. After embarking on a road trip with friends to uncover her roots, she finds she is the sole owner of a lavish, isolated Victorian mansion. But her newfound wealth comes at a price as she stumbles upon a horror that awaits her in the mansion’s dank cellars.
Jan 3o 20135.5 / 10
Eaten Alive
Faye
A psychotic redneck who owns a dilapidated hotel in the backwater swamps of Louisiana kills various people who upset him or his business, and he feeds their bodies to a large crocodile that he keeps as a pet in the swamp beside his hotel.
Dec 25o 19765.5 / 10