- Though she received substantial critical acclaim and an Oscar nomination at the age of 24 for her big screen debut in "Last Summer", Burns only appeared in two other theatrically released films: "Me, Natalie" in 1969 and "Red Sky At Morning" in 1971. All her subsequent screen acting work was in TV.
- Wrote the children's book The Winter Bird.
- Wrote two dozen plays and screenplays.
- She was a graduate of Hunter College High School, and attended Hunter College and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, in New York City.
- Received an Actors Equity Award for most promising female performer in the 1968 production of The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie.
- Alumna of the AADA (American Academy of Dramatic Arts), Class of 1967.
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