When Rhoda's behavior increasingly annoys her new "friends", the trio retaliate by co-operating in having Rhoda brutally raped. The film depicts Rhoda's attempt to infiltrate a close-knit clique of older teenagers (one girl, two boys) who initially tolerate her. She portrayed Rhoda, a sensitive, conservative, and friendless teenage girl. Burns made her film debut in the coming-of-age teen drama "Last Summer". Burns won critical acclaim for her role and won a Clarence Derwent Award. The play was an adaptation of the 1961 novel by Muriel Spark, where fascist teacher Jean Brodie surrounds herself with a clique of elite female students. Burns made her theatrical debut in 1968, performing in the play "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie". At the time, Burns herself was 22-years-old. Burns played the 18-year-olds servant girl Mary Warren, who was historically the oldest of the accusers at the trials. Burns made her acting debut in the television film "The Crucible" (1967), which depicted the Salem Witch trials (1692). She was educated (in order) at the Hunter College High School, Hunter College and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. In 1945, Burns was born in New York City. She was once nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, for playing the rape victim Rhoda in "Last Summer" (1969). Catherine Burns was an American actress and children's book writer of Irish and Polish descent.
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