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# Teri McMinn

Actor. Born 18 August 1951 in Houston, Texas, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 18 August 1951, Houston, Texas, USA

## Biography

Teri McMinn is an American actress and model. She was born on 18 August 1951 in Houston, Texas.

After high school she studied and worked at the Dallas Theatre Center on scholarship. She later attended the University of Texas and St Edward's University in Austin. There she was discovered by director Tobe Hooper and producer Kim Henkel after they saw a newspaper article about her. McMinn was cast as Pam in their 1974 film *The Texas Chain Saw Massacre*.

Following the production she continued in regional theatre and later studied acting in Los Angeles and New York. She also worked as a leg and foot model for commercials and print. Her other screen credit includes archive footage as Pam in *Texas Chainsaw 3D* (2013).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, themoviedb.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Texas Chain Saw Massacre* (1974), Fi1m 87, as Pam — [page](https://film.one/film/the-texas-chain-saw-massacre.md)

## Also known for

- *Texas Chainsaw 3D* (2013), Pam (archive footage)

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