 Burns' Broadway stage credits include "The Inspector General", "There's One in Every Marriage" (1957), "The First Gentleman", at the Belasco Theatre in New York City, and "Catsplay", for the latter of which, she received a Drama Desk Award nomination.On 8 July 1948, Burns was married to theatre director Michael Langham, the former head of both the Stratford Festival and the Juilliard School, and is the mother of actor/writer Chris Langham.She died on 23 July 2018 at the age of 101.