Sally Hardesty is a fictional character in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise. She was portrayed by actress Marilyn Burns in the The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) and was later featured in a cameo appearance in Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1995) as a patient in a mental hospital. After a series of grave robberies, Hardesty, her paraplegic brother Franklin, and their friends travel across Texas to investigate upon hearing reports that her grandfather's grave may have been vandalized, and are forced to face Leatherface (Gunnar Hansen) and his cannibalistic family.