Sally Jesse Raphael or Sally Lowenthal is a talk show host from the US. Her net worth has been estimated to be $14.5 Million as of March 2012. She has acquired her wealth by hosting an eponymous talk show called “Sally”, which was on TV for almost two decades. Raphael also attracts public attention because of her red oversized glasses which she wears in public appearances.

Sally was born on 25th February 1935 in Easton, Pennsylvania. She graduated from the Easton Area High School. Father Jesse Lowenthal was engaged in an export business and mother Zelda Lowenthal used to run an art gallery. While in New York, she used to work for an AM Radio station called WFAS.

After she graduated from the Columbia University, Sally started working for Associated Press and the United Press International. While in Puerto Rico, she worked both for radio and television. Her first television program was a cooking show. Even though her career didn’t start off well, but Sally never gave up. She has even worked as a disc jockey, news reporter, and used to be a TV chat show host too.

Later at the very beginning of 1980s, she got her break-through opportunity. Sally hosted a radio show produced by NBC. Aired from 1981 to 1987, it was a major success. Later, she was offered to host a television chat show called “The Sally Jesse Raphael Show”. With her own show, Sally can be said to have arrived big time. It ran from 1983 to 2002.

She married the first time to Andrew Vladimir in 1953 and had two daughters. She then married for the second time to Karl Soderlund in 1962. The couple adopted a son.