sally jesse raphael is Queen of trailer-park TV, host of America's longest-running talk show. Guests reveal their innermost secrets, but she fiercely guards her own, sometimes tragic, private life
American talk show host Sally Jessy Raphael was born Sally Lowenthal, her mother an artist, her father a prosperous businessman.
Living in Westchester, New York, until the age of 12, Sally moved to San Juan, Puerto Rico, where her father owned a rum-exporting company.
Due to her father’s heart condition, medical bills slowly drained the family’s once-large fortune.
sally jesse raphael developed a fascination with broadcasting and media at an early age. She managed to gain radio experience reading the junior high school news, aged 14, on WFAS-AM in White Plains, New York. This led to her undertaking a broadcasting degree at Columbia University.
She then studied acting at the Actor’s Studio under Lee Strasberg, before marrying, aged 18, and moving to San Juan.
Living in Westchester, New York, until the age of 12, Sally moved to San Juan, Puerto Rico, where her father owned a rum-exporting company.
Due to her father’s heart condition, medical bills slowly drained the family’s once-large fortune.
sally jesse raphael developed a fascination with broadcasting and media at an early age. She managed to gain radio experience reading the junior high school news, aged 14, on WFAS-AM in White Plains, New York. This led to her undertaking a broadcasting degree at Columbia University.
