Sally Jessy Raphael Net Worth, spouse, young children, awards, movies

Key facts:

Sally Jessy Raphael hosted her own talk show from 1983 to 2002.

Her show started as a local half-hour program in St. Louis and eventually became nationally syndicated.

She signed a contract with production company Multimedia Inc. in 1993 worth $25 million over five years.

Raphael aired nearly 4,000 episodes of her talk show during its run.

After the end of her talk show, she hosted a radio program called "Sally Jessy Raphael on Talknet" from 2005 to 2008.

Basic Information About Sally Jessy Raphael

Category	Celebrities
Professions	Journalist, Talk show host, Actor, Film Producer
Net worth	$40,000,000
Date of birth	1935-02-25 (89 years old)
Place of birth	Easton
Nationality	United States of America
Curiosities and Trademarks	Wears red-framed glasses
Gender	Female
Social Media	↗︎ Wikipedia ↗︎ IMDb

Desi Arnaz Jr

Nicole Richie

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Laura Ingraham

Mike Wallace

Oscar	Golden Globe	Golder Raspberry	BAFTA	Other
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Award Name	State	Movie / Series Name	Year
Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Talk/Service Show Host	Nominee	Sally Jessy Raphael	1992
Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Talk/Service Show Host	Winner	Sally Jessy Raphael	1989
Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Talk/Service Show Host	Nominee	Sally Jessy Raphael	1988

Movie / Series	Role
The Addams Family	Self
She-Devil	Self
Sesame Street	Guest Appearance in 'A New Way to Walk' 1 episode, 1995
Sabrina the Teenage Witch	Self 1 episode, 1996
Dave's World	Self 1 episode, 1994
The Nanny	Self 1 episode, 1994
The Surreal Life	Self 5 episodes, 2004-2005
Murphy Brown	Self 1 episode, 1993
Another World	Self (1993) unknown episodes
The Oprah Winfrey Show	Self 1 episode, 2010
Da Ali G Show	Self 1 episode, 2000
The Maury Povich Show	Self 5 episodes, 1992-1994

She has stated in interviews that she was adamantly against the trashy, Jerry Springer-inspired direction that the content of her talk-show was taking in its later years. She states that she was under constant pressure from network execs looking for big ratings and, rather than quit, stayed on for the benefit of her long-time co-workers, whom she considered family.
The source of her famous red-framed glasses goes all the way back to her first broadcast news job. She was about to start taping on her first day of work when she tripped, breaking her glasses in the process. With only minutes before taping, she raced to the nearest store to find a replacement pair. She found that the only pair that matched her prescription was cheaply made, with red frames. This soon became her trademark.
Now hosts, with her husband and brother, a one hour weekday radio talkshow on the internet, via her website - www.sallyjr.com. [July 2004]
Her grandparents were all Jewish emigrants, her paternal grandparents from Poland and Russia, and her maternal grandparents from Lithuania and Russia.