Sally Anne Struthers was born on July 28, 1947[1][2] in Portland, Oregon, and attended Grant High School.[3] She is one of two children. She has a sister, Sue.[4] Their parents are Margaret Caroline (née Jernes) and Robert Alden Struthers, a surgeon,[1] who left the family when Sally was 9 or 10 years old.[4] Her maternal grandparents were Norwegian immigrants.[4] Struthers married psychiatrist William C. Rader on December 18, 1977. After having one child, the couple divorced on January 19, 1983.[1]