About Sara Dylan
Sara Dylan (born Shirley Marlin Noznisky; October 28, 1939) is an American former actress and model who was the first wife of singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. In 1959, Noznisky married magazine photographer Hans Lownds; during their marriage, she was known as Sara Lownds. She was married to Bob Dylan from 1965 until their 1977 divorce; they had four children together, and he adopted her daughter from her first marriage. Their marriage has been described by music writers and biographers as the inspiration for many songs Dylan created during the 1960s and '70s, and the 1975 album Blood on the Tracks has been described by many as Dylan's account of their disintegrating marriage. Sara Dylan played the role of Clara in the 1978 film Renaldo and Clara, directed by Dylan, and the film was described by a Dylan biographer as "in part a tribute to his wife". == Early life == Shirley Marlin Noznisky was born in Wilmington, Delaware, to Jewish parents Isaac and Bessie Noznisky; her father became a US citizen in 1912. Isaac set up a scrap metal business at South Claymont Street, Wilmington. He was shot dead by a drunken fellow East European immigrant on November 18, 1956. Shirley Noznisky had one older brother, Julius. In 1959, Shirley moved to New York City and married magazine photographer Hans Lownds; Shirley was his third wife.
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