Sara Dylan

Sara Dylan (born October 25, 1939 as Shirley Marlin Noznisky), was the first wife of singer-songwriter Bob Dylan and the mother of four of his children, including musician Jakob Dylan. She was married to Bob Dylan from November 1965 until June 1977. She played the role of Clara in the movie 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, on October 25, 1939, to Jewish parents Isaac and Bessie Noznisky; her father was born in Poland around 1894 and 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. Sara Noznisky had one brother Julius, sixteen years her senior.

In 1959, Sara moved to New York City and quickly married magazine photographer Hans Lownds, Sara was his third wife. Lownds persuaded her to change her name to Sara because his first wife named Shirley had left him and he did not want to be reminded of that.