Early Life
Little is known about Sara Dylan's early life or family. She was born in Wilmington, Delaware, on October 28, 1939, to Jewish parents Bessie and Isaac Noznisky. Her maiden name was Shirley Noznisky (or, according to Beatty Zimmerman, Novoletsky). While Shirley was still a child, Bessie had a stroke, and her great aunt Esther came to watch over the family. Al Aronowitz claims her father was a scrap metal dealer who had been shot to death in 1956 during a holdup. Her mother died about five years later.
As a young woman, Sara worked as a fashion model, stage actress and Playboy bunny, in film production, and for TIME. She married Hans Lownds and the couple went on to have a daughter, Maria, together.
According to her then-stepson Peter Lownds, Sara met Dylan in Greenwich Village in late 1962 while driving around the Village in her MG sports car. "Her meeting with Bob was the reason — he was famous, and she was very beautiful," says Lownds. She was not familiar with his music, and only vaguely knew who he was. Sara introduced Dylan and his manager Albert Grossman to D.A. Pennebaker, the director who would later film Dont Look Back.
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