Sara Dylan 1985). A fictional version of the marriage of Dylan and Sara is featured in the Bob Dylan biopic "I'm Not There", where Heath Ledger plays a Dylan-like performer and Charlotte Gainsbourg plays Claire, a character based on a combination of Sara Dylan and Suze Rotolo. Sara Dylan Sara Dylan (born October 25, 1939, as Shirley Marlin Noznisky) is the first wife of singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. In 1959, Noznisky was wed to magazine photographer Hans Lownds, during which time she was known as Sara Lownds. Sara married Bob Dylan during a secret ceremony in November 1965, and the couple had four
Sara Dylan said to have inspired several songs by Dylan, and two have been directly linked to her. "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands," the only song on the fourth side of the 1966 album "Blonde on Blonde", was described by critic Robert Shelton as "virtually a wedding song for the former Sara Shirley N. Lownds." In "Sara" from the 1976 album "Desire", Dylan calls her a "radiant jewel, mystical wife." Shelton writes that with this song, "Dylan seems to be making an unabashed confessional to his wife. A plea for forgiveness and understanding." Noting the autobiographical reference in the song to