Barbara Cowan and Harold Abeles welcomed Sara Gilbert into the world on January 29, 1975 at St. John’s Hospital and Health Center in Santa Monica, California.
Paul Gilbert, who passed away, was previously married to Barbara. When Sara witnessed Melissa Gilbert receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame when she was six years old, Sara informed her mother that she, too, wanted to be an actor.
Do Sara Gilbert and Melissa Gilbert have the same mother?
The natural child of Barbara Cowan and Harold Abeles is Sara. Melissa and Jonathan Gilbert were adopted by Cowan and her late husband Paul Gilbert; they are not biologically related. When Sara first started acting in 1984, she adopted her stepfather’s last name.
Why did Sara Gilbert change her last name to Gilbert?
As she started her acting career in 1984, Sara made the decision to assume the last name Gilbert professionally in honor of her mother’s first spouse.