Trivia

Has Celiac Disease (CD), meaning she has an intolerance to the protein gluten; in other words, she cannot eat anything that contains wheat, barley or rye.

Went to eight different schools before graduating from High School. She attended The Los Angeles County High School for the Performing Arts, and Hamilton Academy of Music as a Theatre Arts Major.

Back at General Hospital (1963), playing a new character, "Claudia Zacchara". (2008)

Gave birth to her first child at age 23, a daughter name Jordan Alexandra Judith Levy (b. July 20, 1998) AKA: Jordan Levy. Child's father is Shuki Levy, child's stepmother is Tori Avey.

Signed on to As the World Turns (1956), the hit CBS Soap. (July 2004)

On The Bold and the Beautiful (1987), playing characters, Sandy Sommers / Agnes Jones. (November 2009)

When Sarah was fifteen years old and a student at The Los Angeles County High School for the Performing Arts, she was invited to study in a private acting class alongside Tobey Maguire, Leonardo DiCaprio, Sara Gilbert, Corin Nemec, and Gwendolyn Sanford.

In the early '90s, Sarah's mother, Pamela Brown (née Heberlie), a writer, wrote the PSA campaign "Stop The Violence," which was created to raise awareness of domestic violence. It starred Andre Romell Young, AKA Dr. Dre.

Sarah's first cousin is Andy Brown, an Air Force veteran and the author of "Warnings Unheeded." At 25 years old, Andy halted a mass shooting at Fairchild Air Force Base on June 20, 1994. For his heroism, he was honored with the Airman's Medal on June 30, 1994, at the direction of then-President Bill Clinton.

Sarah began singing in the third grade when she was chosen to participate in her elementary school choir at Erwin Street Elementary School in Los Angeles, California. She's an alto but she doesn't sing professionally.

Sarah's former bosses, Shuki Levy and Haim Saban, composed the music for Dennis the Menace (1986) and MASK (1985). Both series starred Brennan Thicke, Sarah's former high school partner.

Sarah met Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993) actress Amy Jo Johnson while she was still in high school, and both actresses were studying acting with Walter Raney. The two later became next-door neighbors, and Amy Jo recommend Sarah for the lead female role in Saban's V.R. Troopers (1994).

Sarah is of English, Scottish, German, Norwegian, Baltic, Welsh, and Eastern European ancestry.

Celiac Disease runs in Sarah's family, with several generations of her mom's family suffering from the disease. Both Sarah and her mother have Celiac disease. Sarah's mother's father, Burton W. Heberlie, died with small bowel intestinal cancer, and his second cousin, Gilbert L. Barham, died from stomach cancer.

Sarah's great-grandfather, William Thomas Heberlie, her mother's father's father, was a pharmacist who purchased Bair's Pharmacy in Chico, CA. In addition to his pharmaceutical pursuits, he was a conductor, played several instruments, and he was a lifelong member of the Musicians Union.

Sarah's mother's father and her father's father were both Navy veterans who served during WWII.

For twelve years, Sarah's mother taught creative writing inside California's prison system through the Artist in Residence program, supported by NEA and CAC grants. Following this endeavor, she extended her compassionate work to A.I.D.S patients and homeless youths.

Sarah's second and third great-grandfathers on her mother's father's side were early California pioneers and among the first residents of Chico, CA. They served as teamsters in John Bidwell's employ before eventually establishing their own teaming businesses. The father and son teamsters were Lorenzo Isaac Barham (2xGG) and John James Barham (3xGG). Lorenzo Barham built up the larges business of the kind in Northern California during his lifetime. His business extended into Colusa, Glenn, Tehama, Yuba and Sutter Counties. He was also agent for the Sacramento Transportation Company at Chico Landing.

Sarah graduated high school alongside actress Paula Patton and casting director Ivy Isenberg. During their senior year at Alexander Hamilton Academy of Music, the trio collaborated in several plays, including 'Spoon River Anthology' and 'The Crucible'.

Sarah was diagnosed with the learning difference dyslexia when she was a senior in high school at Alexander Hamilton Academy of Music.

Sarah's Mom enrolled in film school at the age of 47 and graduated college at the age of 50. She received her B.A. in English from Cal State Los Angeles.

When Sarah was four years old, her parents divorced, and Sarah's father moved Sarah and her older brother, Elijah, to Ventura County, California.

Sarah's parents met at a 'Bean Boogie' in Chico, California, in the early '70s.

Sarah's father owned both an automobile detailing business and a window washing company when Sarah was growing up.

Sarah was accepted into the Los Angeles County High School for the Performing Arts as a first-year student during the summer before her sophomore year of high school. She attended L.A.C.H.S.A. her sophomore and Junior years but had to leave the school before her senior year due to her Mom's uncontrolled epilepsy. She then transferred to Alexander Hamilton Academy of Music, where she graduated and was later additionally granted her high school diploma from L.A.C.H.S.A. in 2013.

Sarah's parents each have different copies of the genes that cause Celiac Disease. Sarah has the Celiac gene her late father had. Sarah's brother, Elijah Brown, has the gene their mother has.

Sarah's father, David, graduated high school, turned 18, and had his first child, all in the same week.

Sarah's father was a recovering alcoholic. He hadn't had a drink in 23 years when he passed away in 2020. He credited Alcoholics Anonymous and his daughter for helping him get sober. David's addiction was drinking beer, which he consumed in excess for about 7 years. Sarah often attended her father's sobriety birthdays to help him celebrate.

While Sarah was a student at L.A.C.H.S.A., she studied voice and speech with actress Penny Johnson Jerald, who was a full-time teacher at the high school at the time.

Sarah's first time on stage as an actor was in a community theater production of the musical 'Annie' when she was 11 years old.

Sarah's was cast in a high school production of the stage musical 'Bye Bye Birdie' when she was a freshman in high school.

Sarah first appeared on television when she was in elementary school, before she started third grade. She was featured on the local news with her Girl Scouts of America troupe, who were interviewed for a news broadcast in Ventura County, California.

Sarah trained for competitive gymnastics from the ages of five to fourteen. She worked out with her teammates six days a week for up to six hours a day. She quit gymnastics when she was accepted to the Drama program at L.A.C.H.S.A.

Sarah began Piano lessons at the age of eight and trained weekly until she was eleven years old. She still plays.

Sarah began teaching herself to play the guitar when she was in high school. She still plays this instrument, though she considers herself a hobbyist rather than a musician.

Sarah attended elementary school at Erwin Street School in Los Angeles, California, with Danny Pintauro, from 3rd-5th grades.

Sarah's parents were Christians who lived for a number of years on a Christian Hippie Commune in Northern California called, 'The Lords Land.' Sarah was raised Christian.

Sarah's high school class at L.A.C.H.S.A. included Gwendolyn Sanford and Alexander Polinsky.

When Sarah was attending The Los Angeles County High School for the Performing Arts, she studied movement and dance with L.A.C.H.S.A. teacher Lissa Layng, who is the wife of her Days of Our Lives (1965) co-star, James Reynolds.

Was both a Political Science and Theatre major in college but dropped out during her freshman year to work as a series regular on the live action series V.R. Troopers (1994).

The short film Sarah filmed in 2014, Monster Hunters USA and Day Care Center (2015), was directed by one of Sarah's former acting teachers from The Los Angeles County High School for the Performing Arts, David Nathan Schwartz, who was a full time teacher at the high school when Sarah attended.

Sarah isn't religious, though she has studied Christianity, Judaism, and Buddhism and identifies with different aspects of all three of these religions.

California's Governor Gavin Newsom is Sarah's 7th cousin twice removed on her mother's father's mother's side (Barham). These cousins are both dyslexic. Sarah is a fifth generation California native. Sarah's 4th great-grandmother and her 3rd great-grandparents were early California pioneers settling in the state about 1857. The Newsom and Barham families intermarried many times over several generations.

Sarah's father, David Brown, a visual artist and businessman, had two children from his first marriage before marrying Sarah's mother, Pamela in 1973. Together, they had two children: Sarah and her older brother, Elijah David Brown. Following their parents' divorce, Sarah and Elijah were raised in Ventura County, CA, for a number of years, alongside their half-sister, Hannah, and her mother, Sharon T. Douglas.

Sarah's mother was diagnosed with epilepsy when Sarah was twelve years old.

Sarah and her brother, Elijah, moved with their parents from Northern California to Southern California when Sarah was 3 years old. The family settled themselves in Los Angeles County, CA.

Sarah attended school in Ventura County, California, from kindergarten through second grade. She lived with her father, David Brown, her brother, Elijah Brown, her Stepmother, Sharon Douglas, and her paternal half-sister, Hannah Brown.

Sarah's mother, Pamela, was born in Shasta Lake, California, to Burton Wilfred Heberlie and Constance Carol Heberlie (née Coski). She was the couples only child. Pamela was raised in Northern California with her father, step-mother, and step-siblings.

Sarah father was born and raised in Connecticut. He moved to California in the early 1970's, and was living in Chico, California, when he met Sarah's Mother, Pamela, whose father's family were native Californians. The couple were married in Ukia, California in 1973.

Sarah joined the cast of Days of Our Lives (1965) as 'Madison James' in 2011.