Sara Berner
Known for Acting · 147 credits
- Born
- 1912-01-12
- Died
- 1969-12-19
- Place of birth
- Albany, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Sarah Berner · Lillian Ann Herdan
Biography
Sara Berner (born Lillian Ann Herdan; January 12, 1912 – December 19, 1969) was an American actress. Known for her expertise in dialect and characterization, she began her career as a performer in vaudeville before becoming a voice actress for radio and animated shorts. She starred in her own radio show on NBC, Sara's Private Caper, and was best known as telephone operator Mabel Flapsaddle on The Jack Benny Program.
Known For
TV Shows (5)
Movies (142)
Rear Window
1954
as Woman on Fire Escape
Anchors Aweigh
1945
as Jerry Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
as Self (archive footage)
The Big Bad Wolf
1934
as Little Red Riding Hood / Grandma (voice) (uncredited)
Road to Morocco
1942
as Mabel (voice) (uncredited)
Carrie
1952
as Mrs. Oransky
Artists and Models
1955
as Mrs. Stilton (uncredited)
Red Hot Riding Hood
1943
as Red / Grandma / Short Cigarette Girl (voice) (uncredited)
Swooner Crooner
1944
as Chickens (voice) (uncredited)
Backlash
1947
as Dorothy, Maid
The Naked Street
1955
as Millie Swadke
The Zoot Cat
1944
as Jerry / Girl Cat (voice) (uncredited)
Woody Woodpecker
1941
as Bird (voice)
Baby Puss
1943
as Jerry / Little Girl (voice) (uncredited)
Fraidy Cat
1942
as Operator (voice) (uncredited)
The Miracle on 34th Street
1955
as Woman Shopper
The Mouse Comes to Dinner
1945
as Girl Cat (voice) (uncredited)
Knock Knock
1940
as Andy Panda (voice) (uncredited)
Lucky Jordan
1942
as Helen
Pantry Panic
1941
as Birds (voice) (uncredited)
Wife Wanted
1946
as Agnes
A Star Is Hatched
1938
as Emily (voice) (uncredited)
The Egg and Jerry
1956
as Baby Woodpecker (voice) (uncredited)
Peace on Earth
1939
as Baby Squirrel (uncredited)
Pigs in a Polka
1943
as First Little Pig (voice) (uncredited)
Looney Tunes Super Stars Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl
2010
as Agnes (voice)(archive footage)
Spring Reunion
1957
as Paula Kratz
The Story of Molly X
1949
as Amy
The Dover Boys at Pimento University or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall
1942
as Dora Standpipe (voice) (uncredited)
Little Boy Blue
1936
as Little Bo Peep / Sheep (voice)
Hollywood Steps Out
1941
as Greta Garbo / Coat Check Girl / Henry Fonda's Mother / Dorothy Lamour (voice) (uncredited)
Baby Bottleneck
1946
as Mama Gorilla (voice) (uncredited)
A Kiddies Kitty
1955
as Suzanne's Mom (voice) (uncredited)
Springtime for Thomas
1946
as Toodles (voice) (uncredited)
The Autograph Hound
1939
as (voice) (uncredited)
Porky's Hero Agency
1937
as Porky's Mother (voice) (uncredited)
Daffy Duck in Hollywood
1938
as Katherine Hepburn Chick / Fat Lady (voice) (uncredited)
Who Killed Who?
1943
as Cuckoo Bird / Maid (voice) (uncredited)
Jasper Goes Fishing
1943
as Rusty (uncredited)
So Much for Justice!
2010
as Little girl 2.
The Unbearable Bear
1943
as Sniffles / Mama Bear (voice)
Mother Goose Goes Hollywood
1938
as Katharine Hepburn / Martha Raye / Greta Garbo / Freddie Bartholomew (voice) (uncredited)
Swing Shift Cinderella
1945
as Little Red Riding Hood / Cinderella / Fairy Godmother (voice) (uncredited)
Foney Fables
1942
as Mother (voice) (uncredited)
Booby Hatched
1944
as Mama Duck (voice) (uncredited)
Robinson Crusoe Jr.
1941
as Snucks (voice) (uncredited)
Walt Disney Treasures - Silly Symphonies
2001
as (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
The Trial of Mr. Wolf
1941
as Little Red Riding Hood / Granny (voice) (uncredited)
The Bashful Buzzard
1945
as Mamma Buzzard
I Like Mountain Music
1933
as Co-Ed (voice) (uncredited)
Red Riding Hood Rides Again
1941
as Red Riding Hood (voice) (uncredited)
Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears
1944
Book Revue
1946
as Henry the VIII's mother - Swooning Girls (voice)
Hush My Mouse
1946
as Sniffles (voice) (uncredited)
Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid
1942
as Mama Buzzard (voice) (uncredited)
Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl
2010
as (archive footage)
The Henpecked Duck
1941
as Mrs. Daffy Duck / Hen / Divorce Court Crowd (voice) (uncredited)
The Hardship of Miles Standish
1940
as Grandson - Priscilla (voice)
Dangerous Dan McFoo
1939
as Sue (voice) (uncredited)
It's Murder She Says...
1945
as Anopheles Annie's Pal (voice)
Censored
1944
as Sally Lou's Mother (voice) (uncredited)
The Sneezing Weasel
1938
as Mama Hen (voice) (uncredited)
Broken Toys
1935
as Girl Doll (voice)
The Case of the Stuttering Pig
1937
as Petunia Pig (voice) (uncredited)
The Gay Intruders
1948
as Ethel
Plane Daffy
1944
as Hatta Mari
Tom & Jerry: Spotlight Collection
2004
Apple Andy
1946
as Angel
Mrs. Ladybug
1940
as Mrs. Ladybug (voice) (uncredited)
Hot and Cold Penguin
1955
as Chilly Willy (singing voice) (uncredited)
Life with Feathers
1945
as Sweetypuss / Housewife (voice)
King-Size Canary
1947
as Canary (voice)
A Feud There Was
1938
as Woman with Coffee / Chicken (voice)
Cinderella Meets Fella
1938
as Fairy Godmother (voice) (uncredited)
The Gullible Canary
1942
as Canary Wife
Hamateur Night
1939
as Flea / Juliet Hen (voice)
Looney Tunes: Spotlight Collection Vol. 5
2007
as Goldilocks (archive sound) (uncredited)
I've Got to Sing a Torch Song
1933
as Greta Garbo / Zasu Pitts / Mae West (voice) (uncredited)
The Wild and Woozy West
1942
as The Widow Jones (uncredited)
Wacky Blackout
1942
as Cow / Mother Bird (voice) (uncredited)
Lonesome Lenny
1946
as Rich Lady (voice) (uncredited)
Tokyo Woes
1945
as Tokyo Rose
Mother Goose in Swingtime
1939
as Mother Goose / Martha Raye / Greta Garbo (voice) (uncredited)
Patient Porky
1940
as Switchboard Operator (voice) (uncredited)
The Hick Chick
1946
as Daisy (voice) (uncredited)
Horton Hatches the Egg
1942
as Maysie / Baby (voice) (uncredited)
Hare Splitter
1948
as Various (voice) (uncredited)
Porky's Preview
1941
as Various (voice) (uncredited)
An Itch in Time
1943
as A. Flea (singing voice)
Ye Olde Swap Shoppe
1940
as Kids
Garden Gopher
1950
as Spike's Laugh (voice)
We, the Animals - Squeak!
1941
as Kansans City Kitty (voice)
I Only Have Eyes for You
1937
as Katie Canary (voice) (uncredited)
Fair and Worm-er
1946
as Dog Catcher's wife (voice)
She Was an Acrobat's Daughter
1937
as Bette Savis / Little Oscar / Barking Woman / Duckling (voice) (uncredited)
Air Raid Warden
1942
as Andy Panda (voice)
Behind the Meat-Ball
1945
as Dog's owner (voice)
Big Heel-Watha
1944
as Minnie Hot-Cha (voice) (uncredited)
Nasty Quacks
1945
as Agnes (voice)
Life Begins for Andy Panda
1939
as Andy Panda/Mama Panda/Mrs. Wren/Mrs. Mockingbird/Kangaroo (voice) (uncredited)
Hollywood Daffy
1946
as Various (voice) (uncredited)
Lucky Pigs
1939
Farm Frolics
1941
as Mama Pig (voice) (uncredited)
Mary's Little Lamb
1935
as Mary / Teacher (voice)
A Gander at Mother Goose
1940
as Mistress Mary / Little Miss Muffet (voice) (uncredited)
Recruiting Daze
1940
as Screaming Bomb (uncredited)
Ding Dog Daddy
1942
One Ham's Family
1943
as Mother Pig (voice) (uncredited)
Hold That Rock
1956
as Chilly Willy (voice)
The Bear's Tale
1940
as Little Red Riding Hood (voice) (uncredited)
Aloha Hooey
1942
as Leilani (voice)
Fresh Fish
1939
as Starfish (voice)
Cross Country Detours
1940
as Various (voice) (uncredited)
Queen's Kittens
1938
as Girl on Phone (voice)
Confederate Honey
1940
as Various (voice) (uncredited)
Porky's Double Trouble
1937
as Petunia Pig (voice)
The Alley Cat
1941
as Female Cat (voice) (uncredited)
The Daffy Doc
1938
as Switchboard Operator (voice) (uncredited)
Canine Commandos
1943
as Andy Panda (voice)
Crazy House
1940
as Andy Panda / Echos (voice)
About Sara Berner
Sara Berner (born Lillian Ann Herdan; January 12, 1912 – December 19, 1969) was an American actress. Known for her expertise in dialect and characterization, she began her career as a performer in vaudeville before becoming a voice actress for radio and animated shorts. She starred in her own radio show on NBC, Sara's Private Caper, and was best known as telephone operator Mabel Flapsaddle on The Jack Benny Program. With 147 credits spanning from 1933 to 2010, Sara Berner has appeared in 142 films and 5 TV shows.
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Most Popular Sara Berner Movies
- Rear Window (1954) — as Woman on Fire Escape
- Anchors Aweigh (1945) — as Jerry Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
- James Stewart: A Wonderful Life (1987) — as Self (archive footage)
- The Big Bad Wolf (1934) — as Little Red Riding Hood / Grandma (voice) (uncredited)
- Road to Morocco (1942) — as Mabel (voice) (uncredited)
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