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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.

Aliases
  • Sarah Berner
  • Lillian Ann Herdan
English
Filmography

Rear Window

1954
as Woman on Fire Escape

The Woody Woodpecker Show

1940
as Chilly Willy

The Wild and Woozy West

1942
as Lady on Phone

Farmer Tom Thumb

1940
as Various

Wife Wanted

1946
as Agnes

Plane Daffy

1944
as Hatta Mari

I Only Have Eyes for You

1937
as Katie Canary

Farm Frolics

1941
as Mama Pig

Backlash

1947
as Dorothy, the maid

Booby Hatched

1944
as Mama Duck

The Daffy Doc

1938
as Switchboard Operator

One Ham's Family

1943
as Mother Pig

Lonesome Lenny

1946
as Lady

Wacky Blackout

1942
as Cow, Mother Bird

The Naked Street

1955
as Millie Swadke

Bacall to Arms

1946
as Laurie Becool, Mother in Law

Eatin' on the Cuff or The Moth Who Came to Dinner

1942
as Black Widow, Honey Bee

The Mouse Comes to Dinner

1945
as The Girl Cat

The Story of Molly X

1949
as Amy - A Con

Book Revue

1946
as Henry the VIII's mother - Swooning Girls (voice)

It's Murder She Says...

1945
as Anopheles Annie's Pal (voice)

An Itch in Time

1943
as A. Flea

Nasty Quacks

1945
as Agnes (voice)

A Gander at Mother Goose

1940
as Mistress Mary, Little Miss Muffet

Porky's Double Trouble

1937
as Petunia Pig

Spring Reunion

1957
as Paula Kratz

Mother Goose Goes Hollywood

1938
as Great Garbo, Katherine Hepburn

Hollywood Steps Out

1941
as Greta Garbo / Coat Check Girl / Henry Fonda's Mother / Dorothy Lamour

Swing Shift Cinderella

1945
as Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Fairy Godmother

Swooner Crooner

1944
as Chickens (voice)

The Big Bad Wolf

1934
as Little Red Riding Hood / Grandma

The Zoot Cat

1944
as Jerry / Girl Cat

The Gay Intruders

1948
as Ethel

Pigs in a Polka

1943
as First Little Pig (voice)

The Autograph Hound

1939

Knock Knock

1940
as Andy Panda

Daffy Duck Frustrated Fowl

2010
as (archive footage)

The Bashful Buzzard

1945
as Mamma Buzzard

Carrie

1952
as Mrs. Oransky

Tokyo Woes

1945
as Tokyo Rose

Baby Puss

1943
as Jerry / Little Girl (voice)

Guest Star

Episode Andy Panda
Under the Spreading Blacksmith's Shop 		1942
Episode The Woody Woodpecker Show
Knock Knock 		1940
Episode Andy Panda
Knock Knock 		1940
Episode Andy Panda
Good-Bye Mr. Moth 		1942
Episode Andy Panda
Nutty Pine Cabin 		1942
Episode Dr. Seuss
Horton Hatches the Egg 		1942
Episode This Is Your Life (US)
Sara Berner 		1952
Episode Andy Panda
Air Raid Warden 		1942
Episode Tom and Jerry
The Mouse Comes To Dinner 		1945
Episode Dr. Seuss
Horton Hatches the Egg 		1942
Episode Tom and Jerry
The Zoot Cat 		1944
Episode Disney Animated Shorts
The Autograph Hound 		1939