Sara Berner

Jan 12, 1912 - Dec 19, 1969 (57 years old) in Albany, New York, USA

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

December Bride

The 20th Century Fox Hour

Simple Siren

Mermaid

This Is Your Life

Self

Rear Window

Woman on Fire Escape

Spring Reunion

Paula Kratz

MGM Parade

Self

Booby Hatched

Mama Duck (voice) (uncredited)

Baby Bottleneck

Mama Gorilla (voice) (uncredited)

Lucky Jordan

Helen

Credits

Tex Avery Screwball Classics: Volume 3 2021

Female Characters (voice)

★ 10
Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl 2010

(archive footage)

★ NR
Looney Tunes Super Stars Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl 2010

Agnes (voice)(archive footage)

★ 10
So Much for Justice! 2010

Little girl 2.

★ 4
Looney Tunes: Spotlight Collection Vol. 5 2007

Goldilocks (archive sound) (uncredited)

★ 10
Tom & Jerry: Spotlight Collection 2004

★ NR
Walt Disney Treasures - Silly Symphonies 2001

(voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)

★ 7
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life 1987

Self (archive footage)

★ 6
CBS Playhouse 1966

★ 7
Spring Reunion 1957

Paula Kratz

★ 5.8
Hold That Rock 1956

Chilly Willy (voice)

★ 8
The Egg and Jerry 1956

Baby Woodpecker (voice) (uncredited)

★ 6.3
The Miracle on 34th Street 1955

Woman Shopper

★ 5.2
Artists and Models 1955

Mrs. Stilton (uncredited)

★ 6.6
Hot and Cold Penguin 1955

Chilly Willy (singing voice) (uncredited)

★ 7.4
The 20th Century Fox Hour 1955

★ 5.4
MGM Parade 1955

Self

★ NR
A Kiddies Kitty 1955

Suzanne's Mom (voice) (uncredited)

★ 6.1
The Naked Street 1955

Millie Swadke

★ 6.1
December Bride 1954

★ 6
Rear Window 1954

Woman on Fire Escape

★ 8.3
This Is Your Life 1952

Self

★ 6.4
Carrie 1952

Mrs. Oransky

★ 6.4
Garden Gopher 1950

Spike's Laugh (voice)

★ 6.9
The Story of Molly X 1949

Amy

★ 4.6
Cat-Tastrophy 1949

Owner (voice)

★ NR
Hare Splitter 1948

Various (voice) (uncredited)

★ 5.5
The Gay Intruders 1948

Ethel

★ 5.5
King-Size Canary 1947

Canary (voice)

★ 7
Backlash 1947

Dorothy, Maid

★ 4.7
Wife Wanted 1946

Agnes

★ 6.5
Fair and Worm-er 1946

Dog Catcher's wife (voice)

★ 7.3
Bacall to Arms 1946

Laurie Be-Cool / Mother in Law (voice) (uncredited)

★ 5.9
Hollywood Daffy 1946

Various (voice) (uncredited)

★ 7
The Hick Chick 1946

Daisy (voice) (uncredited)

★ 6.1
Hush My Mouse 1946

Sniffles (voice) (uncredited)

★ 6
Apple Andy 1946

Angel

★ 6.2
Springtime for Thomas 1946

Toodles (voice) (uncredited)

★ 7.2
Baby Bottleneck 1946

Mama Gorilla (voice) (uncredited)

★ 6.9
Lonesome Lenny 1946

Rich Lady (voice) (uncredited)

★ 6.6
Book Revue 1946

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

★ 6.5
Nasty Quacks 1945

Agnes (voice)

★ 7.1
Tokyo Woes 1945

Tokyo Rose

★ 4.9
Simple Siren 1945

Mermaid

★ NR
The Bashful Buzzard 1945

Mamma Buzzard

★ 6.8
Swing Shift Cinderella 1945

Little Red Riding Hood / Cinderella / Fairy Godmother (voice) (uncredited)

★ 6.9
Anchors Aweigh 1945

Jerry Mouse (voice) (uncredited)

★ 6.8
It's Murder She Says... 1945

Anopheles Annie's Pal (voice)

★ 4.7
The Mouse Comes to Dinner 1945

Girl Cat (voice) (uncredited)

★ 7.1
Behind the Meat-Ball 1945

Dog's owner (voice)

★ 5.8
Life with Feathers 1945

Sweetypuss / Housewife (voice)

★ 7
Jasper's Boobytraps 1945

★ NR
Big Heel-Watha 1944

Minnie Hot-Cha (voice) (uncredited)

★ 6
Booby Hatched 1944

Mama Duck (voice) (uncredited)

★ 6.5
Plane Daffy 1944

Hatta Mari

★ 6.7
Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears 1944

★ 6
Censored 1944

Sally Lou's Mother (voice) (uncredited)

★ 6.5
Tangled Travels 1944

Ladies

★ NR
Swooner Crooner 1944

Chickens (voice) (uncredited)

★ 7.1
The Zoot Cat 1944

Jerry / Girl Cat (voice) (uncredited)

★ 6.8
Baby Puss 1943

Jerry / Little Girl (voice) (uncredited)

★ 6.7
An Itch in Time 1943

A. Flea (singing voice)

★ 7
Good Night, Rusty 1943

Rusty (voice)

★ 10
Jasper Goes Fishing 1943

Rusty (uncredited)

★ NR
One Ham's Family 1943

Mother Pig (voice) (uncredited)

★ 6.4
The Truck That Flew 1943

child

★ NR
Canine Commandos 1943

Andy Panda (voice)

★ NR
Who Killed Who? 1943

Cuckoo Bird / Maid (voice) (uncredited)

★ 7.1
He Can't Make It Stick 1943

Adolf's Wife / German Ladies / German Children

★ NR
Red Hot Riding Hood 1943

Red / Grandma / Short Cigarette Girl (voice) (uncredited)

★ 7.3
The Unbearable Bear 1943

Sniffles / Mama Bear (voice)

★ 6.4
Pigs in a Polka 1943

First Little Pig (voice) (uncredited)

★ 6.9
Air Raid Warden 1942

Andy Panda (voice)

★ NR
Ding Dog Daddy 1942

★ 5.5
Lucky Jordan 1942

Helen

★ 6.8
Road to Morocco 1942

Mabel (uncredited) (voice)

★ 6.9
The Daffy Duckaroo 1942

Daisy June (voice) (uncredited)

★ 5.7
The Dover Boys at Pimento University or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall 1942

Dora Standpipe (voice) (uncredited)

★ 6.8
The Gullible Canary 1942

Canary Wife

★ NR
Eatin' on the Cuff or The Moth Who Came to Dinner 1942

Honey Bee / Dancehall Girls (voice) (uncredited)

★ 6.3
Foney Fables 1942

Mother (voice) (uncredited)

★ 5.5
Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid 1942

Mama Buzzard (voice) (uncredited)

★ 6.8
Wacky Blackout 1942

Cow / Mother Bird (voice) (uncredited)

★ 5.1
Cinderella Goes To A Party 1942

Cinderella / Fairy Godmother / Sisters

★ 7.5
The Wild and Woozy West 1942

The Widow Jones (uncredited)

★ NR
Horton Hatches the Egg 1942

Maysie / Baby (voice) (uncredited)

★ 6.3
Fraidy Cat 1942

Operator (voice) (uncredited)

★ 7.3
Aloha Hooey 1942

Leilani (voice)

★ 6
Red Riding Hood Rides Again 1941

Red Riding Hood (voice) (uncredited)

★ NR
Pantry Panic 1941

Birds (voice) (uncredited)

★ 6.1
Robinson Crusoe Jr. 1941

Snucks (voice) (uncredited)

★ 5.2
The Crystal Gazer 1941

Little Girl

★ NR
The Henpecked Duck 1941

Mrs. Daffy Duck / Hen / Divorce Court Crowd (voice) (uncredited)

★ 6
The Merry Mouse Cafe 1941

Ms. Pepe LeMouse (voice)

★ NR
We, the Animals - Squeak! 1941

Kansans City Kitty (voice)

★ 5.8
Andy Panda's Pop 1941

Mama Panda(voice) (uncredited)

★ 10
Woody Woodpecker 1941

Bird (voice)

★ 6.8
The Alley Cat 1941

Female Cat (voice) (uncredited)

★ 6.6
Tom Thumb's Brother 1941

Pee-Wee (voice)

★ 5.5
Hollywood Steps Out 1941

Greta Garbo / Coat Check Girl / Henry Fonda's Mother / Dorothy Lamour (voice) (uncredited)

★ 6.3
Farm Frolics 1941

Mama Pig (voice) (uncredited)

★ 6.1
The Trial of Mr. Wolf 1941

Little Red Riding Hood / Granny (voice) (uncredited)

★ 6.4
Porky's Preview 1941

Various (voice) (uncredited)

★ 6.6
Hysterical Highspots in American History 1941

Brandy / Kerdina

★ 7.2
Mrs. Ladybug 1940

Mrs. Ladybug (voice) (uncredited)

★ NR
Paunch 'n' Judy 1940

Baby Snooks

★ NR
Knock Knock 1940

Andy Panda (voice) (uncredited)

★ 7
Recruiting Daze 1940

Screaming Bomb (uncredited)

★ NR
Prehistoric Porky 1940

Triceratops (voice) (uncredited)

★ 6.6
Crazy House 1940

Andy Panda / Echos (voice)

★ 10
Calling Dr. Porky 1940

Various (voice)

★ 6.3
Patient Porky 1940

Switchboard Operator (voice) (uncredited)

★ 6.8
Ye Olde Swap Shoppe 1940

Kids

★ NR
A Gander at Mother Goose 1940

Mistress Mary / Little Miss Muffet (voice) (uncredited)

★ 6.3
The Hardship of Miles Standish 1940

Grandson - Priscilla (voice)

★ 6
The Bear's Tale 1940

Little Red Riding Hood (voice) (uncredited)

★ 5.8
Confederate Honey 1940

Various (voice) (uncredited)

★ 5.3
Cross Country Detours 1940

Various (voice) (uncredited)

★ 5.3
Kittens' Mittens 1940

Mama Cat (voice) (uncredited)

★ NR
Peace on Earth 1939

Baby Squirrel (uncredited)

★ 7
Fagin's Freshman 1939

Mama Cat (voice)

★ 5.5
Fresh Fish 1939

Starfish (voice)

★ 6.3
The Good Egg 1939

Mama Hen (voice)

★ 6.4
Life Begins for Andy Panda 1939

Andy Panda/Mama Panda/Mrs. Wren/Mrs. Mockingbird/Kangaroo (voice) (uncredited)

★ 6.2
The Autograph Hound 1939

(voice) (uncredited)

★ 6.6
Dangerous Dan McFoo 1939

Sue (voice) (uncredited)

★ 6.7
Lucky Pigs 1939

★ NR
Hamateur Night 1939

Flea / Juliet Hen (voice)

★ 5.8
Mother Goose Goes Hollywood 1938

Katharine Hepburn / Martha Raye / Greta Garbo / Freddie Bartholomew (voice) (uncredited)

★ 5.5
Daffy Duck in Hollywood 1938

Katherine Hepburn Chick / Fat Lady (voice) (uncredited)

★ 6.3
The Daffy Doc 1938

Switchboard Operator (voice) (uncredited)

★ 6.6
A Feud There Was 1938

Woman with Coffee / Chicken (voice)

★ 6.5
Queen's Kittens 1938

Girl on Phone (voice)

★ NR
Cinderella Meets Fella 1938

Fairy Godmother (voice) (uncredited)

★ 6.1
A Star Is Hatched 1938

Emily (voice) (uncredited)

★ 5.6
The Sneezing Weasel 1938

Mama Hen (voice) (uncredited)

★ 6.2
Porky's Hero Agency 1937

Porky's Mother (voice) (uncredited)

★ 7.1
Porky's Double Trouble 1937

Petunia Pig (voice)

★ 6.5
The Case of the Stuttering Pig 1937

Petunia Pig (voice) (uncredited)

★ 7
She Was an Acrobat's Daughter 1937

Bette Savis / Little Oscar / Barking Woman / Duckling (voice) (uncredited)

★ 5.5
I Only Have Eyes for You 1937

Katie Canary (voice) (uncredited)

★ 5.5
Little Boy Blue 1936

Little Bo Peep / Sheep (voice)

★ 4.7
Mary's Little Lamb 1935

Mary / Teacher (voice)

★ 3
The Big Bad Wolf 1934

Little Red Riding Hood / Grandma (voice) (uncredited)

★ 6.5
I've Got to Sing a Torch Song 1933

Greta Garbo / Zasu Pitts / Mae West (voice) (uncredited)

★ 4.5
I Like Mountain Music 1933

Co-Ed (voice) (uncredited)

★ 5.4