Sara Berner
ActingSara 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
Rear Window
Woman on Fire Escape
Porky's Preview
Various (voice) (uncredited)
Artists and Models
Mrs. Stilton (uncredited)
Anchors Aweigh
Jerry Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
Red Hot Riding Hood
Red / Grandma / Short Cigarette Girl (voice) (uncredited)
Fraidy Cat
Operator (voice) (uncredited)
Backlash
Dorothy, Maid
Baby Puss
Jerry / Little Girl (voice) (uncredited)
The Zoot Cat
Jerry / Girl Cat (voice) (uncredited)
The Big Bad Wolf
Little Red Riding Hood / Grandma (voice) (uncredited)
Filmography — Acting
Rear Window
Woman on Fire Escape
Porky's Preview
Various (voice) (uncredited)
Artists and Models
Mrs. Stilton (uncredited)
Anchors Aweigh
Jerry Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
Red Hot Riding Hood
Red / Grandma / Short Cigarette Girl (voice) (uncredited)
Fraidy Cat
Operator (voice) (uncredited)
Backlash
Dorothy, Maid
Baby Puss
Jerry / Little Girl (voice) (uncredited)
The Zoot Cat
Jerry / Girl Cat (voice) (uncredited)
The Big Bad Wolf
Little Red Riding Hood / Grandma (voice) (uncredited)
Carrie
Mrs. Oransky
Lucky Jordan
Helen
The Miracle on 34th Street
Woman Shopper
Road to Morocco
Mabel (uncredited) (voice)
Peace on Earth
Baby Squirrel (uncredited)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
The Naked Street
Millie Swadke
The Mouse Comes to Dinner
Girl Cat (voice) (uncredited)
Woody Woodpecker
Bird (voice)
Springtime for Thomas
Toodles (voice) (uncredited)
Little Boy Blue
Little Bo Peep / Sheep (voice)
Booby Hatched
Mama Duck (voice) (uncredited)
The Egg and Jerry
Baby Woodpecker (voice) (uncredited)
I Like Mountain Music
Co-Ed (voice) (uncredited)
Dangerous Dan McFoo
Sue (voice) (uncredited)
Knock Knock
Andy Panda (voice) (uncredited)
Spring Reunion
Paula Kratz
The Dover Boys at Pimento University or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall
Dora Standpipe (voice) (uncredited)
The Autograph Hound
(voice) (uncredited)
A Kiddies Kitty
Suzanne's Mom (voice) (uncredited)
The Story of Molly X
Amy
So Much for Justice!
Little girl 2.
The Trial of Mr. Wolf
Little Red Riding Hood / Granny (voice) (uncredited)
The Unbearable Bear
Sniffles / Mama Bear (voice)
King-Size Canary
Canary (voice)
Mother Goose Goes Hollywood
Katharine Hepburn / Martha Raye / Greta Garbo / Freddie Bartholomew (voice) (uncredited)
Broken Toys
Girl Doll (voice)
Apple Andy
Angel
Pigs in a Polka
First Little Pig (voice) (uncredited)
The Case of the Stuttering Pig
Petunia Pig (voice) (uncredited)
Baby Bottleneck
Mama Gorilla (voice) (uncredited)
Swing Shift Cinderella
Little Red Riding Hood / Cinderella / Fairy Godmother (voice) (uncredited)
A Star Is Hatched
Emily (voice) (uncredited)
She Was an Acrobat's Daughter
Bette Savis / Little Oscar / Barking Woman / Duckling (voice) (uncredited)
The Gay Intruders
Ethel
Hush My Mouse
Sniffles (voice) (uncredited)
The Henpecked Duck
Mrs. Daffy Duck / Hen / Divorce Court Crowd (voice) (uncredited)
Hold That Rock
Chilly Willy (voice)
It's Murder She Says...
Anopheles Annie's Pal (voice)
Hot and Cold Penguin
Chilly Willy (singing voice) (uncredited)
Pantry Panic
Birds (voice) (uncredited)
The Hardship of Miles Standish
Grandson - Priscilla (voice)
The Daffy Doc
Switchboard Operator (voice) (uncredited)
Looney Tunes Super Stars Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl
Agnes (voice)(archive footage)
Lonesome Lenny
Rich Lady (voice) (uncredited)
Tom & Jerry: Spotlight Collection
Garden Gopher
Spike's Laugh (voice)
Cross Country Detours
Various (voice) (uncredited)
Tom Thumb's Brother
Pee-Wee (voice)
Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl
(archive footage)
Who Killed Who?
Cuckoo Bird / Maid (voice) (uncredited)
I've Got to Sing a Torch Song
Greta Garbo / Zasu Pitts / Mae West (voice) (uncredited)
Swooner Crooner
Chickens (voice) (uncredited)
Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears
Looney Tunes: Spotlight Collection Vol. 5
Goldilocks (archive sound) (uncredited)
Hollywood Steps Out
Greta Garbo / Coat Check Girl / Henry Fonda's Mother / Dorothy Lamour (voice) (uncredited)
One Ham's Family
Mother Pig (voice) (uncredited)
Porky's Double Trouble
Petunia Pig (voice)
Nasty Quacks
Agnes (voice)
The Alley Cat
Female Cat (voice) (uncredited)
Mary's Little Lamb
Mary / Teacher (voice)
Censored
Sally Lou's Mother (voice) (uncredited)
I Only Have Eyes for You
Katie Canary (voice) (uncredited)
Recruiting Daze
Screaming Bomb (uncredited)
Porky's Hero Agency
Porky's Mother (voice) (uncredited)
Behind the Meat-Ball
Dog's owner (voice)
Daffy Duck in Hollywood
Katherine Hepburn Chick / Fat Lady (voice) (uncredited)
A Gander at Mother Goose
Mistress Mary / Little Miss Muffet (voice) (uncredited)
Fair and Worm-er
Dog Catcher's wife (voice)
Walt Disney Treasures - Silly Symphonies
(voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
The Bear's Tale
Little Red Riding Hood (voice) (uncredited)
Life Begins for Andy Panda
Andy Panda/Mama Panda/Mrs. Wren/Mrs. Mockingbird/Kangaroo (voice) (uncredited)
An Itch in Time
A. Flea (singing voice)
Plane Daffy
Hatta Mari
The Sneezing Weasel
Mama Hen (voice) (uncredited)
Wife Wanted
Agnes
A Feud There Was
Woman with Coffee / Chicken (voice)
Book Revue
Henry the VIII's mother - Swooning Girls (voice)
Mrs. Ladybug
Mrs. Ladybug (voice) (uncredited)
Cat-Tastrophy
Owner (voice)
Bacall to Arms
Laurie Be-Cool / Mother in Law (voice) (uncredited)
Hamateur Night
Flea / Juliet Hen (voice)
Eatin' on the Cuff or The Moth Who Came to Dinner
Honey Bee / Dancehall Girls (voice) (uncredited)
Confederate Honey
Various (voice) (uncredited)
Tokyo Woes
Tokyo Rose
Andy Panda's Pop
Mama Panda(voice) (uncredited)
Ding Dog Daddy
The Bashful Buzzard
Mamma Buzzard
Fagin's Freshman
Mama Cat (voice)
Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid
Mama Buzzard (voice) (uncredited)
Fresh Fish
Starfish (voice)
Kittens' Mittens
Mama Cat (voice) (uncredited)
Life with Feathers
Sweetypuss / Housewife (voice)
The Hick Chick
Daisy (voice) (uncredited)
Cinderella Meets Fella
Fairy Godmother (voice) (uncredited)
Horton Hatches the Egg
Maysie / Baby (voice) (uncredited)
Simple Siren
Mermaid
Robinson Crusoe Jr.
Snucks (voice) (uncredited)
The Wild and Woozy West
The Widow Jones (uncredited)
The Crystal Gazer
Little Girl
Patient Porky
Switchboard Operator (voice) (uncredited)
Crazy House
Andy Panda / Echos (voice)
Hollywood Daffy
Various (voice) (uncredited)
Calling Dr. Porky
Various (voice)
Aloha Hooey
Leilani (voice)
Farm Frolics
Mama Pig (voice) (uncredited)
Canine Commandos
Andy Panda (voice)
Prehistoric Porky
Triceratops (voice) (uncredited)
Wacky Blackout
Cow / Mother Bird (voice) (uncredited)
Hysterical Highspots in American History
Brandy / Kerdina
The Daffy Duckaroo
Daisy June (voice) (uncredited)
Red Riding Hood Rides Again
Red Riding Hood (voice) (uncredited)
The Truck That Flew
child
Big Heel-Watha
Minnie Hot-Cha (voice) (uncredited)
The Good Egg
Mama Hen (voice)
We, the Animals - Squeak!
Kansans City Kitty (voice)
Foney Fables
Mother (voice) (uncredited)
The Merry Mouse Cafe
Ms. Pepe LeMouse (voice)
He Can't Make It Stick
Adolf's Wife / German Ladies / German Children
Air Raid Warden
Andy Panda (voice)
Good Night, Rusty
Rusty (voice)
Cinderella Goes To A Party
Cinderella / Fairy Godmother / Sisters
Hare Splitter
Various (voice) (uncredited)
Tangled Travels
Ladies
Jasper Goes Fishing
Rusty (uncredited)
Lucky Pigs
Jasper's Boobytraps
Ye Olde Swap Shoppe
Kids
Mother Goose in Swingtime
Mother Goose / Martha Raye / Greta Garbo (voice) (uncredited)
Paunch 'n' Judy
Baby Snooks
The Gullible Canary
Canary Wife
Queen's Kittens
Girl on Phone (voice)