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Sara Berner was an American actress and voice artist. Known for her expertise in dialect and characterization, she began her show-business career in vaudeville before becoming a voice actress for radio and animated shorts. She starred in her own radio show, Sara's Private Caper, and was best known as telephone operator Mabel Flapsaddle on The Jack Benny Program.
Birth Name
Lillian Herdan
Born
Friday, 12 January 1912
Died
Friday, 19 December 1969
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock | Self | 2023 |
| CBS Playhouse | Shuffler Woman | 1967 |
| North by Northwest | Bit Part | 1959 |
| Yukon Have It | Chilly Willy | 1959 |
| Border Patrol | Landlady | 1959 |
| Spring Reunion | Paula Kratz | 1957 |
| Playhouse 90 | The Receptionist | 1956 |
| Millionaire Droopy | Spike | 1956 |
| Hold That Rock | Chilly Willy / Chilly Willy (voice) | 1956 |
| Room and Wrath | Chilly Willy | 1956 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock | Self | 2023 |
| CBS Playhouse | Shuffler Woman | 1967 |
| North by Northwest | Bit Part | 1959 |
| Yukon Have It | Chilly Willy | 1959 |
| Border Patrol | Landlady | 1959 |
| Spring Reunion | Paula Kratz | 1957 |
| Playhouse 90 | The Receptionist | 1956 |
| Millionaire Droopy | Spike | 1956 |
| Hold That Rock | Chilly Willy / Chilly Willy (voice) | 1956 |
| Room and Wrath | Chilly Willy | 1956 |
| Artists and Models | Mrs. John Stilton | 1955 |
| Hot and Cold Penguin | Chilly Willy | 1955 |
| The 20th Century-Fox Hour | Woman Shopper | 1955 |
| MGM Parade | Jerry the Mouse | 1955 |
| A Kiddies Kitty | Suzanne's Mom | 1955 |
| The Naked Street | Millie Swadke / Millie | 1955 |
| Rear Window | Woman on Fire Escape | 1954 |
| Chilly Willy | Chilly Willy | 1953 |
| The Saturday Night Revue | Minor Role | 1953 |
| I Married Joan | Lulu | 1952 |
| This Is Your Life | Self / Self - Guest of Honor | 1952 |
| Carrie | Mrs. Oransky | 1952 |
| Rock-a-Bye Bear | Spike Laughing | 1952 |
| The Red Skelton Hour | Woman | 1951 |
| The Jack Benny Program | Mabel Flapsaddle / Slim Finger Sara | 1950 |
| All Star Revue | Self | 1950 |
| Garden Gopher | Spike's Laugh / Spike's Laugh (voice) | 1950 |
| The Colgate Comedy Hour | Minor Role / Self - Actress | 1950 |
| Space Patrol | Sara | 1950 |
| The Story of Molly X | Amy / Amy - A Con | 1949 |
| Movietown USA | Self | 1949 |
| Doggone Tired | Operator | 1949 |
| Scene of the Crime | Voice on Tape | 1949 |
| City Across the River | Selma | 1949 |
| Goggle Fishing Bear | Octopus Scream | 1949 |
| Jiggs and Maggie in Court | Mae West Type Voice | 1948 |
| Hare Splitter | Daisy Lou | 1948 |
| The Gay Intruders | Ethel | 1948 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Audience Bow) / Self - Actress | 1948 |
| Little 'Tinker | Cobina Rabbit / Girl Rabbits | 1948 |
| Cass Timberlane | Woman | 1947 |
| Slap Happy Lion | Emaciated Miniature Crocodile / Scream | 1947 |
| Uncle Tom's Cabaña | Boy | 1947 |
| Up'n Atom | Lady Cat Puppet | 1947 |
| Backlash | Dorothy - the Maid / Dorothy, Maid | 1947 |
| Wife Wanted | Agnes | 1946 |
| Fair and Worm-er | Dog Catcher's Wife | 1946 |
| Jasper's Derby | Jasper | 1946 |
| Hollywood Daffy | Various | 1946 |
| The Hick Chick | Daisy | 1946 |
| Hush My Mouse | Sniffles | 1946 |
| Hollywood Canine Canteen | Various | 1946 |
| Apple Andy | Angel | 1946 |
| Baby Bottleneck | Mama Gorilla | 1946 |
| Lonesome Lenny | Lady | 1946 |
| Book Revue | Henry the VIII's mother - Swooning Girls (voice) / Mrs. Aldrich / Swooning Girls | 1946 |
| The Sailor Takes a Wife | Elevator Girl | 1945 |
| Nasty Quacks | Agnes (voice) / Agnes | 1945 |
| Tokyo Woes | Tokyo Rose | 1945 |
| Wild and Woolfy | Red | 1945 |
| The Bashful Buzzard | Mamma Buzzard | 1945 |
| Swing Shift Cinderella | Little Red Riding Hood / Cinderella / Fairy Godmother | 1945 |
| Anchors Aweigh | Jerry Mouse | 1945 |
| A Gruesome Twosome | Various | 1945 |
| It's Murder She Says... | Anopheles Annie's Pal (voice) / Anopheles Annie's Pal | 1945 |
| Behind the Meat-Ball | Dog's Owner | 1945 |
| Life with Feathers | Various / Sweetypuss / Housewife (voice) | 1945 |
| Who's Who in Animal Land | Giraffe / Singing Cows | 1944 |
| Booby Hatched | Mama Duck | 1944 |
| Plane Daffy | Hatta Mari | 1944 |
| Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears | Various | 1944 |
| Censored | Sally Lou's Mother | 1944 |
| Swooner Crooner | Chickens | 1944 |
| The Dream Kids | Dream Girl | 1944 |
| The Herring Murder Mystery | Screaming Fish | 1944 |
| Polly Wants a Doctor | Polly's Owner / Doris the Music Selector | 1944 |
| An Itch in Time | A. Flea (singing voice) / A. Flea | 1943 |
| Pass the Biscuits Mirandy! | Mirandy | 1943 |
| Canine Commandos | Andy Panda (voice) / Andy Panda | 1943 |
| Who Killed Who? | Cuckoo Bird / Maid | 1943 |
| Red Hot Riding Hood | Red / Tall and Short Cigarette Girls | 1943 |
| Swing Your Partner | Daisy May | 1943 |
| The Boy and the Wolf | Boy / Lambs | 1943 |
| The Unbearable Bear | Sniffles / Mama Bear / Mama Bear (voice) | 1943 |
| Pigs in a Polka | First Little Pig | 1943 |
| Air Raid Warden | Andy Panda (voice) / Andy Panda | 1942 |
| Ding Dog Daddy | Female Dog | 1942 |
| Lucky Jordan | Helen | 1942 |
| Road to Morocco | Mabel | 1942 |
| The Daffy Duckaroo | Daisy June | 1942 |
| The Hep Cat | Bird / Cat Puppet | 1942 |
| The Gullible Canary | Canary Wife | 1942 |
| Blitz Wolf | The First Two Pigs | 1942 |
| Eatin' on the Cuff or the Moth Who Came to Dinner | Honey Bee / Dancehall Girls | 1942 |
| The Squawkin' Hawk | Mama Hawk | 1942 |
| Pigeon Patrol | Daisy May | 1942 |
| Foney Fables | Mother | 1942 |
| Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid | Mama Buzzard | 1942 |
| Wacky Blackout | Cow, Mother Bird / Cow / Mother Bird | 1942 |
| Speaking of Animals and Their Families | Hippo Mother / Owl Mother / Skunk Mother / Singing Black Bear | 1942 |
| The Wild and Woozy West | Lady on Phone | 1942 |
| Mother Goose on the Loose | Mother Goose | 1942 |
| Horton Hatches the Egg | Maysie / Baby | 1942 |
| Under the Spreading Blacksmith Shop | Andy Panda | 1942 |
| Aloha Hooey | Leilani | 1942 |
| Look Who's Laughing | Mrs. Goldfarb | 1941 |
| The Henpecked Duck | Hen / Mrs. Daffy Duck / Divorce Court Crowd / Divorce Court Crowd (voice) | 1941 |
| Speaking of Animals Down on the Farm | Various | 1941 |
| We, the Animals - Squeak! | Kansas City Kitty | 1941 |
| Andy Panda's Pop | Mama Panda | 1941 |
| Woody Woodpecker | Bird | 1941 |
| The Alley Cat | Society Cat | 1941 |
| Hollywood Steps Out | Greta Garbo / Coat Check Girl / Henry Fonda's Mother / Dorothy Lamour | 1941 |
| Farm Frolics | Mama Pig | 1941 |
| The Goose Goes South | Various | 1941 |
| The Trial of Mr. Wolf | Granny, Little Red Riding Hood / Little Red Riding Hood / Grandma | 1941 |
| Porky's Preview | 1941 | |
| Hysterical High Spots in American History | Brandy / Kerdina / Brandy, Kerdina | 1941 |
| The Little Theater | Scrappy | 1941 |
| Mouse Trappers | Mama Panda | 1941 |
| Mrs. Ladybug | Mrs. Ladybug | 1940 |
| Knock Knock | Andy Panda | 1940 |
| Gallopin' Gals | Haybag | 1940 |
| Holiday Highlights | Little Girl | 1940 |
| Prehistoric Porky | Triceratops | 1940 |
| Crazy House | Andy Panda / Echos | 1940 |
| Calling Dr. Porky | Various / Various (voice) | 1940 |
| Farmer Tom Thumb | Various | 1940 |
| Patient Porky | Switchboard Operator | 1940 |
| A Gander at Mother Goose | Mistress Mary - Little Miss Muffet | 1940 |
| The Hardship of Miles Standish | Grandson - Priscilla (voice) / Grandson - Priscilla | 1940 |
| The Bear's Tale | Little Red Riding Hood | 1940 |
| Confederate Honey | Various | 1940 |
| Cross Country Detours | Various | 1940 |
| Andy Panda Goes Fishing | Fish | 1940 |
| Peace on Earth | Baby Squirrel | 1939 |
| Mother Goose in Swingtime | Mother Goose / Martha Raye / Greta Garbo | 1939 |
| The Sleeping Princess | Good Fairy | 1939 |
| Fagin's Freshman | Mama Cat | 1939 |
| Fresh Fish | Starfish / Starfish (voice) | 1939 |
| The Good Egg | Mama Hen | 1939 |
| Land of the Midnight Fun | Chicken | 1939 |
| Life Begins for Andy Panda | Mama Panda | 1939 |
| The Autograph Hound | Greta Garbo / Shirley Temple / Bette Davis / Katharine Hepburn / Martha Raye / Joan Crawford | 1939 |
| Dangerous Dan McFoo | Sue | 1939 |
| Nell's Yells | Nell | 1939 |
| Hamateur Night | Flea / Juliet Hen | 1939 |
| Mother Goose Goes Hollywood | Katharine Hepburn / Martha Raye / Greta Garbo / Freddie Bartholomew | 1938 |
| The Daffy Doc | Switchboard Operator | 1938 |
| Hollywood Bowl | Greta Garbo / Katherine Hepburn | 1938 |
| A Feud There Was | Woman with Coffee / Chicken | 1938 |
| Cinderella Meets Fella | Fairy Godmother | 1938 |
| Love and Curses | Emily | 1938 |
| Porky the Fireman | Mabel the Fat Lady | 1938 |
| A Star Is Hatched | Emily | 1938 |
| The Sneezing Weasel | Mama Hen | 1938 |
| Porky's Hero Agency | Porky's mother (voice) / Porky's Mother | 1937 |
| The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos | Louella Possums / Martha Bray / Various | 1937 |
| Porky's Double Trouble | Petunia Pig | 1937 |
| The Case of the Stuttering Pig | Petunia Pig | 1937 |
| She Was an Acrobat's Daughter | Bette Savis / Little Oscar / Barking Woman / Duckling | 1937 |
| I Only Have Eyes for You | Katie Canary | 1937 |
| Little Boy Blue | Little Bo Peep / Sheep / Sheep (voice) | 1936 |
| Broken Toys | Girl Doll / Zasu Pitts Doll | 1935 |
| Three Orphan Kittens | Little Girl | 1935 |
| The Three Bears | Goldilocks / Mama Bear / Baby Bear | 1935 |
| Mary's Little Lamb | Mary / Teacher / Teacher (voice) | 1935 |
| I Like Mountain Music | Co-Ed | 1933 |
