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Sara Berner
Sara Berner (born Lillian Ann Herdan on January 12, 1912 in Albany, New York) was an American actress celebrated for her extraordinary skill with dialects and character voices. She began her performing life in vaudeville, touring with Major Edward Bowes' all‑girl unit after winning an amateur‑hour audition, and quickly became known for rapid impersonations of Hollywood stars such as Mae West and Katharine Hepburn. After the vaudeville years she transitioned to network radio in Hollywood, where she landed recurring parts on Fibber McGee & Molly, The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, and most famously as the wise‑cracking telephone operator Mabel Flapsaddle on The Jack Benny Program. Her radio persona was so popular that she was given her own NBC series, Sara’s Private Caper, in 1950, playing a stenographer‑detective, although the show lasted only eleven weeks. Berner’s talent also flourished in the animation studios of the Golden Age. She provided celebrity‑style impressions for Disney’s Mother Goose Goes Hollywood (1938) and Warner Bros.’ Hollywood Steps Out (1941), later becoming the debut voice of Andy Panda for Walter Lantz and, in 1953, singing the opening theme for the first Chilly Willy cartoon. Her animated credits include voices for Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid, The Zoot Cat, and the silent Jerry Mouse in the dance sequence of Anchors Aweigh (1945). On the big screen she appeared in supporting roles from 1942 to 1957, most notably as a camel named Mabel in Road to Morocco and as part of a married couple in Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window (1954). Throughout the 1950s she made frequent television appearances, was honored on This Is Your Life, and performed at the 1961 Grammy Awards. Despite a decline in work during the 1960s, her legacy endured as a pioneering voice artist whose dialect range spanned French, Spanish, Italian, Southern American, and New York English, earning praise from Eddie Cantor and lasting admiration from fans of classic radio and animation.
Biography, Career & Filmography
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Given Name: Lillian Ann Herdan
Born: Albany, New York, U.S.
Citizenship: American
Birthday: January 12, 1912
Occupations: actress, voice actress, radio performer
Years Active: 1936-1969
Children: 1
Spouses: Arthur Solomon, Milton Rosner
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Movies Featuring Sara Berner
Rear Window
So Much for Justice!
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Behind the Meat-Ball
An Itch in Time
Hare Splitter
Big Heel-Watha
Knock Knock
Mrs. Ladybug
The Henpecked Duck
Kittens’ Mittens
Wacky Blackout
Aloha Hooey
The Big Bad Wolf
The Naked Street
Confederate Honey
King-Size Canary
Pigs in a Polka
Wife Wanted
We, the Animals - Squeak!
Prehistoric Porky
The Mouse Comes to Dinner
The Hick Chick
The Bashful Buzzard
Plane Daffy
The Egg and Jerry
Censored
I’ve Got to Sing a Torch Song
Baby Bottleneck
One Ham’s Family
Woody Woodpecker
Hollywood Steps Out
Book Revue
Horton Hatches the Egg
Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid
Lucky Jordan
Carrie
Little Boy Blue
Porky’s Double Trouble
The Story of Molly X
A Star Is Hatched
Calling Dr. Porky
Eatin’ on the Cuff or The Moth Who Came to Dinner
Baby Puss
Cinderella Meets Fella
The Trial of Mr. Wolf
Lonesome Lenny
Hollywood Daffy
It’s Murder She Says…
Porky’s Hero Agency
Patient Porky
Crazy House
Hysterical Highspots in American History
Artists and Models
Who Killed Who?
The Unbearable Bear
The Zoot Cat
I Like Mountain Music
Red Hot Riding Hood
Fresh Fish
Bacall to Arms
The Dover Boys at Pimento University or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall
The Daffy Doc
The Sneezing Weasel
Pantry Panic
A Gander at Mother Goose
The Alley Cat
Spring Reunion
I Only Have Eyes for You
Cat-Tastrophy
Peace on Earth
Fagin’s Freshman
Fair and Worm-er
Cross Country Detours
Robinson Crusoe Jr.
Mary’s Little Lamb
Hot and Cold Penguin
Nasty Quacks
The Autograph Hound
Booby Hatched
Andy Panda’s Pop
Ding Dog Daddy
Swooner Crooner
Tokyo Woes
Garden Gopher
Swing Shift Cinderella
A Feud There Was
Daffy Duck in Hollywood
Life Begins for Andy Panda
The Bear’s Tale
She Was an Acrobat’s Daughter
Dangerous Dan McFoo
The Hardship of Miles Standish
Mother Goose Goes Hollywood
Goldilocks and the Jivin’ Bears
Apple Andy
Foney Fables
Career Timeline
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1955
The Naked Street
Millie Swadke
Artists and Models
Mrs. Stilton (uncredited)
Hot and Cold Penguin
Chilly Willy (singing voice) (uncredited)
1946
Wife Wanted
Agnes
The Hick Chick
Daisy (voice) (uncredited)
Baby Bottleneck
Mama Gorilla (voice) (uncredited)
Book Revue
Henry the VIII's mother - Swooning Girls (voice)
Lonesome Lenny
Rich Lady (voice) (uncredited)
Hollywood Daffy
Various (voice) (uncredited)
Bacall to Arms
Laurie Be-Cool / Mother in Law (voice) (uncredited)
Fair and Worm-er
Dog Catcher's wife (voice)
Apple Andy
Angel
1945
Behind the Meat-Ball
Dog's owner (voice)
The Mouse Comes to Dinner
Girl Cat (voice) (uncredited)
The Bashful Buzzard
Mamma Buzzard
It’s Murder She Says…
Anopheles Annie's Pal (voice)
Nasty Quacks
Agnes (voice)
Tokyo Woes
Tokyo Rose
Swing Shift Cinderella
Little Red Riding Hood / Cinderella / Fairy Godmother (voice) (uncredited)
1944
Big Heel-Watha
Minnie Hot-Cha (voice) (uncredited)
Plane Daffy
Hatta Mari
Censored
Sally Lou's Mother (voice) (uncredited)
The Zoot Cat
Jerry / Girl Cat (voice) (uncredited)
Booby Hatched
Mama Duck (voice) (uncredited)
Swooner Crooner
Chickens (voice) (uncredited)
Goldilocks and the Jivin’ Bears
1943
An Itch in Time
A. Flea (singing voice)
Pigs in a Polka
First Little Pig (voice) (uncredited)
One Ham’s Family
Mother Pig (voice) (uncredited)
Baby Puss
Jerry / Little Girl (voice) (uncredited)
Who Killed Who?
Cuckoo Bird / Maid (voice) (uncredited)
The Unbearable Bear
Sniffles / Mama Bear (voice)
Red Hot Riding Hood
Red / Grandma / Short Cigarette Girl (voice) (uncredited)
1942
Wacky Blackout
Cow / Mother Bird (voice) (uncredited)
Aloha Hooey
Leilani (voice)
Horton Hatches the Egg
Maysie / Baby (voice) (uncredited)
Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid
Mama Buzzard (voice) (uncredited)
Lucky Jordan
Helen
Eatin’ on the Cuff or The Moth Who Came to Dinner
Honey Bee / Dancehall Girls (voice) (uncredited)
The Dover Boys at Pimento University or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall
Dora Standpipe (voice) (uncredited)
Ding Dog Daddy
Foney Fables
Mother (voice) (uncredited)
1941
The Henpecked Duck
Mrs. Daffy Duck / Hen / Divorce Court Crowd (voice) (uncredited)
We, the Animals - Squeak!
Kansans City Kitty (voice)
Woody Woodpecker
Bird (voice)
Hollywood Steps Out
Greta Garbo / Coat Check Girl / Henry Fonda's Mother / Dorothy Lamour (voice) (uncredited)
The Trial of Mr. Wolf
Little Red Riding Hood / Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Hysterical Highspots in American History
Brandy / Kerdina
Pantry Panic
Birds (voice) (uncredited)
The Alley Cat
Female Cat (voice) (uncredited)
Robinson Crusoe Jr.
Snucks (voice) (uncredited)
Andy Panda’s Pop
Mama Panda(voice) (uncredited)
1940
Knock Knock
Andy Panda (voice) (uncredited)
Mrs. Ladybug
Mrs. Ladybug (voice) (uncredited)
Kittens’ Mittens
Mama Cat (voice) (uncredited)
Confederate Honey
Various (voice) (uncredited)
Prehistoric Porky
Triceratops (voice) (uncredited)
Calling Dr. Porky
Various (voice)
Patient Porky
Switchboard Operator (voice) (uncredited)
Crazy House
Andy Panda / Echos (voice)
A Gander at Mother Goose
Mistress Mary / Little Miss Muffet (voice) (uncredited)
Cross Country Detours
Various (voice) (uncredited)
The Bear’s Tale
Little Red Riding Hood (voice) (uncredited)
The Hardship of Miles Standish
Grandson - Priscilla (voice)
1939
Fresh Fish
Starfish (voice)
Peace on Earth
Baby Squirrel (uncredited)
Fagin’s Freshman
Mama Cat (voice)
The Autograph Hound
(voice) (uncredited)
Life Begins for Andy Panda
Andy Panda/Mama Panda/Mrs. Wren/Mrs. Mockingbird/Kangaroo (voice) (uncredited)
Dangerous Dan McFoo
Sue (voice) (uncredited)
1938
A Star Is Hatched
Emily (voice) (uncredited)
Cinderella Meets Fella
Fairy Godmother (voice) (uncredited)
The Daffy Doc
Switchboard Operator (voice) (uncredited)
The Sneezing Weasel
Mama Hen (voice) (uncredited)
A Feud There Was
Woman with Coffee / Chicken (voice)
Daffy Duck in Hollywood
Katherine Hepburn Chick / Fat Lady (voice) (uncredited)
Mother Goose Goes Hollywood
Katharine Hepburn / Martha Raye / Greta Garbo / Freddie Bartholomew (voice) (uncredited)
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