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
Rear Window
(1954)
Woman on Fire Escape
Anchors Aweigh
(1945)
Jerry Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
Road to Morocco
(1942)
Mabel (uncredited) (voice)
Baby Puss
(1943)
Jerry / Little Girl (voice) (uncredited)
The Big Bad Wolf
(1934)
Little Red Riding Hood / Grandma (voice) (uncredited)
Artists and Models
(1955)
Mrs. Stilton (uncredited)
Full Filmography
Acting
I Like Mountain Music
(1933)
Co-Ed (voice) (uncredited)
I've Got to Sing a Torch Song
(1933)
Greta Garbo / Zasu Pitts / Mae West (voice) (uncredited)
The Big Bad Wolf
(1934)
Little Red Riding Hood / Grandma (voice) (uncredited)
Mary's Little Lamb
(1935)
Mary / Teacher (voice)
Little Boy Blue
(1936)
Little Bo Peep / Sheep (voice)
Porky's Double Trouble
(1937)
Petunia Pig
I Only Have Eyes for You
(1937)
Katie Canary (voice) (uncredited)
Porky's Hero Agency
(1937)
Porky's Mother (voice) (uncredited)
The Case of the Stuttering Pig
(1937)
Petunia Pig (voice) (uncredited)
She Was an Acrobat's Daughter
(1937)
Bette Savis / Little Oscar / Barking Woman / Duckling (voice) (uncredited)
Daffy Duck in Hollywood
(1938)
Katherine Hepburn Chick / Fat Lady (voice) (uncredited)
The Daffy Doc
(1938)
Switchboard Operator (voice) (uncredited)
Mother Goose Goes Hollywood
(1938)
Katharine Hepburn / Martha Raye / Greta Garbo / Freddie Bartholomew (voice) (uncredited)
A Star Is Hatched
(1938)
Emily (voice) (uncredited)
Cinderella Meets Fella
(1938)
Fairy Godmother (voice) (uncredited)
The Sneezing Weasel
(1938)
Mama Hen (voice) (uncredited)
A Feud There Was
(1938)
Woman with Coffee / Chicken (voice)
Queen's Kittens
(1938)
Girl on Phone (voice)
Dangerous Dan McFoo
(1939)
Sue (voice) (uncredited)
The Autograph Hound
(1939)
(voice) (uncredited)
Fresh Fish
(1939)
Starfish (voice)
Lucky Pigs
(1939)
Peace on Earth
(1939)
Baby Squirrel (uncredited)
The Good Egg
(1939)
Mama Hen (voice)
Fagin's Freshman
(1939)
Mama Cat (voice)
Knock Knock
(1940)
Andy Panda (voice) (uncredited)
A Gander at Mother Goose
(1940)
Mistress Mary / Little Miss Muffet (voice) (uncredited)
The Bear's Tale
(1940)
Little Red Riding Hood (voice) (uncredited)
Patient Porky
(1940)
Switchboard Operator (voice) (uncredited)
Prehistoric Porky
(1940)
Triceratops (voice) (uncredited)
Mrs. Ladybug
(1940)
Mrs. Ladybug (voice) (uncredited)
Confederate Honey
(1940)
Various (voice) (uncredited)
Cross Country Detours
(1940)
Various (voice) (uncredited)
The Hardship of Miles Standish
(1940)
Grandson - Priscilla (voice)
Calling Dr. Porky
(1940)
Various (voice)
Ye Olde Swap Shoppe
(1940)
Kids
Paunch 'n' Judy
(1940)
Baby Snooks
Crazy House
(1940)
Andy Panda / Echos (voice)
Recruiting Daze
(1940)
Screaming Bomb (uncredited)
Hysterical Highspots in American History
(1941)
Brandy / Kerdina
Woody Woodpecker
(1941)
Bird (voice)
Hollywood Steps Out
(1941)
Greta Garbo / Coat Check Girl / Henry Fonda's Mother / Dorothy Lamour (voice) (uncredited)
Farm Frolics
(1941)
Mama Pig (voice) (uncredited)
The Trial of Mr. Wolf
(1941)
Little Red Riding Hood / Granny (voice) (uncredited)
Porky's Preview
(1941)
Various (voice) (uncredited)
Pantry Panic
(1941)
Birds (voice) (uncredited)
The Alley Cat
(1941)
Female Cat (voice) (uncredited)
Red Riding Hood Rides Again
(1941)
Red Riding Hood (voice) (uncredited)
The Henpecked Duck
(1941)
Mrs. Daffy Duck / Hen / Divorce Court Crowd (voice) (uncredited)
Tom Thumb's Brother
(1941)
Pee-Wee (voice)
The Merry Mouse Cafe
(1941)
Ms. Pepe LeMouse (voice)
The Crystal Gazer
(1941)
Little Girl
We, the Animals - Squeak!
(1941)
Kansans City Kitty (voice)
Robinson Crusoe Jr.
(1941)
Snucks (voice) (uncredited)
Horton Hatches the Egg
(1942)
Maysie / Baby (voice) (uncredited)
Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid
(1942)
Mama Buzzard (voice) (uncredited)
Eatin' on the Cuff or The Moth Who Came to Dinner
(1942)
Honey Bee / Dancehall Girls (voice) (uncredited)
Wacky Blackout
(1942)
Cow / Mother Bird (voice) (uncredited)
Foney Fables
(1942)
Mother (voice) (uncredited)
Air Raid Warden
(1942)
Andy Panda (voice)
The Dover Boys at Pimento University or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall
(1942)
Dora Standpipe (voice) (uncredited)
Lucky Jordan
(1942)
Helen
Road to Morocco
(1942)
Mabel (uncredited) (voice)
Ding Dog Daddy
(1942)
The Gullible Canary
(1942)
Canary Wife
Cinderella Goes To A Party
(1942)
Cinderella / Fairy Godmother / Sisters
Aloha Hooey
(1942)
Leilani (voice)
The Daffy Duckaroo
(1942)
Daisy June (voice) (uncredited)
The Wild and Woozy West
(1942)
The Widow Jones (uncredited)
Pigs in a Polka
(1943)
First Little Pig (voice) (uncredited)
An Itch in Time
(1943)
A. Flea (singing voice)
Who Killed Who?
(1943)
Cuckoo Bird / Maid (voice) (uncredited)
Canine Commandos
(1943)
Andy Panda (voice)
Red Hot Riding Hood
(1943)
Red / Grandma / Short Cigarette Girl (voice) (uncredited)
Baby Puss
(1943)
Jerry / Little Girl (voice) (uncredited)
One Ham's Family
(1943)
Mother Pig (voice) (uncredited)
The Unbearable Bear
(1943)
Sniffles / Mama Bear (voice)
He Can't Make It Stick
(1943)
Adolf's Wife / German Ladies / German Children
The Truck That Flew
(1943)
child
Jasper Goes Fishing
(1943)
Rusty (uncredited)
Good Night, Rusty
(1943)
Rusty (voice)
The Zoot Cat
(1944)
Jerry / Girl Cat (voice) (uncredited)
Booby Hatched
(1944)
Mama Duck (voice) (uncredited)
Plane Daffy
(1944)
Hatta Mari
Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears
(1944)
Swooner Crooner
(1944)
Chickens (voice) (uncredited)
Censored
(1944)
Sally Lou's Mother (voice) (uncredited)
Big Heel-Watha
(1944)
Minnie Hot-Cha (voice) (uncredited)
Tangled Travels
(1944)
Ladies
The Mouse Comes to Dinner
(1945)
Girl Cat (voice) (uncredited)
Swing Shift Cinderella
(1945)
Little Red Riding Hood / Cinderella / Fairy Godmother (voice) (uncredited)
It's Murder She Says...
(1945)
Anopheles Annie's Pal (voice)
The Bashful Buzzard
(1945)
Mamma Buzzard
Tokyo Woes
(1945)
Tokyo Rose
Nasty Quacks
(1945)
Agnes (voice)
Anchors Aweigh
(1945)
Jerry Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
Life with Feathers
(1945)
Sweetypuss / Housewife (voice)
Simple Siren
(1945)
Mermaid
Behind the Meat-Ball
(1945)
Dog's owner (voice)
Jasper's Boobytraps
(1945)
Bacall to Arms
(1946)
Laurie Be-Cool / Mother in Law (voice) (uncredited)
Lonesome Lenny
(1946)
Rich Lady (voice) (uncredited)
Book Revue
(1946)
Henry the VIII's mother - Swooning Girls (voice)
The Hick Chick
(1946)
Daisy (voice) (uncredited)
Hush My Mouse
(1946)
Sniffles (voice) (uncredited)
Wife Wanted
(1946)
Agnes
Apple Andy
(1946)
Angel
Baby Bottleneck
(1946)
Mama Gorilla (voice) (uncredited)
Fair and Worm-er
(1946)
Dog Catcher's wife (voice)
Backlash
(1947)
Dorothy, Maid
King-Size Canary
(1947)
Canary (voice)
Hare Splitter
(1948)
Various (voice) (uncredited)
The Gay Intruders
(1948)
Ethel
The Story of Molly X
(1949)
Amy
Cat-Tastrophy
(1949)
Owner (voice)
Garden Gopher
(1950)
Spike's Laugh (voice)
Carrie
(1952)
Mrs. Oransky
Rear Window
(1954)
Woman on Fire Escape
The Naked Street
(1955)
Millie Swadke
A Kiddies Kitty
(1955)
Suzanne's Mom (voice) (uncredited)
Hot and Cold Penguin
(1955)
Chilly Willy (singing voice) (uncredited)
Artists and Models
(1955)
Mrs. Stilton (uncredited)
Hold That Rock
(1956)
Chilly Willy (voice)
The Egg and Jerry
(1956)
Baby Woodpecker (voice) (uncredited)
Spring Reunion
(1957)
Paula Kratz
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
(1988)
Self (archive footage)
Walt Disney Treasures - Silly Symphonies
(2001)
Looney Tunes: Spotlight Collection Vol. 5
(2007)
Goldilocks (archive footage)
Looney Tunes Super Stars Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl
(2010)
Agnes (voice)(archive footage)
Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl
(2010)
(archive footage)
So Much for Justice!
(2010)
Little girl 2.