Acting

Sara Berner

Born January 12, 1912 · Albany, New York, USA

Died December 19, 1969 · aged 57

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 …

Known For

Rear Window

Rear Window · 1954

MovieThrillerMystery

A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.

The Big Bad Wolf

The Big Bad Wolf · 1934

The Big Bad Wolf

MovieAnimationComedy

The Big Bad Wolf torments Little Red Riding Hood and the Three Little Pigs.

Anchors Aweigh

Anchors Aweigh · 1945

MovieMusicComedy

Two sailors on shore leave head out for four days of partying – only to become involved in the affairs of an aspiring singer and her precocious nephew.

Artists and Models

Artists and Models · 1955

Artists and Models

A struggling painter begins taking inspiration from the dreams of his friend and roommate, a comic book fan who narrates an adventure story while he sleeps, but unbeknownst to the latter, the artist of his favorite comic book lives in the same building as they do with the model for her drawings.

Road to Morocco

Road to Morocco · 1942

Road to Morocco

MovieComedyMusic

Two carefree castaways on a desert shore find an Arabian Nights city, where they compete for the luscious Princess Shalmar.

Carrie

MovieDramaRomance

In the late 1890s, the ambitious, innocent Carrie arrives in Chicago’s South Side and stays with her nagging, dullish married sister. She then runs for help to traveling salesman Charles Drouet. She soon becomes his mistress, but falls in love with married restaurant manager George Hurstwood.

Spring Reunion

Spring Reunion · 1957

A spinster finally finds the right man when she returns to her alma mater after 15 years for a class reunion.

The Egg and Jerry

The Egg and Jerry · 1956

The Egg and Jerry

MovieAnimationComedy

A lost baby woodpecker, that believes Jerry is its mother, does everything it can to save the mouse from Tom, who is once again in pursuit. A CinemaScope remake of the 1949 Tom and Jerry cartoon Hatch Up Your Troubles.

Filmography

Sort

Rear Window

Rear Window · 1954

MovieThrillerMystery

A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.

Woman on Fire Escape

The Big Bad Wolf

The Big Bad Wolf · 1934

The Big Bad Wolf

MovieAnimationComedy

The Big Bad Wolf torments Little Red Riding Hood and the Three Little Pigs.

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

Anchors Aweigh

Anchors Aweigh · 1945

MovieMusicComedy

Two sailors on shore leave head out for four days of partying – only to become involved in the affairs of an aspiring singer and her precocious nephew.

Jerry Mouse (voice) (uncredited)

Artists and Models

Artists and Models · 1955

Artists and Models

A struggling painter begins taking inspiration from the dreams of his friend and roommate, a comic book fan who narrates an adventure story while he sleeps, but unbeknownst to the latter, the artist of his favorite comic book lives in the same building as they do with the model for her drawings.

Mrs. Stilton (uncredited)

Road to Morocco

Road to Morocco · 1942

Road to Morocco

MovieComedyMusic

Two carefree castaways on a desert shore find an Arabian Nights city, where they compete for the luscious Princess Shalmar.

Mabel (voice) (uncredited)

Carrie

MovieDramaRomance

In the late 1890s, the ambitious, innocent Carrie arrives in Chicago’s South Side and stays with her nagging, dullish married sister. She then runs for help to traveling salesman Charles Drouet. She soon becomes his mistress, but falls in love with married restaurant manager George Hurstwood.

Mrs. Oransky

Spring Reunion

Spring Reunion · 1957

A spinster finally finds the right man when she returns to her alma mater after 15 years for a class reunion.

Paula Kratz

The Egg and Jerry

The Egg and Jerry · 1956

The Egg and Jerry

MovieAnimationComedy

A lost baby woodpecker, that believes Jerry is its mother, does everything it can to save the mouse from Tom, who is once again in pursuit. A CinemaScope remake of the 1949 Tom and Jerry cartoon Hatch Up Your Troubles.

Baby Woodpecker (voice) (uncredited)

Fraidy Cat

Fraidy Cat · 1942

MovieAnimationComedy

Tom hears a ghost story on the radio and is spooked by it; Jerry notices this and takes advantage of it, using a variety of tricks to scare Tom.

Operator (voice) (uncredited)

Baby Puss

Baby Puss · 1943

MovieAnimationComedy

Tom is dressed up and treated like a baby by the little girl of the house.

Jerry / Little Girl (voice) (uncredited)

Peace on Earth

Peace on Earth · 1939

MovieAnimationWar

Two baby squirrels ask grandpa to explain what "men" are when he comes in singing "peace on earth, goodwill to men". Grandpa tells the story of man's last war. This classic animation short was an Academy Award Best Short Subject, Cartoons nominee.

Baby Squirrel (uncredited)

Hollywood Daffy

Hollywood Daffy · 1946

Hollywood Daffy

MovieAnimationComedy

Daffy sneaks onto the Warmer Brothers lot, eventually posing as a tour guide. Daffy spoofs a number of contemporary stars, and others appear as "themselves". He also has a number of run-ins with a studio cop.

Various (voice) (uncredited)

The Naked Street

The Naked Street · 1955

The Naked Street

MovieThrillerDrama

To make an honest woman of his pregnant sister, Rosalie, callous New York mobster Phil Regal intimidates witnesses and bribes a store clerk to get Rosalie’s condemned boyfriend, Nicky Bradna, out of prison. But Regal’s meddling deeds soon backfire.

Millie Swadke

Red Hot Riding Hood

Red Hot Riding Hood · 1943

Red Hot Riding Hood

MovieAnimationComedy

Tired of always playing the same roles, Little Red Riding Hood, her grandmother and the Wolf demand a new version of the tale. The story then plays out in a more contemporary urban environment, with Little Red Riding Hood working as a pin-up girl in a night club.

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

Censored

Censored · 1944

MovieComedyAnimation

Private Snafu wants to tell his sweetheart, Sally Lou, that he thinks his unit will be sent to the South Pacific. But every effort he makes to get his letter through uncensored is thwarted by a resourceful (and unseen) censor with an array of contraptions and booby traps. Not even Snafu's carrier pigeon can avoid the censor -- not when he has a hawk for an assistant. Technical Fairy, First Class, comes to the rescue and agrees to deliver the letter -- but he has good reason to say that he'll hate himself in the morning.

Sally Lou's Mother (voice) (uncredited)

The Mouse Comes to Dinner

The Mouse Comes to Dinner · 1945

The Mouse Comes to Dinner

MovieAnimationComedy

Tom invites Toots to an elegant dinner. However, he's made the mistake of trying to put Jerry to work, as a serving boy, a corkscrew, and other tasks. Jerry puts up with a little of this, but mostly gets revenge on Tom.

Girl Cat (voice) (uncredited)

Baby Bottleneck

Baby Bottleneck · 1946

Baby Bottleneck

MovieAnimationComedy

As the baby boom commences, and with the delivery service overworked, Porky Pig and Daffy Duck are placed in charge of a baby preparation factory, where they help the stork keep up.

Mama Gorilla (voice) (uncredited)

Booby Hatched

Booby Hatched · 1944

MovieAnimationComedy

A duck struggles mightily and finally hatches her eggs in the bitter cold. All but one, that is: poor little Robespierre. Mama doesn't notice him missing until after he has sprouted legs and run off in search of warmth.

Mama Duck (voice) (uncredited)

Swooner Crooner

Swooner Crooner · 1944

Swooner Crooner

MovieAnimationComedy

Porky Pig's egg farm faces production problems when a crooning rooster distracts the hens from their jobs.

Chickens (voice) (uncredited)

Horton Hatches the Egg

Horton Hatches the Egg · 1942

Horton Hatches the Egg

MovieAnimationComedy

Horton the elephant agrees to watch over lazy Maisie bird's egg while she vacations. Much later, after...

Maysie / Baby (voice) (uncredited)

Wacky Blackout

Wacky Blackout · 1942

MovieAnimationComedy

We tour a farm and see how the various animals are preparing for the war, in a series of blackout skits.

Cow / Mother Bird (voice) (uncredited)

Patient Porky

Patient Porky · 1940

MovieAnimationComedy

Porky checks into a hospital with a tummyache; he has the bad luck to encounter a patient posing a "Dr. Chilled-Air" who is a bit too eager to operate.

Switchboard Operator (voice) (uncredited)

A Feud There Was

A Feud There Was · 1938

A Feud There Was

MovieAnimationComedy

The McCoys and the Weavers are two feuding hillbilly clans. Elmer Fudd, Peacemaker, attempts to end the fighting; but violence and zaniness win out.

Woman with Coffee / Chicken (voice)

Lucky Jordan

Lucky Jordan · 1942

MovieComedyCrime

Lucky Jordan is a gangster living in New York City and when he's drafted into the army, he tries to escape duty by using an old con woman named Annie to convince the draft board he's needed at home. When that fails, Jordan is sent to boot camp, but he doesn't stay there long. He takes a beautiful USO worker hostage and flees back to New York. There, he learns that a rival gangster is plotting against America.

Helen

The 20th Century Fox Hour

The 20th Century Fox Hour · 1955

The 20th Century Fox Hour

The 20th Century Fox Hour is an American drama anthology series televised in the United States on CBS from 1955 to 1957. Some of the shows in this series were restored, remastered and shown on the Fox Movie Channel in 2002 under the title Hour of Stars. The season one episode Overnight Haul, starring Richard Conte and Lizabeth Scott, was released in Australia as a feature film.

December Bride

December Bride · 1954

December Bride is an American sitcom that aired on the CBS television network from 1954 to 1959, adapted from the original CBS radio network series that aired from June 1952 through September 1953.