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name: "Sara Berner"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "12 January 1912"
died: "19 December 1969"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T21:14:22.363742+00:00"
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# Sara Berner

Actor. Born 12 January 1912 in Albany, New York, USA. Died 19 December 1969.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 12 January 1912, Albany, New York, USA
- **Died:** 19 December 1969
- **Also known as:** Sarah Berner, Lillian Ann Herdan

## Biography

Sara Berner (born Lillian Ann Herdan; also credited as Sarah Berner) was an American actress and voice artist. She began her career in vaudeville and radio before working extensively in animation and live-action film and television. She trained in drama at the University of Tulsa.

Berner was known for dialect and character voices in numerous uncredited cartoon roles, including Jerry Mouse in *Anchors Aweigh* (1945) and parts in *Red Hot Riding Hood* (1943) and *The Dover Boys at Pimento University* (1942). Her live-action credits include the role of Woman on Fire Escape in Alfred Hitchcock's *Rear Window* (1954). On radio she played Mabel Flapsaddle on *The Jack Benny Program* and starred in the short-lived NBC series *Sara's Private Caper* (1950).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Rear Window* (1954), Fi1m 94, as Woman on Fire Escape — [page](https://film.one/film/rear-window.md)

## Also known for

- *Anchors Aweigh* (1945), Jerry Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
- *Artists and Models* (1955), Mrs. Stilton (uncredited)
- *The Big Bad Wolf* (1934), Little Red Riding Hood / Grandma (voice) (uncredited)
- *Red Hot Riding Hood* (1943), Red / Grandma / Short Cigarette Girl (voice) (uncredited)
- *Road to Morocco* (1942), Mabel (voice) (uncredited)
- *The Dover Boys at Pimento University or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall* (1942), Dora Standpipe (voice) (uncredited)
- *King-Size Canary* (1947), Canary (voice)
- *Peace on Earth* (1939), Baby Squirrel (uncredited)

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