Sara Berner Notes

[Yhtapmys]

Actress, Husband Adopt Daughter
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 2 [1953] (UP)—Actress Sara Berner and her husband, actor's agent Milton Rosner, today were the proud parents of an eight-month-old adopted daughter.
Miss Berner, the wisecracking telephone operator on Jack Benny's radio and TV programs, said her attorney notified her of the adoption approval yesterday.

Wrong Number
LOS ANGELES, May 5 [1958] (AP) - Actress Sara Berner, 41, has divorced her husband, talent, agent Milton Rosner, 36. She plays Jack Benny's radio show telephone operator, Mabel Flapsaddle. She charged Rosner with cruelty, claiming he criticized and dominated her.

Berner Summer Show Debuts
[June 15, 1950] Tonight's lineup will include a new series, "Sara's Private Caper." Starring Sara Berner, it will be on WIBA and WIBA-FM at 9:30.
Miss Berner will appear as a crime-conscious police department stenographer who attempts to solve criminal cases in the best tradition of such sleuths as Sam Spade—using her many dialects as disguises.
Miss Berner is known best for her current portrayal of Ingrid Mataratza in the Jimmy Durante show.

HEDDA HOPPER'S HOLLYWOOD
[Aug. 10/53] Sara Berner, Jack Benney's [sic] telephone operator, signed with Walter Lantz to do the voice of his new penguin character, Chilly Willy. She'll get star billing above the penguin. Sara was the original Andy Dandy [sic], and five of her comics got Academy awards.

IN HOLLYWOOD
by Erskine Johnson, NEA Columnist
[May 24, 1952] Sara Berner, the character actress too busy working in TV shows to report for a movie role Interview at Fox, sent over her agent, a small man, with her mammoth scrapbook.
Next day a studio casting executive wrote her this note: "Dear Miss Berner. Please get yourself a smaller scrapbook or a taller agent."

LOUELLA PARSONS
[April 15/61] Sara Berner was the comedy relief of the evening—that is, next to Mort Sahl who was a humorous master of ceremonies.
(column on the little known Grammy Awards)

Drive Saturday to Boom Tickets for Antipolio Show
[Long Beach Press-Telegram, Jan. 26/50] Antipolio workers will conduct a special drive Saturday to boost the big March of Dimes show and dance in Municipal Auditorium Monday night...Ed Wynn, Sara Berner, Clarence Nash, the Sportsmen Quartet and other Hollywood talent will be on hand to entertain the crowd, which promises to fill the auditorium.

And here's an ad from the Van Nuys News, Nov. 12, 1971 that really screams of tackiness:

Administrators Estate
AUCTION SALE
You Are Invited to Attend
Administrator's Public Sale
THE PRICELESS PERSONAL POSSESSIONS OF SARA BERNER
Deceased Star of Screen, Radio and Television.
AUCTION STARTS ON PREMISES
5448 MURIETTA AVE.
VAN NUYS, CALIFORNIA
SUNDAY, NOV. 14, 1971
2 P.M. SHARP RAIN or SHINE
INSPECTION OF ARTICLES TO
BE SOLD, SUNDAY, NOV. 14
ONE HOUR PRIOR TO SALE (1:00 P.M.)
PARTIAL LISTS OF ITEMS TO BE SOLO CONSISTS OF DINING ROOM, LIVING ROOM, BEDROOM SETS, CURIO CABINETS, GOVERNOR WINTHROP SECRETARY, ANTIQUES, BRIC-A-BRAC, TELEVISION SETS,
RADIO SETS, PHONOGRAPHS, PAINTINGS, STOVE, REFRIGERATOR, WASHING MACHINE AND DRYER, SILVERWARE, DISHES, CUT GLASS, RUGS, AND NUMEROUS ARTICLES, TOO NUMEROUS TO MENTION.
NOTICE! OWING TO LIMITED PARKING SPACE, THAT YOU USE BUS TRANSPORTATION; TAKE BUS 93 TO CHANDLER AVE., GET OFF AT HAZELTINE AVE., ONE BLOCK FROM MURIETTA. MURIETTA RUNS PARALLEL WITH HAZELTINE, BETWEEN CHANDLER AND BURBANK.
FREE! FREE! Gifts to be given away absolutely FREE, Mementos of Sara Berner. No purchase necessary. Terms of Sale Cash or Certified Check. Come and bring your friends with you.
REFRESHMENTS will be available on the premises.

Yhtapmys

[Mister Kitzel]

Wrong Number
LOS ANGELES, May 5 [1958] (AP) - Actress Sara Berner, 41, has divorced her husband, talent, agent Milton Rosner, 36. She plays Jack Benny's radio show telephone operator, Mabel Flapsaddle. She charged Rosner with cruelty, claiming he criticized and dominated her.

According to the Internet Movie Database, Sara Berner was born in 1912, so that would mean the above report took five years off of her age.

IN HOLLYWOOD
by Erskine Johnson, NEA Columnist
[May 24, 1952] Sara Berner, the character actress too busy working in TV shows to report for a movie role Interview at Fox, sent over her agent, a small man, with her mammoth scrapbook.
Next day a studio casting executive wrote her this note: "Dear Miss Berner. Please get yourself a smaller scrapbook or a taller agent."Yhtapmys

Could the agent have been her husband?