Sara Berner: From Bowes to Benny to the Bottle
Sara Berner (Lillian Ann Herdan, 1912-1969) was better known by her voice than her face at the peak of her fame. She had been a department store clerk with a penchant for comedy dialects and impressions when she landed an audition for Major Bowes Amateur Hour in 1937 and was hired by Bowes to perform […]