Anita Sharp-Bolster

Anita Sharp-Bolster (28 August 1895 – 1 June 1985)[1] was an Irish-born American actress who appeared in 88 films and 12 TV series from 1928 to 1978. She was sometimes billed as Anita Bolster.[2]

in My Name Is Julia Ross (1945)

Personal life

Sharp-Bolster was married to Jacob Schwartz.[3] She was born in Glenlohane, Kanturk, County Cork, Ireland, and died in North Miami, Florida.

Film

Sharp-Bolster debuted in the British film What Money Can Buy (1928).[1] Her American film debut came in 1942 in Saboteur, directed by Alfred Hitchcock. She has been described as "one of the most riveting human gargoyles in Hollywood films."[4]

Stage

Sharp-Bolster's Broadway credits include Kathleen, Pygmalion, and Lady in Waiting.[5]

Radio

Sharp-Bolster worked with the BBC in the UK.[6]

Television

• Educated Evans (1957, 1 episode)
• The Saint (TV show, Season 1, Episode 2, 1962) as Ada Harmer
• Dark Shadows (1968) as Bathia Mapes
• Jude the Obscure (1971) as Mrs Trott
• Skiboy (1973) as Mountain Witch
• Thriller (1976, 1 episode).

Selected filmography

• What Money Can Buy (1928) - Cleaner
• S.O.S. (1928) - Mme. Karensky
• Would You Believe It! (1929) - Presbyterian
• Number, Please (1931)
• The Bells (1931)
• Mr. Bill the Conqueror (1932)
• Strip! Strip! Hooray!!! (1932) - Bit Part (uncredited)
• The Temperance Fete (1932) - Teacher
• Lassie from Lancashire (1938) - Woman in Audience (uncredited)
• The Villiers Diamond (1938) - Mlle. Dulac (uncredited)
• Saboteur (1942) - Lorelei - Circus Troupe
• This Above All (1942) - Tea Shop Customer (uncredited)
• I Married an Angel (1942) - Mrs. Kipper (uncredited)
• The Pride of the Yankees (1942) - Sasha's Mother (uncredited)
• Nightmare (1942) - Mrs. McDonald - Housekeeper
• Journey for Margaret (1942) - Woman with Cat (uncredited)
• London Blackout Murders (1943) - Mrs. Pringle
• Forever and a Day (1943) - Mrs. Garrow
• Flesh and Fantasy (1943) - Relative (uncredited)
• Thumbs Up (1943) - Mrs. Smithers, the Landlady (uncredited)
• Heaven Can Wait (1943) - Mrs. Cooper-Cooper (uncredited)
• Henry Aldrich Haunts a House (1943) - Mrs. Norris (uncredited)
• The Lodger (1944) - Wiggy - Barfly (uncredited)
• Passport to Destiny (1944) - Agnes
• Going My Way (1944) - Mrs. Hattie Quimp (uncredited)
• The White Cliffs of Dover (1944) - Miller (uncredited)
• The Doughgirls (1944) - Maid (uncredited)
• Our Hearts Were Young and Gay (1944) - Stewardess (uncredited)
• The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) - Lady Harborough (uncredited)
• Kitty (1945) - Mullens
• My Name Is Julia Ross (1945) - Sparkes
• The Lost Weekend (1945) - Mrs. Foley
• Scarlet Street (1945) - Mrs. Michaels
• The Thin Man Goes Home (1945) - Hilda
• Dressed to Kill (1946) - Teacher on Museum Tour (uncredited)
• The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947) - Christine
• Dark Passage (1947) - Woman (uncredited)
• Love From a Stranger (1947) - Ethel
• The Judge Steps Out (1947) - Martha, the Maid
• The Woman in White (1948) - Mrs. Todd
• The Perfect Woman (1949) - Lady Diana
• Saints and Sinners (1949) - (uncredited)
• Waterfront (1950) - Mrs. Simon (uncredited)
• Talk of a Million (1951) - Miss Rafferty
• Madame Louise (1951) - Cafe Proprietress
• Botany Bay (1952) - Moll Cudlip
• The Final Test (1953) - Daisy (uncredited)
• Raising a Riot (1955) - Mrs. Buttons
• The Hornet's Nest (1955) - Miss Anderson
• Reluctant Bride (1955) - Mrs. Fogarty
• Tears for Simon (1956) - Miss Gill
• The Rising of the Moon (1957) - Colonel Frobisher's Wife (2nd Episode)
• Stormy Crossing (1958) - First Nurse
• The Man Who Liked Funerals (1959) - Lady Hunter
• Alive and Kicking (1959) - Postmistress
• School for Scoundrels (1960) - Maid
• The Day They Robbed the Bank of England (1960) - Maid (uncredited)
• The House in Marsh Road (1960) - Mrs. O'Brien
• The Hands of Orlac (1960) - Volchett's Assistant (uncredited)
• Payroll (1961) - Landlady (uncredited)
• On the Beat (1962) - Hair-Salon Customer (uncredited)
• The List of Adrian Messenger (1963) - Mrs. Slattery (uncredited)
• Father Came Too! (1964) - Mrs. Trumper
• Promise Her Anything (1966) - Mrs. Egan - Baby Sitter (uncredited)
• The Boy Cried Murder (1966) - Mrs. Wetherall
• Craze (1974) - Woman at will reading. (uncredited)
• The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975) - Old lady (uncredited)
• Jabberwocky (1977) - Old Crone / Woman with Stone (uncredited)

References

1. Seymour, Blackie (Summer 2011). "Anita Sharp-Bolster". Films of the Golden Age (65): 84.
2. "Anita Sharp-Bolster". IMDb. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
3. "Harold Pinter: An Inventory of His Collection at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center". Texas Archival Resources Online. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
4. Nissen, Axel (2013). The Films of Agnes Moorehead. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. p. 112. ISBN 9780810891371. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
5. "Anita Bolster". Playbill. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
6. "Today's Radio Programs". Maryland, Hagerstown. The Daily Mail. 8 April 1940. p. 10. Retrieved 8 October 2016 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

• Anita Sharp-Bolster at IMDb 
• Anita Bolster at AllMovie
• Anita Bolster at the TCM Movie Database
• Anita Sharp-Bolster at the British Film Institute
• Anita Bolster at the Internet Broadway Database
• Anita Sharp-Bolster at Find a Grave