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.^{[citation needed]}

in My Name Is Julia Ross (1945)

Personal life[]

Sharp-Bolster was married to Jacob Schwartz.^[2] 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."^[3]

Stage[]

Sharp-Bolster's Broadway credits include Kathleen, Pygmalion, and Lady in Waiting.^[4]

Radio[]

Sharp-Bolster worked with the BBC in the UK.^[5]

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[]

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