# Anita Sharp-Bolster

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

## Early life

She was born 28 August 1895 in Glenlohane, Kanturk, County Cork, Ireland.

## Career
### Stage

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

### Film

Sharp-Bolster debuted in the British film What Money Can Buy (1928). Her American film debut came in 1942 in Saboteur, directed by Alfred Hitchcock. In a 2013 book, one writer described her as "one of the most riveting human gargoyles in Hollywood films." She worked steadily in character roles throughout her movie career.

### Radio

Sharp-Bolster worked with the BBC in the UK.

### Television

Billed as Anita Bolster, she appeared in three episodes of Dark Shadows in March 1968. Bolster portrayed a witch named Bathia Mapes who failed to remove a curse of vampirism from Barnabas Collins.

## Personal life

Sharp-Bolster was married to Jacob Schwartz. She died in North Miami, Florida.

## 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)

### Television

* Educated Evans (1957, 1 episode)
* The Larkins (1959) as Gran Foskett in ep Total Welfare
* The Saint (TV show, Season 1, Episode 2, 1962) as Ada Harmer
* Dark Shadows (1968, 3 episodes) as Bathia Mapes
* Jude the Obscure (1971) as Mrs Trott
* Skiboy (1973) as Mountain Witch
* Thriller (1976, 1 episode).