Anita Sharp-Bolster

Anita Sharp-Bolster (28 August 1895 – 1 June 1985)

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 on 1 June 1985.

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 The Human Jungle (1963) Dark Shadows (1968, 3 episodes) as Bathia Mapes Jude the Obscure (1971) as Mrs Trott Skiboy (1973) as Mountain Witch Thriller (1976, 1 episode).