Biography
Anita Sharp-Bolster (28 August 1895 – 1 June 1985)[1] was an Irish-born American actress who appeared in films and TV series from 1928 to 1978. She was sometimes billed as Anita Bolster.
Known For
Complete Filmography
Magpie's Talking Duck
1978
as Mrs. Richardson
Magpie wins a duck which proves to be alive and no use for the Sunday dinner. The kids invent a device which makes the duck seem to talk.
The Next Victim
1975
as Mrs. Bluther
A woman confined to a wheelchair is terrorized by a killer.
Craze
1974
as Woman at Will Reading (uncredited)
A demented art dealer and antique shop owner performs nightly rituals in honour of the African god Chuku, whom he believes will reward him with unimag...
The Boy Cried Murder
1966
as Mrs. Wetherall
A young lad with a penchant for spinning elaborate yarns gets himself in deep trouble when he tries to tell people that he really did witness a terrib...
Promise Her Anything
1966
as Mrs. Egan (uncredited)
A widowed mother decides to go after the child psychologist she works for because she thinks he'll be able to provide for her toddler, the catch is he...
The List of Adrian Messenger
1963
as Mrs. Slattery (uncredited)
Adrian Messenger, a famous writer, asks his friend Anthony Gethryn, a former British agent, to help him investigate the whereabouts of the people who ...
Payroll
1961
as Landlady (uncredited)
A vicious gang of crooks plan to steal the wages of a local factory, but their carefully laid plans go wrong, when the factory employs an armoured van...
The House in Marsh Road
1960
as Mrs. O'Brien
When a woman inherits a valuable house, her nasty husband and his mistress plot murder. But the house has a protective poltergeist who thwarts the wic...
School for Scoundrels
1960
as Maid
Hapless Henry Palfrey is patronised by his self-important chief clerk at work, ignored by restaurant waiters, conned by shady second-hand car salesmen...
Alive and Kicking
1959
as Postmistress
Three elderly residents of a nursing home, fed up with their monotonous existence, engineer an escape from their drab surroundings and head for an imp...
The Man Who Liked Funerals
1959
as Lady Hunter
A man wants to help a youth club that is in danger of closure. He decides to resort to blackmailing the relatives of the recently deceased, threatenin...
Stormy Crossing
1958
as Nurse
After murdering his lover, cross-channel swimmer Joy Webster, Derek Bond attempts to do same to her other boyfriend, Sheldon Lawrence. John Ireland pl...
The Rising of the Moon
1957
as Colonel Frobisher's Wife (segment 'A Minute's Wait')
Three vignettes of old Irish country life, based on a series of short stories. In "The Majesty of the Law," a police officer must arrest an old-fashio...
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1956
as Housekeeper
American horror television movie from 1956.
Lost
1956
as Miss Gill
U.S. Embassy employee Lee Cochrane and his wife, Sue, receive a shock when they discover that their 18-month-old son, Simon, has disappeared in London...
The Reluctant Bride
1955
as Mrs. Fogarty
A money-to-burn and girl-chasing Texas oilman, and a sensitive, dignified entomologist find themselves in charge of a brood of wild kids whose parent...
The Hornet's Nest
1955
as Landlady
Before getting nabbed by the cops, a jewel thief hides a small fortune in stolen goods aboard an empty barge. But when he later returns to claim his l...
Raising a Riot
1955
as Mrs. Buttons
Commander Peter Kent of the Royal Navy and his wife May have three children, ranging form five to eleven years: Peter, Anne and Fusty. Kent comes home...
The Final Test
1953
as Daisy
Legendary England cricketer Sam Palmer (Jack Warner) is due to bat in his final test match against Australia. He is desperate for his son Reggie (Ray ...
Botany Bay
1952
as Moll Cudlip (as Anita Bolster)
Based on the story of the start of Australia's colonisation. An American medical student is falsely convicted of robbery, with his sentence involving ...
Talk of a Million
1951
as Miss Rafferty
A family reduced to imminent poverty by the father's disinclination to work; an American lawyer looking for the heir to half a million pounds; the sce...
Talk of a Million
1951
as Sacristan
A family reduced to imminent poverty by the father's disinclination to work; an American lawyer looking for the heir to half a million pounds; the sce...
Waterfront
1950
as Mrs. Simon
When ship's fireman Peter McCabe walks out on his long-suffering wife, he leaves her impoverished, with two young daughters and a boy born soon after ...
Saints and Sinners
1949
as Julia Ann Dermody (as Anita Bolster)
What happens to the saints and sinners of a small Irish village on the day the world is supposed to end.
The Perfect Woman
1949
as Lady Diana
In need of cash, Roger Cavendish and his valet take a job escorting the perfect woman for a night on the town. She is in fact the robotic creation of ...
The Woman in White
1948
as Mrs. Todd
A young painter stumbles upon an assortment of odd characters at an English estate where he has been hired to give art lessons to beautiful Laura Fair...
The Judge Steps Out
1947
as Martha
A judge flees the pressures of professional and family life for a job as a short-order cook.
Love from a Stranger
1947
as Ethel
Cecily Harrington, struggling along on a small allowance, wins a fortune in a lottery. She decides to travel rather than marrying her fiance Nigel Law...
Dark Passage
1947
as Woman (uncredited)
A man convicted of murdering his wife escapes from prison and works with a woman to try and prove his innocence.
The Two Mrs. Carrolls
1947
as Christine
Struggling artist Geoffrey Carroll meets Sally while on holiday in the country. A romance develops, but he doesn't tell her he's already married. Suff...
Scarlet Street
1945
as Mrs. Michaels
Cashier and part-time starving artist Christopher Cross is absolutely smitten with the beautiful Kitty March. Kitty plays along, but she's really only...
The Lost Weekend
1945
as Mrs. Foley
Don Birnam, a long-time alcoholic, has been sober for ten days and appears to be over the worst... but his craving has just become more insidious. Eva...
My Name Is Julia Ross
1945
as Sparkes
Julia Ross secures employment with a wealthy widow and goes to live at her house. Two days later, she awakens in a different house in different clothe...
Kitty
1945
as Mullens
Pickpocket Kitty's life changes when painter Thomas Gainsborough makes her portrait. The artwork gains the attention of Sir Hugh Marcy, who later deci...
The Thin Man Goes Home
1944
as Hilda
On a trip to visit his parents, detective Nick Charles gets mixed up in a murder investigation.
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
1944
as Stewardess (uncredited)
In 1923, two young ladies depart, unescorted, for a tour of Europe. Their great naïvité and efforts to seem grown-up lead them into many comic misadve...
The White Cliffs of Dover
1944
as Miller (uncredited)
American Susan travels with her father to England for a vacation. Invited to a society ball, Susan meets Sir John Ashwood and marries him after a whir...
Tale of a Dog
1944
as Gossiper
When Bigshot Jones gives his unnamed dog to the All-For-One Club, Buckwheat quickly names the canine "Smallpox", inadvertently causing a city-wide pan...
Passport to Destiny
1944
as Agnes
An English charwoman, believing herself protected by a magic eye amulet, travels to Nazi Germany to personally assassinate Adolf Hitler.
The Lodger
1944
as Wiggy (uncredited)
In Victorian era London, the inhabitants of a family home with rented rooms upstairs fear the new lodger is Jack the Ripper.
Going My Way
1944
as Mrs. Hattie Quimp (uncredited)
Youthful Father Chuck O'Malley led a colorful life of sports, song, and romance before joining the Roman Catholic clergy. After being appointed to a r...
Heaven Can Wait
1943
as Mrs. Cooper-Cooper (uncredited)
Spoiled playboy Henry van Cleve dies and arrives at the entrance to Hell, a final destination he is sure he deserves after living a life of profligacy...
Three Little Twirps
1943
as Effie the Bearded Lady (uncredited)
The Stooges get a job putting up posters for a circus but discover that instead of money, their pay is tickets to the show. When trying to scalp their...
Thumbs Up
1943
as Mrs. Smithers
In this wartime musical, a feisty singer working in a London dive swears that she will become a star. She gets a job in an airplane plant when she lea...
London Blackout Murders
1943
as Mrs. Pringle (as Anita Bolster)
A young girl, Mary Tillet, is forced to find a new place to live due to her London home being bombed during World War II. Her tobacconist landlord, Ja...
Nightmare
1942
as Mrs. MacDonald
An ex-gambler helps a beautiful widow, and becomes involved with a murder, secret agents, and saboteurs.
The Pride of the Yankees
1942
as Sasha's Mother (uncredited)
The story of the life and career of the baseball hall of famer, Lou Gehrig.
This Above All
1942
as Tea Shop Customer
In 1940 England, aristocratic Prudence Cathaway alarms her snobbish parents by joining the WAF service branch. She soon meets and falls in love with t...
Saboteur
1942
as Esmeralda the Bearded Lady
Aircraft factory worker Barry Kane flees across the United States after he is wrongly accused of starting the fire that killed his best friend.
Dead Men Are Dangerous
1939
as Spinster Resident
Unsuccessful writer Aylmer Franklyn takes the chance to change identities after he discovers a corpse. However, he soon finds himself accused of the m...
Lassie from Lancashire
1938
as Woman in Audience
Struggling young actress Jenny (Marjorie Browne) joins her dad (Mark Daly) when he moves into Aunt Hetty's (Elsie Wagstaff) boarding house. Aunt Hetty...
The Villiers Diamond
1938
as Mlle. Dulac
A man is threatend with scandal when he accidentally acquires a stolen diamond.
When Thief Meets Thief
1937
as Cyril's Wife
A London cat burglar falls for the girlfriend of a stockbroker who used to be his partner.
Mr. Bill the Conqueror
1932
A British comedy film directed by Norman Walker
The Temperance Fête
1932
as Teacher
For a prank one of the waiters at a temperance meeting spikes the lemonade with alcohol.
Night Shadows
1931
as Woman with Grapes on Hat
Michel, a young sailor, returns home to Marseilles to find that his former lover, Francine, now works in the local brothel. In a jealous rage, he pic...