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Anita Sharp-Bolster
Born: 28th Aug 1895 Glenlohane, Kanturk, County Cork, Ireland - Died 1st Jun 1985
Dept: Acting
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.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 67
Film: 61 (91%)
Television: 6 (9%)
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Filmography
1978
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. ... view
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Mrs. Richardson
1975
A woman confined to a wheelchair is terrorized by a killer. ... view
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Mrs. Bluther
1974
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 ... view
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Woman at Will Reading (uncredited)
1972
Lecturer and broadcaster Sheridan Whiteside has been invited to dinner at the home of a pompous small-town bigwig. But he stays rather longer than any ... view
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Harriet Stanley
Feb 1971 (first aired)
Jude the Obscure is a British television serial directed by Hugh David and dramatised by Harry Green, based on Thomas Hardy's 1895 novel of the same n ... view
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Mrs Trott (1 ep.)
1966
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 ... view
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Mrs. Wetherall
1966
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 ... view
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Mrs. Egan (uncredited)
1964
Hallmark Hall of Fame's second version of Shakespeare's classic play, with the same two stars and the same director as its first version, but a differ ... view
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2nd Witch
1964
When Dexter Munro and his new wife Juliet get married, they decide to escape Juliet's meddling father by buying a rundown cottage and doing it up them ... view
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Mrs. Muriel Trumper
Oct 1963 (first aired)
An anthology of single plays offering up adaptations of either of prominent stage plays or novels. ... view
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Lady Trimmer (1 ep.)
1963
Adrian Messenger, a famous writer, asks his friend Anthony Gethryn, a former British agent, to help him investigate the whereabouts of the people who ... view
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Mrs. Slattery (uncredited)
Mar 1963 (first aired)
The Human Jungle is a British TV series about a psychiatrist, made for ABC Television by the small production company Independent Artists for transmis ... view
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Mrs. Cartwright (1 ep.)
1962
Norman Pitkin wants to be a policeman like his father was, but he fails the height test (amongst others). One day he gets out his father's old uniform ... view
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Woman at Hairdressers (uncredited)
Oct 1962 (first aired)
Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in ... view
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Ada Harmer (1 ep.)
1961
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 ... view
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Landlady (uncredited)
Original title: Les Mains d'Orlac
1960
A famed concert pianist's hands are destroyed in a plane crash; when he receives transplants from a recently executed strangler, his murderous new mit ... view
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Volcheff's Assistant
1960
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 ... view
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Mrs. O'Brien
1960
Hapless Henry Palfrey is patronised by his self-important chief clerk at work, ignored by restaurant waiters, conned by shady second-hand car salesmen ... view
Character:
Alice
1959
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 ... view
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Postmistress
1959
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 ... view
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Lady Hunter
Sep 1958 (first aired)
'The Larkins' is a British television sitcom which was produced by Associated Television and aired on ITV. It aired for four series between 1958 to 19 ... view
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Gran Foskett (1 ep.)
1958
After murdering his lover, cross-channel swimmer Joy Webster, Derek Bond attempts to do same to her other boyfriend, Sheldon Lawrence. John Ireland pl ... view
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Nurse
1957
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 ... view
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Colonel Frobisher's Wife (segment 'A Minute's Wait')
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Housekeeper
Jul 1956 (first aired)
Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produ ... view
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Mrs. Barton (1 ep.)
1956
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 ... view
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Miss Gill
1955
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 ... view
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Mrs. Fogarty
1955
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 ... view
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Landlady
1955
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 ... view
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Mrs. Buttons
1953
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 ... view
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Daisy
1952
Based on the story of the start of Australia's colonisation. An American medical student is falsely convicted of robbery, with his sentence involving ... view
Character:
Moll Cudlip (as Anita Bolster)
1951
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 ... view
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Miss Rafferty
1951
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 ... view
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Sacristan
1950
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 ... view
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Mrs. Simon
1949
What happens to the saints and sinners of a small Irish village on the day the world is supposed to end. ... view
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Julia Ann Dermody (as Anita Bolster)
1949
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 ... view
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Lady Diana
1948
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 ... view
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Mrs. Todd
1947
A judge flees the pressures of professional and family life for a job as a short-order cook. ... view
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Martha
1947
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 ... view
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Ethel
1947
A man convicted of murdering his wife escapes from prison and works with a woman to try and prove his innocence. ... view
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Woman (uncredited)
1947
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 ... view
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Christine
1945
Cashier and part-time starving artist Christopher Cross is absolutely smitten with the beautiful Kitty March. Kitty plays along, but she's really only ... view
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Laura Michaels
1945
Longtime alcoholic Don Birnam has been sober for ten days and appears to be over the worst... but his craving has just become more insidious. Evading ... view
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Mrs. Foley
1945
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 ... view
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Sparkes
1945
Pickpocket Kitty's life changes when painter Thomas Gainsborough makes her portrait. The artwork gains the attention of Sir Hugh Marcy, who later deci ... view
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Mullens
1944
On a trip to visit his parents, detective Nick Charles gets mixed up in a murder investigation. ... view
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Hilda
1944
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 misad ... view
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Stewardess (uncredited)
1944
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 ... view
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Miller (uncredited)
1944
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 ... view
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Gossiper
1944
An English charwoman, believing herself protected by a magic eye amulet, travels to Nazi Germany to personally assassinate Adolf Hitler. ... view
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Agnes
1944
In Victorian era London, the inhabitants of a family home with rented rooms upstairs fear the new lodger is Jack the Ripper. ... view
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Wiggy (uncredited)
1944
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 ... view
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Mrs. Hattie Quimp (uncredited)
1943
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 ... view
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Mrs. Cooper-Cooper (uncredited)
1943
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 ... view
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Effie the Bearded Lady (uncredited)
1943
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 ... view
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Mrs. Smithers
1943
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 ... view
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Mrs. Pringle (as Anita Bolster)
1942
An ex-gambler helps a beautiful widow, and becomes involved with a murder, secret agents, and saboteurs. ... view
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Mrs. MacDonald
1942
The story of the life and career of the baseball hall of famer, Lou Gehrig. ... view
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Sasha's Mother (uncredited)
1942
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 ... view
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Tea Shop Customer
1942
Aircraft factory worker Barry Kane flees across the United States after he is wrongly accused of starting the fire that killed his best friend. ... view
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Esmeralda the Bearded Lady
1939
Unsuccessful writer Aylmer Franklyn takes the chance to change identities after he discovers a corpse. However, he soon finds himself accused of the m ... view
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Spinster Resident
1938
Struggling young actress Jenny (Marjorie Browne) joins her dad (Mark Daly) when he moves into Aunt Hetty's (Elsie Wagstaff) boarding house. Aunt Hetty ... view
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Woman in Audience
1938
A man is threatend with scandal when he accidentally acquires a stolen diamond. ... view
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Mlle. Dulac
1937
A London cat burglar falls for the girlfriend of a stockbroker who used to be his partner. ... view
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Cyril's Wife
1932
A British comedy film directed by Norman Walker ... view
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1932
For a prank one of the waiters at a temperance meeting spikes the lemonade with alcohol. ... view
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Teacher
1931
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 ... view
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Woman with Grapes on Hat