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Edith Mary Sharpe (14 September 1894 – 6 June 1984) was a British actress. Born in Hackney, London. She married Alexander Francis Part in 1931 and had one child. She appeared in TV series such as Dixon of Dock Green, Z Cars,
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War and Peace (1972 TV series) ''War and Peace'' is a British television dramatisation of the 1869 Leo Tolstoy novel ''War and Peace''. This 20-episode series began on 28 September 1972. The BBC dramatisation of Tolstoy's epic story of love and loss set against the backdrop of ...
. She died in
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Selected filmography

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The Education of Elizabeth ''The Education of Elizabeth'' is a 1921 American silent comedy romance film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Edward Dillon and stars stage star Billie Burke in her last silent film. T ...
'' (1921) - Lucy Fairfax * '' Music Hath Charms'' (1935) - Miss Wilkinson * ''
Broken Blossoms ''Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl'', often referred to simply as ''Broken Blossoms'', is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. It was distributed by United Artists and premiered on May 13, 1919. It stars L ...
'' (1936) - Mrs. Reed * '' The Tenth Man'' (1936) - Miss Hobbs * ''
Old Mother Riley Old Mother Riley is a fictional character portrayed from about 1934 to 1954 by Arthur Lucan and from 1954 to the 1980s by Roy Rolland as part of a British music hall act. Old Mother Riley (full comedy name: Daphne Bluebell Snowdrop Riley) is an ...
'' (1937) - Matilda Lawson * '' When the Bough Breaks'' (1947) - Matron * '' The Guinea Pig'' (1948) - Mrs. Hartley * '' That Dangerous Age'' (1949) - Angela Caine * ''
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'' (1949) - Mrs. Chambers - Rick's Mother * ''
No Place for Jennifer ''No Place for Jennifer'' is a 1950 British film directed by Henry Cass and starring Leo Genn, Rosamund John, Guy Middleton and Janette Scott. It was based on the novel ''No Difference to Me'' by Phyllis Hambleton. Plot In the film, a young g ...
'' (1950) - The Doctor * ''
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'' (1950) - Mrs. Ross * ''
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'' (1951) - Mrs. Reece * ''The Death of the Heart'' (1956) - Mrs. Heccomb * ''My Guess Would be Murder'' - (1957) - Alice Hunter * '' Brothers in Law'' (1957) - Mrs. Thursby * ''
Happy Is the Bride ''Happy Is the Bride'' is a 1958 black and white British comedy film written and directed by Roy Boulting and starring Ian Carmichael, Janette Scott, Cecil Parker, Terry-Thomas and Joyce Grenfell. It is based on the play '' Quiet Wedding'' by ...
'' (1958) - Mildred Royd * ''
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness ''The Inn of the Sixth Happiness'' is a 1958 20th Century Fox film based on the true story of Gladys Aylward, a tenacious British woman, who became a missionary in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Directed by Mark Robson, who receiv ...
'' (1958) - Secretary at China Inland Mission * ''
A French Mistress ''A French Mistress'' is a 1960 British comedy film directed by Roy Boulting and starring Cecil Parker, James Robertson Justice, Agnès Laurent, Ian Bannen, Raymond Huntley, Irene Handl and Thorley Walters. It is based on a stage play, '' The ...
'' (1960) - Matron * ''
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'' (1961) - Donna Pica * ''
Cash on Demand ''Cash on Demand'' is a 1961 British black and white neo noir crime thriller film directed by Quentin Lawrence and starring Peter Cushing and André Morell. The film company Hammer Film Productions invested approximately £37,000 to produce ...
'' (1961) - Miss Pringle * ''
Satan Never Sleeps ''Satan Never Sleeps '' (also known as ''The Devil Never Sleeps'') is a 1962 American drama romance war film directed by Leo McCarey, his final film, in which he returns to the religious themes of his classics ''Going My Way'' (1944) and '' The Be ...
'' (1962) - Sister Theresa * ''Incident'' (1965) - Mrs. Blake - (short)


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* 1890s births 1984 deaths English film actresses Actresses from London 20th-century English actresses People from Hackney Central {{UK-film-actor-stub