Known For
Acting
Born
Mar 06, 1936
Died
Sep 12, 2023
Place of Birth
Liverpool, England
Credits
36 titles
Jean Boht
Biography
Jean Boht (born Jean Dance) was an English actress. She was most famous for the role of Nellie Boswell in Carla Lane's comedy Bread. In a career spanning from 1971 to the 2010s, she appeared in such productions as Softly, Softly (1971), Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em (1978), Juliet Bravo in the mid 1980s, and most recently in 2004, Mothers and Daughters. In 1989, she was the subject of This Is Your Life. She was married to composer Carl Davis, and they had two daughters. She was a pupil at Wirral Grammar School for Girls. In 2006 she starred on-stage in 'Embers' along with Jeremy Irons at the Duke of York Theatre in London. In 2008 she made a guest appearance in BBC daytime soap Doctors. She starred in Chris Shepherd's 2010 award winning film Bad Night For The Blues. She obtained the name Boht from her first marriage to Bill Boht at that time Manager of the Ritz cinema in Birkenhead.
Known For
Filmography
The Understudy
Executive Producer
Bad Night for the Blues
Glad
That's What I Call Television
Self
Skins
Doreen
Mothers and Daughters
Mary
The Asylum
Mrs. Brindle
Jim's Gift
Mrs. Leaver
The Big Game
Mrs. Harper
Liberation
Narrator
Brighton Belles
Josephine
Noel's House Party
Challenge Anneka
Self
Distant Voices, Still Lives
Aunty Nell
The Girl in a Swing
Mrs. Taswell
Eskimos Do It
Mrs. Bing
Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington
Madame Joliet
Casualty
Lil Clark
ScreenPlay
Mrs. Bing
Bread
Nellie Boswell
I Woke Up One Morning
Arthur's Hallowed Ground
Betty
The Bill
Scully
Gran
Boys from the Blackstuff
Miss Sutcliffe
Bergerac
Mrs. Farrell
Funny Man
Elsie
Sons and Lovers
Mrs Leivers
Blankety Blank
Grange Hill
Shop Assistant
Bill Brand
Edna Copple
Where Adam Stood
Mary Teague
The Sweeney
Neighbour
Last of the Summer Wine
£60 Single, £100 Return
Mrs Potter
Softly Softly: Task Force
Mrs. Lacey
World in Action