Jean Boht

Known for ActingBorn 1936-03-06Died 2023-09-12Liverpool, England

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Eskimos Do It

Skins

Mothers and Daughters

The Sweeney

Liberation

Boys from the Blackstuff

Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington

Noel's House Party

Jim's Gift

Bill Brand

Last of the Summer Wine

Bread

Arthur's Hallowed Ground

Bergerac

Distant Voices, Still Lives

The Bill

World in Action

Where Adam Stood

Grange Hill

The Big Game

Bad Night for the Blues

Scully

Casualty

ScreenPlay

The Asylum

Softly Softly: Task Force

Blankety Blank

The Girl in a Swing

Brighton Belles

The Understudy

That's What I Call Television

Challenge Anneka

I Woke Up One Morning

Sons and Lovers

Funny Man

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