Jean Boht
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Casualty
Lil Clark
1986
Series
Casualty
Dorothy Gilbert
1986
Series
Casualty
Doris Quinn
1986
Series
Skins
Doreen
2007
Series
Grange Hill
Shop Assistant
1978
Series
Last of the Summer Wine
1973
Series
Bergerac
Mrs. Farrell
1981
Series
World in Action
1963
Series
The Bill
1984
Series
The Sweeney
Neighbour
1975
Series
Blankety Blank
1979
Series
ScreenPlay
Mrs. Bing
1986
Series
Softly Softly: Task Force
Mrs. Lacey
1969
Series
Bread
Nellie Boswell
1986
Series
Noel's House Party
1991
Challenge Anneka
Self
1989
Series
Bill Brand
Edna Copple
1976
Series
Boys from the Blackstuff
Miss Sutcliffe
1982
Series
Scully
Gran
1984
Film
Liberation
Narrator
1994
Funny Man
Elsie
1981
Film
Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington
Madame Joliet
1987
Series
Brighton Belles
Josephine
1993
Film
The Girl in a Swing
Mrs. Taswell
1988
That's What I Call Television
Self
2007
Film
Distant Voices, Still Lives
Aunty Nell
1988
Series
I Woke Up One Morning
1985
Film
Jim's Gift
Mrs. Leaver
1996
The Big Game
Mrs. Harper
1995
Film
The Asylum
Mrs. Brindle
2000
Film
Where Adam Stood
Mary Teague
1976
Film
Arthur's Hallowed Ground
Betty
1984
Film
Sons and Lovers
Mrs Leivers
1981
Film
£60 Single, £100 Return
Mrs Potter
1971
Film
Eskimos Do It
Mrs. Bing
1988
Film
Bad Night for the Blues
Glad
2010
Film
Mothers and Daughters
Mary
2004