Jean Boht
Acting
1936-03-06 · Liverpool, 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.
Filmography(36)
movieBad Night for the Blues
as Glad · 2010 · 6.3
tvThat's What I Call Television
as Self · 2007 · 0.0
tvSkins
as Doreen · 2007 · 8.1
movieMothers and Daughters
as Mary · 2004 · 8.0
movieThe Asylum
as Mrs. Brindle · 2000 · 5.7
movieJim's Gift
as Mrs. Leaver · 1996 · 7.0
movieThe Big Game
as Mrs. Harper · 1995 · 6.5
movieLiberation
as Narrator · 1994 · 7.9
tvBrighton Belles
as Josephine · 1993 · 4.3
tvNoel's House Party
as · 1991 · 7.4
movieDistant Voices, Still Lives
as Aunty Nell · 1988 · 6.8
movieThe Girl in a Swing
as Mrs. Taswell · 1988 · 4.9
movieEskimos Do It
as Mrs. Bing · 1988 · 9.0
movieMiss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington
as Madame Joliet · 1987 · 7.4
tvCasualty
as Lil Clark · 1986 · 6.2
tvCasualty
as Dorothy Gilbert · 1986 · 6.2
tvCasualty
as Doris Quinn · 1986 · 6.2
tvScreenPlay
as Mrs. Bing · 1986 · 6.0
tvBread
as Nellie Boswell · 1986 · 7.1
tvI Woke Up One Morning
as · 1985 · 0.0
movieArthur's Hallowed Ground
as Betty · 1984 · 7.4
tvThe Bill
as · 1984 · 6.8
tvScully
as Gran · 1984 · 6.5
tvBoys from the Blackstuff
as Miss Sutcliffe · 1982 · 7.8