Jean Boht
Acting • Born 1936-03-06 – Died 2023-09-12
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.
Filmography
35 credits
The Asylum
Movie • 2000
Mrs. Brindle
Sons and Lovers
Movie • 1981
Mrs Leivers
Distant Voices, Still Lives
Movie • 1988
Aunty Nell
The Girl in a Swing
Movie • 1988
Mrs. Taswell
Liberation
Movie • 1994
Narrator
Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington
Movie • 1987
Madame Joliet
Eskimos Do It
Movie • 1988
Mrs. Bing
The Big Game
Movie • 1995
Mrs. Harper
Where Adam Stood
Movie • 1976
Mary Teague
Bad Night for the Blues
Movie • 2010
Glad
Mothers and Daughters
Movie • 2004
Mary
Arthur's Hallowed Ground
Movie • 1984
Betty
Jim's Gift
Movie • 1996
Mrs. Leaver
£60 Single, £100 Return
Movie • 1971
Mrs Potter
Boys from the Blackstuff
TV • 1982
Miss Sutcliffe
The Bill
TV • 1984
Noel's House Party
TV • 1991
Last of the Summer Wine
TV • 1973
The Sweeney
TV • 1975
Neighbour
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
TV • 1973
Bread
TV • 1986
Nellie Boswell
Trial & Retribution
TV • 1997
Brighton Belles
TV • 1993
Josephine
I Woke Up One Morning
TV • 1985
That's What I Call Television
TV • 2007
Self
Softly Softly: Task Force
TV • 1969
Mrs. Lacey
Blankety Blank
TV • 1979
Grange Hill
TV • 1978
Shop Assistant
Casualty
TV • 1986
Lil Clark
Casualty
TV • 1986
Dorothy Gilbert
Casualty
TV • 1986
Doris Quinn
Bergerac
TV • 1981
Mrs. Farrell
Scully
TV • 1984
Gran
Bill Brand
TV • 1976
Edna Copple
Skins
TV • 2007
Doreen