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.
Filmography
Bad Night for the Blues
2010
as Glad
Mothers and Daughters
2004
as Mary
The Asylum
2000
as Mrs. Brindle
Jim's Gift
1996
as Mrs. Leaver
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The Big Game
1995
as Mrs. Harper
Liberation
1994
as Narrator
Distant Voices, Still Lives
1988
as Aunty Nell
The Girl in a Swing
1988
as Mrs. Taswell
Eskimos Do It
1988
as Mrs. Bing
Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington
1987
as Madame Joliet
Arthur's Hallowed Ground
1984
as Betty
Sons and Lovers
1981
as Mrs Leivers
Where Adam Stood
1976
as Mary Teague
£60 Single, £100 Return
1971
as Mrs Potter