Jean Boht
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderFemale
Birthday6 March 1936
Died12 September 2023 (age 87)
Place of birthLiverpool, England
Known credits36
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 Du…
The Understudy
2012 · Executive Producer
Bad Night for the Blues
2010 · Glad
That's What I Call Television
2007 · Self
Skins
2007 · Doreen
Mothers and Daughters
2004 · Mary
The Asylum
2000 · Mrs. Brindle
Jim's Gift
1996 · Mrs. Leaver
The Big Game
1995 · Mrs. Harper
Liberation
1994 · Narrator (voice)
Brighton Belles
1993 · Josephine
Noel's House Party
1991
Challenge Anneka
1989 · Self
Distant Voices, Still Lives
1988 · Aunty Nell
The Girl in a Swing
1988 · Mrs. Taswell
Eskimos Do It
1988 · Mrs. Bing
Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington
1987 · Madame Joliet
Casualty
1986 · Lil Clark
Casualty
1986 · Dorothy Gilbert
Casualty
1986 · Doris Quinn
ScreenPlay
1986 · Mrs. Bing
Bread
1986 · Nellie Boswell
I Woke Up One Morning
1985
Arthur's Hallowed Ground
1984 · Betty
The Bill
1984
Scully
1984 · Gran
Boys from the Blackstuff
1982 · Miss Sutcliffe
Bergerac
1981 · Mrs. Farrell
Funny Man
1981 · Elsie
Sons and Lovers
1981 · Mrs Leivers
Blankety Blank
1979
Grange Hill
1978 · Shop Assistant
Bill Brand
1976 · Edna Copple
Where Adam Stood
1976 · Mary Teague
The Sweeney
1975 · Neighbour
Last of the Summer Wine
1973
£60 Single, £100 Return
1971 · Mrs Potter
Softly Softly: Task Force
1969 · Mrs. Lacey
World in Action
1963
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