Actor
Jean Boht
Born 1936 · 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.
Acting
Skins
Doreen · 2007
Distant Voices, Still Lives
Aunty Nell · 1988
Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington
Madame Joliet · 1987
The Sweeney
Neighbour · 1975
Casualty
Lil Clark · 1986
Boys from the Blackstuff
Miss Sutcliffe · 1982
Bread
Nellie Boswell · 1986
Grange Hill
Shop Assistant · 1978
Bergerac
Mrs. Farrell · 1981
Liberation
Narrator · 1994
Eskimos Do It
Mrs. Bing · 1988
Arthur's Hallowed Ground
Betty · 1984
Mothers and Daughters
Mary · 2004
Bill Brand
Edna Copple · 1976
Where Adam Stood
Mary Teague · 1976
Jim's Gift
Mrs. Leaver · 1996
Scully
Gran · 1984
Bad Night for the Blues
Glad · 2010
The Big Game
Mrs. Harper · 1995
The Girl in a Swing
Mrs. Taswell · 1988
Softly Softly: Task Force
Mrs. Lacey · 1969
The Asylum
Mrs. Brindle · 2000
Brighton Belles
Josephine · 1993
That's What I Call Television
Self · 2007