Jean Boht
Acting
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.
Born: March 6, 1936
Place of Birth: Liverpool, England
Known For
Filmography
as Glad
as Doreen
as Mary
as Mrs. Brindle
as Mrs. Leaver
as Narrator
as Josephine
as Aunty Nell
as Mrs. Taswell
as Mrs. Bing
as Madame Joliet
as Lil Clark
as Dorothy Gilbert
as Doris Quinn
as Nellie Boswell
as Betty
as Gran
as Miss Sutcliffe
as Mrs. Farrell
as Mrs Leivers
as Shop Assistant
as Edna Copple
as Mary Teague
as Neighbour
as Mrs Potter
as Mrs. Lacey