About

Known credits:
20
Birthday:
1936-03-06
Place of birth:
Liverpool, England
Website:
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Jean Boht

Overview

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  

Jean Boht (born Jean Dance; March 6, 1936 - September 12, 2023) 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

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Known for

Acting
2010 Bad Night for the Blues Actor Glad 58
Average
2004 Mothers and Daughters Actor Mary N/A
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2000 The Asylum Actor Mrs. Brindle 59
Average
1996 Jim's Gift Actor Mrs. Leaver 59
Average
1995 The Big Game Actor Mrs. Harper 59
Average
1994 Liberation Actor Narrator 59
Average
1993 Brighton Belles Actor Josephine N/A
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1988 Distant Voices, Still Lives Actor Aunty Nell 60
Fair
1988 The Girl in a Swing Actor Mrs. Taswell 58
Average
1988 Eskimos Do It Actor Mrs. Bing N/A
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1987 Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington Actor Madame Joliet 59
Average
1986 Bread Actor Nellie Boswell 70
Good
1985 I Woke Up One Morning Actor N/A
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1984 Arthur's Hallowed Ground Actor Betty 59
Average
1984 Scully Actor Gran 69
Fair
1982 Boys from the Blackstuff Actor Miss Sutcliffe 71
Good
1981 Sons and Lovers Actor Mrs Leivers N/A
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1976 Where Adam Stood Actor 58
Average
1971 £60 Single, £100 Return Actor Mrs Potter N/A
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Production
2012 The Understudy Production Executive Producer N/A
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