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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
March 6, 1936
Place of Birth:
Liverpool, England
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Jean Boht
Biography
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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Bad Night for the Blues | Glad |
| 2004 | Mothers and Daughters | Mary |
| 2000 | The Asylum | Mrs. Brindle |
| 1996 | Jim's Gift | Mrs. Leaver |
| 1995 | The Big Game | Mrs. Harper |
| 1994 | Liberation | Narrator |
| 1988 | Distant Voices, Still Lives | Aunty Nell |
| 1988 | The Girl in a Swing | Mrs. Taswell |
| 1988 | Eskimos Do It | Mrs. Bing |
| 1987 | Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington | Madame Joliet |
| 1984 | Arthur's Hallowed Ground | Betty |
| 1981 | Sons and Lovers | Mrs Leivers |
| 1976 | Where Adam Stood | |
| 1971 | £60 Single, £100 Return | Mrs Potter |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | That's What I Call Television | |
| 1997 | Trial & Retribution | |
| 1993 | Brighton Belles | Josephine |
| 1991 | Noel's House Party | |
| 1986 | Bread | Nellie Boswell |
| 1986 | Casualty | Lil Clark |
| 1986 | Casualty | Dorothy Gilbert |
| 1986 | Casualty | Doris Quinn |
| 1985 | I Woke Up One Morning | |
| 1984 | The Bill | |
| 1984 | Scully | Gran |
| 1982 | Boys from the Blackstuff | Miss Sutcliffe |
| 1981 | Bergerac | Mrs. Farrell |
| 1979 | Blankety Blank | |
| 1978 | Grange Hill | Shop Assistant |
| 1976 | Bill Brand | Edna Copple |
| 1975 | The Sweeney | Neighbour |
| 1973 | Last of the Summer Wine | |
| 1973 | Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em | |
| 1969 | Softly Softly: Task Force | Mrs. Lacey |