Jean Boht
Known for ActingBorn 1936-03-06 — died 2023-09-12Liverpool, 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.
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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.
Known for
Liberation
1994 · as Narrator
Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington
1987 · as Madame Joliet
The Girl in a Swing
1988 · as Mrs. Taswell
Jim's Gift
1996 · as Mrs. Leaver
The Big Game
1995 · as Mrs. Harper
Distant Voices, Still Lives
1988 · as Aunty Nell
Where Adam Stood
1976 · as Mary Teague
Sons and Lovers
1981 · as Mrs Leivers
Eskimos Do It
1988 · as Mrs. Bing
Arthur's Hallowed Ground
1984 · as Betty
The Asylum
2000 · as Mrs. Brindle
£60 Single, £100 Return
1971 · as Mrs Potter
Bad Night for the Blues
2010 · as Glad
Mothers and Daughters
2004 · as Mary