Jean Boht
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.
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Films (15)

The Understudy
2012 · Executive Producer

Bad Night for the Blues
2010 · Glad

Mothers and Daughters
2004 · Mary

The Asylum
2000 · Mrs. Brindle

Jim's Gift
1996 · Mrs. Leaver
The Big Game
1995 · Mrs. Harper

Liberation
1994 · Narrator (voice)

Distant Voices, Still Lives
1988 · Aunty Nell

The Girl in a Swing
1988 · Mrs. Taswell

Eskimos Do It
1988 · Mrs. Bing

Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington
1987 · Madame Joliet

Arthur's Hallowed Ground
1984 · Betty

Sons and Lovers
1981 · Mrs Leivers

Where Adam Stood
1976 · Mary Teague

£60 Single, £100 Return
1971 · Mrs Potter
Séries (22)
That's What I Call Television
2007 · Self

Skins
2007 · Doreen

Brighton Belles
1993 · Josephine

Noel's House Party
1991
Challenge Anneka
1989 · Self

Casualty
1986 · Lil Clark, Dorothy Gilbert, Doris Quinn

ScreenPlay
1986 · Mrs. Bing

Bread
1986 · Nellie Boswell

I Woke Up One Morning
1985

The Bill
1984

Scully
1984 · Gran

Boys from the Blackstuff
1982 · Miss Sutcliffe

Bergerac
1981 · Mrs. Farrell
Funny Man
1981 · Elsie

Blankety Blank
1979

Grange Hill
1978 · Shop Assistant

Bill Brand
1976 · Edna Copple

The Sweeney
1975 · Neighbour

Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
1973 · Mrs. Lewis

Last of the Summer Wine
1973

Softly Softly: Task Force
1969 · Mrs. Lacey

World in Action
1963
