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.
Filmography (35)
Bad Night for the Blues
Skins- That's What I Call Television
Mothers and Daughters
The Asylum
Jim's Gift- The Big Game
Liberation
Brighton Belles
Noel's House Party- Challenge Anneka
Eskimos Do It
Distant Voices, Still Lives
The Girl in a Swing
Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington
Bread
Casualty
ScreenPlay
I Woke Up One Morning
Arthur's Hallowed Ground
The Bill
Scully
Boys from the Blackstuff
Bergerac
Sons and Lovers- Funny Man
Blankety Blank
Grange Hill
Bill Brand
Where Adam Stood
The Sweeney
Last of the Summer Wine
£60 Single, £100 Return
Softly Softly: Task Force
World in Action