
Jean Boht
Skuespiller, Producer
6. marts 1936 — 12. september 2023 (87 år)
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.
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.
Filmografi
| 2010 | Bad Night for the Blues · as Glad |
| 2007 | Skins · as Doreen |
| 2004 | Mothers and Daughters · as Mary |
| 2000 | The Asylum · as Mrs. BrindlePå Plex |
| 1997 | |
| 1996 | Jim's Gift · as Mrs. Leaver |
| 1995 | The Big Game · as Mrs. Harper |
| 1994 | Liberation · as Narrator |
| 1993 | Brighton Belles · as Josephine |
| 1991 | |
| 1988 | Distant Voices, Still Lives · as Aunty Nell |
| 1988 | The Girl in a Swing · as Mrs. Taswell |
| 1987 | Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: 4:50 from Paddington · as Madame Joliet |
| 1986 | Casualty · as Dorothy Gilbert |
| 1986 | Bread · as Nellie Boswell |
| 1985 | |
| 1984 | |
| 1984 | Arthur's Hallowed Ground · as Betty |
| 1984 | Scully · as Gran |
| 1982 | Boys from the Blackstuff · as Miss Sutcliffe |
| 1981 | Bergerac · as Mrs. Farrell |
| 1978 | |
| 1978 | Grange Hill · as Shop Assistant |
| 1976 | Bill Brand · as Edna Copple |
| 1975 | The Sweeney · as Neighbour |
| 1973 | |
| 1973 | |
| 1969 | Softly Softly Task Force · as Mrs. Lacey |
| 1963 |
| 2008 | The Understudy · as Executive Producer |







