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Jean Boht

Actor, Producer
Born March 6, 1936Died September 12, 2023 (87 years)
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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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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • The Asylum

Known For

  • Bread
  • Liberation
  • The Understudy
  • Bad Night for the Blues
  • Jim's Gift
  • I Woke Up One Morning
  • The Big Game

Filmography

2010
2004
2000
The Asylum · as Mrs. Brindle
1997
1996
Jim's Gift · as Mrs. Leaver
1995
The Big Game · as Mrs. Harper
1994
Liberation · as Narrator
1991
Noel's House Party (TV Series)
1988
1988
The Girl in a Swing · as Mrs. Taswell
1987
1986
Casualty (TV Series) · as Lil Clark
1986
Bread (TV Series) · as Nellie Boswell
1985
1984
The Bill (TV Series)
1984
1984
Scully (TV Series) · as Gran
1982
Boys from the Blackstuff (TV Series) · as Miss Sutcliffe
1981
Bergerac (TV Series) · as Mrs. Farrell
1978
Blankety Blank (TV Series)
1978
Grange Hill (TV Series) · as Shop Assistant
1976
Bill Brand (TV Series) · as Edna Copple
1975
The Sweeney (TV Series) · as Neighbour
1973
1973
1969
Softly Softly Task Force (TV Series) · as Mrs. Lacey

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