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Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 6, 1936
Died
September 12, 2023
Place of Birth
Liverpool, England
Jean Boht
0.1 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
Credits
Bad Night for the Blues
as Glad
2010
6.3
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That's What I Call Television
as Self
2007
0.0
Skins
as Doreen
2007
8.1
Mothers and Daughters
as Mary
2004
0.0
The Asylum
as Mrs. Brindle
2000
5.0
Trial & Retribution
1997
6.8
Jim's Gift
as Mrs. Leaver
1996
6.0
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The Big Game
as Mrs. Harper
1995
6.0
Liberation
as Narrator
1994
7.8
Brighton Belles
as Josephine
1993
3.3
Noel's House Party
1991
7.2
Distant Voices, Still Lives
as Aunty Nell
1988
6.8
The Girl in a Swing
as Mrs. Taswell
1988
4.5
Eskimos Do It
as Mrs. Bing
1988
0.0
Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington
as Madame Joliet
1987
7.3
Casualty
as Lil Clark
1986
6.1
Casualty
as Dorothy Gilbert
1986
6.1
Casualty
as Doris Quinn
1986
6.1
Bread
as Nellie Boswell
1986
7.1
I Woke Up One Morning
1985
0.0
Arthur's Hallowed Ground
as Betty
1984
7.0
The Bill
1984
6.7
Scully
as Gran
1984
5.3
Boys from the Blackstuff
as Miss Sutcliffe
1982
7.7
Bergerac
as Mrs. Farrell
1981
6.7
Sons and Lovers
as Mrs Leivers
1981
0.0
Blankety Blank
1979
4.6
Grange Hill
as Shop Assistant
1978
6.7
Bill Brand
as Edna Copple
1976
6.3
Where Adam Stood
as Mary Teague
1976
6.2
The Sweeney
as Neighbour
1975
7.8
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
1973
7.6
Last of the Summer Wine
1973
7.1
£60 Single, £100 Return
as Mrs Potter
1971
0.0
Softly Softly: Task Force
as Mrs. Lacey
1969
6.0