Jean Boht
Born: 1936-03-06 in Liverpool, England
Died: 2023-09-12
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2012
- The Understudy ... (Executive Producer)
2010
- Bad Night for the Blues as Glad
2007
- Skins as Doreen
- That's What I Call Television as Self
2004
- Mothers and Daughters as Mary
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
1993
- Brighton Belles as Josephine
1991
1988
- Distant Voices, Still Lives as Aunty Nell
- The Girl in a Swing as Mrs. Taswell
- Eskimos Do It as Mrs. Bing
1987
- Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington as Madame Joliet
1984
- The Bill
- Arthur's Hallowed Ground as Betty
- Scully as Gran
1982
- Boys from the Blackstuff as Miss Sutcliffe
1981
- Bergerac as Mrs. Farrell
- Sons and Lovers as Mrs Leivers
1979
1978
- Grange Hill as Shop Assistant
1976
- Bill Brand as Edna Copple
- Where Adam Stood as Mary Teague
1975
- The Sweeney as Neighbour
1971
- £60 Single, £100 Return as Mrs Potter
1969
- Softly Softly: Task Force as Mrs. Lacey