Jean Boht

Jean Boht

Acting
Born 1936-03-06 Liverpool, England 8 credit(s) Popularity 0.5
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 ...
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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.

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Casualty poster
Casualty
as Dorothy Gilbert
1986-09-06
ScreenPlay poster
ScreenPlay
as Mrs. Bing
1986-07-09
Bread poster
Bread
as Nellie Boswell
1986-05-01
Bergerac poster
Bergerac
as Mrs. Farrell
1981-10-18
Blankety Blank poster
Blankety Blank
1979-01-18
Grange Hill poster
Grange Hill
as Shop Assistant
1978-02-08
The Sweeney poster
The Sweeney
as Neighbour
1975-01-02

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