Jean Boht

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.

Most Known For

Skins

as Doreen

Casualty

as Lil Clark

Casualty

as Dorothy Gilbert

Casualty

as Doris Quinn

Grange Hill

as Shop Assistant

The Bill

Bergerac

as Mrs. Farrell

Last of the Summer Wine

The Sweeney

as Neighbour

Trial & Retribution

Blankety Blank

Bread

as Nellie Boswell

Softly Softly: Task Force

as Mrs. Lacey

Noel's House Party

Liberation

as Narrator

Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em

Boys from the Blackstuff

as Miss Sutcliffe

Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington

as Madame Joliet

Bill Brand

as Edna Copple

Scully

as Gran