Jean Boht
Actor
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
Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington
as Madame Joliet 1987
The Girl in a Swing
as Mrs. Taswell 1988
Liberation
as Narrator 1994
Where Adam Stood
as Mary Teague 1976
Arthur's Hallowed Ground
as Betty 1984
Bad Night for the Blues
as Glad 2010
The Asylum
as Mrs. Brindle 2000
Jim's Gift
as Mrs. Leaver 1996
The Big Game
as Mrs. Harper 1995
Sons and Lovers
as Mrs Leivers 1981
Eskimos Do It
as Mrs. Bing 1988
Mothers and Daughters
as Mary 2004