Jean Boht
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1936-03-06
Day of Death
2023-09-12 (87 years old)
Place of Birth
Liverpool, England
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.
Known For
Acting
(2010)
Bad Night for the Blues
as Glad
(2004)
Mothers and Daughters
as Mary
(2000)
The Asylum
as Mrs. Brindle
(1996)
Jim's Gift
as Mrs. Leaver
(1995)
The Big Game
as Mrs. Harper
(1994)
Liberation
as Narrator
(1988)
Distant Voices, Still Lives
as Aunty Nell
(1988)
The Girl in a Swing
as Mrs. Taswell
(1988)
Eskimos Do It
as Mrs. Bing
(1987)
Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington
as Madame Joliet
(1984)
Arthur's Hallowed Ground
as Betty
(1981)
Sons and Lovers
as Mrs Leivers
(1976)
(1971)
£60 Single, £100 Return
as Mrs Potter
Crew
(2012)
The Understudy
Executive Producer