Jean Boht
Actor
- Born
- March 6, 1936 · Liverpool, England
- Died
- September 12, 2023 (age 87)
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.
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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
Distant Voices, Still Lives
November 16, 1988
Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington
December 25, 1987
The Girl in a Swing
September 29, 1988
Liberation
January 1, 1994
Arthur's Hallowed Ground
October 30, 1984
Where Adam Stood
April 21, 1976
The Asylum
January 1, 2000
Bad Night for the Blues
November 13, 2010
Jim's Gift
January 1, 1996
Eskimos Do It
August 3, 1988
Mothers and Daughters
October 8, 2004
Sons and Lovers
January 14, 1981
Acting14
- 2010Bad Night for the Blues as Glad
- 2004Mothers and Daughters as Mary
- 2000The Asylum as Mrs. Brindle
- 1996Jim's Gift as Mrs. Leaver
- 1995The Big Game as Mrs. Harper
- 1994Liberation as Narrator (voice)
- 1988Distant Voices, Still Lives as Aunty Nell
- 1988The Girl in a Swing as Mrs. Taswell
- 1988Eskimos Do It as Mrs. Bing
- 1987Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington