Jean Boht

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jean Boht (born Jean Dance; March 6, 1936 - September 12, 2023) 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 Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean Boht, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For: Acting

Born: Liverpool, England, 1936-03-06

Died: 2023-09-12

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1971	£60 Single, £100 Return	Mrs Potter	0
2	1976	Where Adam Stood		62
3	1981	Sons and Lovers	Mrs Leivers	0
4	1984	Arthur's Hallowed Ground	Betty	70
5	1987	Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington	Madame Joliet	73
6	1988	Eskimos Do It	Mrs. Bing	0
7	1988	The Girl in a Swing	Mrs. Taswell	43
8	1988	Distant Voices, Still Lives	Aunty Nell	69
9	1994	Liberation	Narrator	80
10	1995	The Big Game	Mrs. Harper	60
11	1996	Jim's Gift	Mrs. Leaver	60
12	2000	The Asylum	Mrs. Brindle	50
13	2004	Mothers and Daughters	Mary	0
14	2010	Bad Night for the Blues	Glad	60

No.

Year

Title

Role

Vote Average

1971

£60 Single, £100 Return

Mrs Potter

1976

Where Adam Stood

1981

Sons and Lovers

Mrs Leivers

1984

Arthur's Hallowed Ground

Betty

1987

Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington

Madame Joliet

1988

Eskimos Do It

Mrs. Bing

1988

The Girl in a Swing

Mrs. Taswell

1988

Distant Voices, Still Lives

Aunty Nell

1994

Liberation

Narrator

1995

The Big Game

Mrs. Harper

1996

Jim's Gift

Mrs. Leaver

2000

The Asylum

Mrs. Brindle

2004

Mothers and Daughters

Mary

2010

Bad Night for the Blues

Glad

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1969	Softly Softly: Task Force	Mrs. Lacey	60
2	1973	Last of the Summer Wine		71
3	1973	Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em		76
4	1975	The Sweeney	Neighbour	77
5	1976	Bill Brand	Edna Copple	63
6	1978	Grange Hill	Shop Assistant	67
7	1979	Blankety Blank		46
8	1981	Bergerac	Mrs. Farrell	67
9	1982	Boys from the Blackstuff	Miss Sutcliffe	77
10	1984	Scully	Gran	53
11	1984	The Bill		67
12	1985	I Woke Up One Morning		0
13	1986	Bread	Nellie Boswell	71
14	1986	Casualty	Lil Clark	61
15	1986	Casualty	Dorothy Gilbert	61
16	1986	Casualty	Doris Quinn	61
17	1991	Noel's House Party		72
18	1993	Brighton Belles	Josephine	40
19	1997	Trial & Retribution		68
20	2007	Skins	Doreen	81
21	2007	That's What I Call Television		0

No.

Year

Title

Role

Vote Average

1969