Acting
Jean Boht
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.
Titles
Casualty
1986
Skins
2007
Grange Hill
1978
The Bill
1984
Last of the Summer Wine
1973
Bergerac
1981
World in Action
1963
The Sweeney
1975
ScreenPlay
1986
Noel's House Party
1991
Blankety Blank
1979
Bread
1986
Softly Softly: Task Force
1969
Bill Brand
1976
Boys from the Blackstuff
1982
Scully
1984
Brighton Belles
1993
The Girl in a Swing
1988
I Woke Up One Morning
1985
Distant Voices, Still Lives
1988
Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington
1987
Liberation
1994
Arthur's Hallowed Ground
1984
Jim's Gift
1996
£60 Single, £100 Return
1971
Bad Night for the Blues
2010
Sons and Lovers
1981
Eskimos Do It
1988
The Asylum
2000
Where Adam Stood
1976
Mothers and Daughters
2004