
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.
TV Shows(22)
That's What I Call Television
Self

Skins
Doreen

Brighton Belles
Josephine

Noel's House Party

Bread
Nellie Boswell

Casualty
Lil Clark

Casualty
Dorothy Gilbert

Casualty
Doris Quinn

ScreenPlay
Mrs. Bing

I Woke Up One Morning

The Bill

Scully
Gran

Boys from the Blackstuff
Miss Sutcliffe

Bergerac
Mrs. Farrell
Funny Man
Elsie

Blankety Blank

Grange Hill
Shop Assistant

Bill Brand
Edna Copple

The Sweeney
Neighbour

Last of the Summer Wine