Personal Info
Jean Boht
Acting
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 Du…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Bad Night for the Blues
as Glad
Mothers and Daughters
as Mary
The Asylum
as Mrs. Brindle
Jim's Gift
as Mrs. Leaver
The Big Game
as Mrs. Harper
Liberation
as Narrator
Distant Voices, Still Lives
as Aunty Nell
The Girl in a Swing
as Mrs. Taswell
Eskimos Do It
as Mrs. Bing
Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington
as Madame Joliet
TV Shows
Skins
as Doreen · 1 ep.
That's What I Call Television
as Self · 1 ep.
Brighton Belles
as Josephine · 11 ep.
Noel's House Party
1 ep.
Casualty
as Doris Quinn · 1 ep.
Bread
as Nellie Boswell · 74 ep.
I Woke Up One Morning
12 ep.
The Bill
1 ep.
Scully
as Gran · 7 ep.
Boys from the Blackstuff
as Miss Sutcliffe · 5 ep.