Acting credits
31
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Jean Boht
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
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Movies: 14Series: 18Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 127165
Known for: Acting
Born: March 6, 1936
Died: September 12, 2023
Age: 87
Place of birth: Liverpool, England
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1969 - 2012
Years active: 44
Average TMDB rating: 7.1
Other jobs
Executive Producer (1)
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Jean Boht.
The Understudy
Executive Producer
2012 Movie
6.3
Bad Night for the Blues
as Glad
2010 Movie
Mothers and Daughters
as Mary
2004 Movie
5.0
The Asylum
as Mrs. Brindle
2000 Movie
6.0
Jim's Gift
as Mrs. Leaver
1996 Movie
7.8
Liberation
as Narrator
1994 Movie
6.8
Distant Voices, Still Lives
as Aunty Nell
1988 Movie
4.5
The Girl in a Swing
as Mrs. Taswell
1988 Movie
Eskimos Do It
as Mrs. Bing
1988 Movie
7.3
Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington
as Madame Joliet
1987 Movie
7.0
Arthur's Hallowed Ground
as Betty
1984 Movie
Sons and Lovers
as Mrs Leivers
1981 Movie
6.2
Where Adam Stood
as Mary Teague
1976 Movie
£60 Single, £100 Return
as Mrs Potter
1971 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Jean Boht.
8.1
Skins
as Doreen • 1 eps
2007 Series
6.8
Trial & Retribution
2 eps
1997 Series
3.3
Brighton Belles
as Josephine • 11 eps
1993 Series
7.2
Noel's House Party
1 eps
1991 Series
6.2
Casualty
as Lil Clark • 1 eps
1986 Series
7.1
Bread
as Nellie Boswell • 74 eps
1986 Series
I Woke Up One Morning
12 eps
1985 Series
6.7
The Bill
1 eps
1984 Series
5.3
Scully
as Gran • 7 eps
1984 Series
7.7
Boys from the Blackstuff
as Miss Sutcliffe • 5 eps
1982 Series
6.7
Bergerac
as Mrs. Farrell • 1 eps
1981 Series
4.6
Blankety Blank
1 eps
1979 Series
6.7
Grange Hill
as Shop Assistant • 1 eps
1978 Series
6.3
Bill Brand
as Edna Copple • 1 eps
1976 Series
7.8
The Sweeney
as Neighbour • 1 eps
1975 Series
7.6
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
1 eps
1973 Series
7.1
Last of the Summer Wine
1 eps
1973 Series
6.0
Softly Softly: Task Force
as Mrs. Lacey • 1 eps
1969 Series