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Jean Boht Biography and Full Filmography - MovieWise

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Born:
1936-03-06

Birthplace:
Liverpool, England

Credits:
36 Total Roles

Jean Boht

Acting

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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.

Known For

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2010 Bad Night for the Blues MOVIE Glad
2007 That's What I Call Television TV Self
2007 Skins TV Doreen
2004 Mothers and Daughters MOVIE Mary
2000 The Asylum MOVIE Mrs. Brindle
1997 Trial & Retribution TV Self
1996 Jim's Gift MOVIE Mrs. Leaver
1995 The Big Game MOVIE Mrs. Harper
1994 Liberation MOVIE Narrator
1993 Brighton Belles TV Josephine

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