Jean Boht
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Jean Boht (born Jean Dance; March 6, 1936 - September 12, 2023) 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
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Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 5.054 |
Birthday | 1936-03-06 |
Place of Birth | Liverpool, England |
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1988
Distant Voices, Still Lives
6.848/112
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1994
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8/5
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1976
Where Adam Stood
6.2/4
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The Big Game
6/1
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Bad Night for the Blues
6/2
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1988
The Girl in a Swing
3.667/9
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1984
Arthur's Hallowed Ground
7/4
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1996
Jim's Gift
6/1
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1987
Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington
7.4/29
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1988
Eskimos Do It
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2000
The Asylum
5/2
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Sons and Lovers
0/0
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