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Jean Boht
Liverpool, England
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,…
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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.
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Movies and shows, newest first
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2012
The Understudy
Movie Executive Producer
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2010
Bad Night for the Blues
Movie Glad
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2007
That's What I Call Television
TV show Self
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2007
Skins
TV show Doreen
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2004
Mothers and Daughters
Movie Mary
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2000
The Asylum
Movie Mrs. Brindle
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1996
Jim's Gift
Movie Mrs. Leaver
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1995
The Big Game
Movie Mrs. Harper
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1994
Liberation
Movie Narrator (voice)
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1993
Brighton Belles
TV show Josephine
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1991
Noel's House Party
TV show
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1989
Challenge Anneka
TV show Self
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1988
Distant Voices, Still Lives
Movie Aunty Nell
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1988
The Girl in a Swing
Movie Mrs. Taswell
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1988
Eskimos Do It
Movie Mrs. Bing
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1987
Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington
Movie Madame Joliet
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1986
Casualty
TV show Lil Clark
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1986
ScreenPlay
TV show Mrs. Bing
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1986
Bread
TV show Nellie Boswell
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1985
I Woke Up One Morning
TV show
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1984
Arthur's Hallowed Ground
Movie Betty
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1984
The Bill
TV show
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1984
Scully
TV show Gran
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1982
Boys from the Blackstuff
TV show Miss Sutcliffe
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1981
Bergerac
TV show Mrs. Farrell
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1981
Funny Man
TV show Elsie
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1981
Sons and Lovers
Movie Mrs Leivers
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1979
Blankety Blank
TV show
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1978
Grange Hill
TV show Shop Assistant
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1976
Bill Brand
TV show Edna Copple
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1976
Where Adam Stood
Movie Mary Teague
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1975
The Sweeney
TV show Neighbour
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1973
Last of the Summer Wine
TV show
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1971
£60 Single, £100 Return
Movie Mrs Potter
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1969
Softly Softly: Task Force
TV show Mrs. Lacey
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1963
World in Action
TV show
