Jean Boht (born Jean Dance in April/June quarter of 1932) is an English actress, most famous for the role of Nellie Boswell in Carla Lane's comedy Bread.
Boht was born in Bebington, Wirral, and was a pupil at Wirral Grammar School for Girls. In a career spanning the period from 1962 to the present day, she has appeared in such productions as Softly, Softly (1971), Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em (1978), Grange Hill (1978), Boys from the Blackstuff (1982), 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 is married to composer Carl Davis, and they have two daughters.
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.
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