Jean Boht is an English

English people

The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...

 actress.

She is most famous for the role of Nellie Boswell in Carla Lane

Carla Lane

Carla Lane, OBE is an English television writer responsible for many successful sitcoms, including The Liver Birds , Butterflies , and Bread ....

's comedy Bread

Bread (TV series)

Bread was a British television sitcom, written by Carla Lane, produced by the BBC and screened on BBC1 from 1 May 1986 to 3 November 1991....

.

In a career spanning from 1971 to the present day, she has appeared in such productions as Softly, Softly (1971), Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em

Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em

Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em was a BBC situation comedy, written by Raymond Allen and starring Michael Crawford and Michele Dotrice.The series followed the accident-prone Frank Spencer and his tolerant wife Betty through Frank's various attempts to hold down a job, which frequently end in...

(1978), Boys from the Blackstuff

Boys from the Blackstuff

Boys from the Blackstuff is a British television drama series of five episodes, originally transmitted from 10 October to 7 November 1982 on BBC2....

(1982), Juliet Bravo

Juliet Bravo

Juliet Bravo is a British television series, which ran on BBC1 between 1980 and 1985. The theme of the series concerned a female police inspector who took over control of a police station in the fictional town of Hartley in Lancashire.-Programme name:...

in the mid 1980s, and most recently in 2004, Mothers and Daughters

Mothers and Daughters

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. In 1989, she was the subject of This Is Your Life

This Is Your Life

This Is Your Life is an American television documentary series broadcast on NBC, originally hosted by its producer, Ralph Edwards from 1952 to 1961. In the show, the host surprises a guest, and proceeds to take them through their life in front of an audience including friends and family.Edwards...

. She is married to composer Carl Davis

Carl Davis

Carl Davis CBE is an American born conductor and composer who has made his home in the UK since 1961. In 1970 he married the English actress Jean Boht....

, and they have two daughters.

She was a pupil at Wirral Grammar School for Girls

Wirral Grammar School for Girls

Wirral Grammar School for Girls is an all-girls grammar school located on the Wirral Peninsula, United Kingdom.-Admissions:It is situated on Heath Road, Bebington, on the Wirral Peninsula, England, next door to Wirral Grammar School for Boys. The school consists of lower school and Sixth Form ,...

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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

Chris Shepherd

Chris Shepherd is a BAFTA nominated television/film writer and director. Born in Anfield, Liverpool in 1967. He is mainly known for combining live action with animation. His work fuses comedy with commentary on the darker side of human nature....

's 2010 award winning film Bad Night For The Blues

Bad Night for the Blues

Bad Night for the Blues is a 15-minute comedy film written and directed by Chris Shepherd and produced by Maria Manton. First transmitted on the BBC on the 27 February 2011 and later in France on the 2 April 2011 as a part of Mickrocine on Canal+ Cinecinema. Other countries to transmit the film...

. 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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