Jean Boht
Jean Boht (née Dance; 6 March 1932 – 12 September 2023) was an English actress, most famous for the role of Nellie Boswell in Carla Lane's sitcom Bread, remaining one of several actors to remain with the show for its entire seven series tenure from 1986 to 1991. Early life Boht was born as Jean Dance on 6 March 1932 in Bebington, then in Cheshire, her mother was pianist Edna May "Teddy" Dance. She was educated at Wirral Grammar School for Girls. Career Boht trained at the Liverpool Playhouse, where she started her career as a theatre actress, before touring the United Kingdom in stage roles, working in numerous West End Theatres including the Royal National Theatre and the Bristol Old Vic. In a career spanning from 1962 to 2018, she appeared largely in television productions. These included guesting parts in Softly, Softly (1971), Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em (1978), Grange Hill (1978), Last of the Summer Wine (1978), Boys from the Blackstuff (1982), Scully (1984), Juliet Bravo in the mid-1980s. In was through her regular role in the sitcom Bread (1986–91), as matriarch Nellie Boswell, in which she found her largest audience, with the series attracting some 20 million