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Bread. Nellie Boswell (Jean Boht). Copyright: BBC
Jean Boht

Jean Boht

  • English
  • Actor

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Bread star Jean Boht left behind £2.6million fortune

Jean Boht, who starred as Ma Boswell in the BBC sitcom Bread, left more than £2.6million in her will.

Andrew Young, Daily Mail, 7th January 2025

Jean Boht dies aged 91

Jean Boht, the comic actor perhaps best remembered for playing Nellie Boswell in Bread, has died aged 91.

British Comedy Guide, 13th September 2023

Yet another woeful sitcom from ITV. This was the ill-fated 1993 Brit version of US smash The Golden Girls starring Sheila Hancock, Wendy Craig and Jean Boht. A ratings disaster, only six of the original 10 episodes were shown in the premier run.

Lorna Cooper, MSN Entertainment, 12th August 2008

Yet another woeful sitcom from ITV. This was the ill-fated 1993 Brit version of US smash The Golden Girls starring Sheila Hancock, Wendy Craig and Jean Boht. A ratings disaster, only six of the original 10 episodes were shown in the premier run.

Lorna Cooper, MSN Entertainment, 12th August 2008

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