Jean Boht: Bread actress dies at 91

Actress Jean Boht, best known for playing matriarch Nellie Boswell in the Liverpool-set 1980s TV sitcom Bread, has died at the age of 91.

Boht also appeared in sitcoms I Woke Up One Morning and Brighton Belles, and the drama Boys From the Blackstuff.

The news comes a month after the death of her husband, composer Carl Davis.

A statement from her family said: "It is with overwhelming sadness that we must announce that Jean Boht passed away yesterday, Tuesday September 12."

The statement added: "Jean had been battling vascular dementia and Alzheimer's disease with the indefatigable spirit for which she was both beloved and renowned.

"She was a resident at Denville Hall, the home for members of the theatrical profession."