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June Brown

June Brown

Actor · 1927–2022 · Needham Market, Suffolk, England, UK

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June Muriel Brown OBE (16 February 1927 – 3 April 2022) was an English actress and author. She was best known for her role as Dot Cotton on the BBC soap opera EastEnders (1985–1993; 1997–2020). In 2005, she won Best Actress at the Inside Soap Awards and received the Lifetime Achievement award at the British Soap Awards. Brown was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2008 Birthday Honours for services to drama and to charity, and promoted OBE in the 2022 New Year Honours. In 2009, she was nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress, making her the second performer to receive a BAFTA nomination for their work in a soap opera, after Jean Alexander. In February 2020 she announced that she had left EastEnders permanently, at the age of 93. Description above from the Wikipedia article June Brown, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acted in 59

2020s

  1. 2022

    The Lock-In

    Dot Cotton

2000s

  1. 2006

    The Children's Party at the Palace

    Aunt Spiker (James and the Giant Peach)

  2. 2003

    Margery and Gladys

    Gladys Gladwell

  3. EastEnders: Dot's Story

    Dot Cotton

  4. 2000

1990s

  1. 1997

    Ain't Misbehavin'

    Mrs Jilkes · 2 episodes

  2. Hospital!

    Cleaner

  3. 1995

    Bed

    Spinster

  4. 1994

    Pirates

    TV

  5. 1991

1980s

  1. 1988

    Comic Relief

    TV

  2. 1985

    Oliver Twist

    Mrs Mann · 1 episode

  3. 1984

    Lace

    Mrs. Trelawney · 2 episodes

  4. 1983

    Misunderstood

    Mrs. Paley

  5. The Lady's Maid's Bell

    Emma Saxon

  6. Shades of Darkness

    Emma Saxon · 1 episode

  7. 1982

    Broken Glass

    Sheila Heron

  8. 1981

    Sorry

    June

  9. 1980

    Ladies

    Brenda

  10. Nijinsky

    Maria Stepanova

  11. God's Wonderful Railway

    Elsie Grant · 3 episodes

1970s

  1. 1979

    Instant Enlightenment Including VAT

    Melanie

  2. The Shining Pyramid

    Mrs. Joy

  3. Murder by Decree

    Annie Chapman

  4. 1977

    A Christmas Carol

    Mrs. Dilber

  5. 1976
  6. The Prince and the Pauper

    Mother Canty · 6 episodes

  7. 1975
  8. 1974
  9. South Riding

    Lily Sawdon

  10. Doctor Who: The Time Warrior

    Lady Eleanor

  11. 1973

    The 14

    The Mother

  12. Psychomania

    Mrs. Pettibone

  13. 1972

    Horatio Bottomley

    Eliza Bottomley

  14. Sitting Target

    Lomart's Neighbour

  15. 1971
  16. Edna: The Inebriate Woman

    Clara, in Psychiatric Hospital

  17. 1970

1950s

  1. 1956

    Armchair Theatre

    Ruth Preston · 1 episode

  2. 1955
  3. 1952

    It Started in Paradise

    Announcer

Appearances10

2010s

  1. 2010

    Sunday Morning Live

    Self - Guest · 1 episode

2000s

  1. 2007
  2. 2004
  3. 2001

    Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box

    Self

  4. 2000

    Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

    Self

1980s

  1. 1988

    Michael Barrymore's Saturday Night Out

    Self · 1 episode

  2. 1987