Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
February 16, 1927
Place of Birth:
Needham Market, Suffolk, England, UK
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June Brown
Biography
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.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | The Lock-In | Dot Cotton |
| 2017 | June Brown at 90: A Walford Legend | Self |
| 2016 | Spidarlings | June |
| 2016 | Ethel & Ernest | Ernest's Step Mother (voice) |
| 2006 | The Children's Party at the Palace | Aunt Spiker (James and the Giant Peach) |
| 2003 | Margery and Gladys | Gladys Gladwell |
| 2003 | EastEnders: Dot's Story | Dot Cotton |
| 2001 | Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box | |
| 2000 | Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings | Self |
| 1999 | Toby the Square Boy | (voice) |
| 1997 | Bean | Delilah |
| 1997 | Hospital! | Cleaner |
| 1995 | Bed | Spinster |
| 1983 | Misunderstood | Mrs. Paley |
| 1983 | The Lady's Maid's Bell | Emma Saxon |
| 1982 | Broken Glass | Sheila Heron |
| 1981 | Sorry | June |
| 1980 | Ladies | Brenda |
| 1980 | Nijinsky | Maria Stepanova |
| 1979 | Murder by Decree | Annie Chapman |
| 1979 | The Shining Pyramid | Mrs. Joy |
| 1979 | Instant Enlightenment Including VAT | Melanie |
| 1977 | A Christmas Carol | Mrs. Dilber |
| 1974 | South Riding | Lily Sawdon |
| 1974 | Doctor Who: The Time Warrior | Lady Eleanor |
| 1973 | Brenda | Alice Penny |
| 1973 | Psychomania | Mrs. Pettibone |
| 1973 | The 14 | The Mother |
| 1972 | A Touch of the Victorians | Ruth Preston |
| 1972 | Horatio Bottomley | Eliza Bottomley |
| 1972 | Sitting Target | Lomart's Neighbour |
| 1971 | Sunday Bloody Sunday | Woman Patient |
| 1971 | Straw Dogs | Mrs. Hebden (uncredited) |
| 1971 | Edna: The Inebriate Woman | Clara, in Psychiatric Hospital |
| 1968 | Inadmissible Evidence | Watson's Guest |
| 1966 | Way Off Beat | Mrs. Wentworth |
| 1952 | It Started in Paradise | Announcer |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Sunday Morning Live | Self - Guest |
| 2007 | Would I Lie to You? | Self |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show | Self |
| 2004 | Who Do You Think You Are? | Self |
| 2004 | Strictly Come Dancing | Self |
| 2003 | The Terry and Gaby Show | |
| 2000 | Gormenghast | Nannie Slagg |
| 1999 | Loose Women | Self |
| 1997 | Ain't Misbehavin' | Mrs Jilkes |
| 1994 | Pirates | |
| 1991 | Performance | Spinster |
| 1988 | Behind The Screen | |
| 1988 | Michael Barrymore's Saturday Night Out | Self |
| 1987 | Going Live! | Self |
| 1985 | EastEnders | Dot Cotton |
| 1985 | Oliver Twist | |
| 1985 | EastEnders | Dorothy Branning |
| 1984 | Lace | Mrs. Trelawney |
| 1979 | Minder | Joany |
| 1976 | The Duchess of Duke Street | |
| 1975 | Survivors | Susan |
| 1975 | Angels | |
| 1975 | The Sweeney | Mrs. Martin |
| 1972 | The Edwardians | Eliza Bottomley |
| 1970 | Doomwatch | Kit Pedler |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Hilda |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Brenda |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Clara, in Psychiatric Hospital |
| 1970 | Play for Today | June |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Melanie |
| 1963 | Doctor Who | Eleanor |
| 1962 | Z-Cars | |
| 1955 | Dixon of Dock Green | Brenda Walker |