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June Brown

June Brown

Known for: Acting

Born 16/02/1927
Died 2022-04-03
Place of birth Needham Market, Suffolk, England, UK

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.

Filmography

EastEnders Series ★ 4,3

EastEnders

Dot Cotton

1985

EastEnders Series ★ 4,3

EastEnders

Dorothy Branning

1985

Doctor Who Series ★ 7,9

Doctor Who

Eleanor

1963

The Graham Norton Show Series ★ 7,2

The Graham Norton Show

Self

2007

Loose Women Series ★ 3,4

Loose Women

Self

1999

Play for Today Series ★ 6,6

Play for Today

Hilda

1970

Play for Today Series ★ 6,6

Play for Today

Brenda

1970

Play for Today Series ★ 6,6

Play for Today

Clara, in Psychiatric Hospital

1970

Play for Today Series ★ 6,6

Play for Today

June

1970

Play for Today Series ★ 6,6

Play for Today

Melanie

1970

Strictly Come Dancing Series ★ 6,1

Strictly Come Dancing

Self

2004

Z-Cars Series ★ 7,3

Z-Cars

1962

The Wednesday Play Series ★ 5,2

The Wednesday Play

Emma

1964

The Wednesday Play Series ★ 5,2

The Wednesday Play

Mrs. Wentworth

1964

Minder Series ★ 7,2

Minder

Joany

1979

Would I Lie to You? Series ★ 7,8

Would I Lie to You?

Self

2007

ITV Saturday Night Theatre Series ★ 7,0

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

Dorothy

1969

ITV Saturday Night Theatre Series ★ 7,0

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

Mrs. Lowe

1969

Churchill's People Series ★ 5,0

Churchill's People

Agnes Paston

1974

The Sweeney Series ★ 8,1

The Sweeney

Mrs. Martin

1975

Angels Series ★ 4,5

Angels

1975

Series ★ 7,0

The Terry and Gaby Show

2003

Going Live! Series ★ 8,0

Going Live!

Self

1987

Who Do You Think You Are? Series ★ 7,0

Who Do You Think You Are?

Self

2004

Dixon of Dock Green Series ★ 6,0

Dixon of Dock Green

Brenda Walker

1955

Performance Series ★ 6,3

Performance

Spinster

1991

New Scotland Yard Series ★ 6,3

New Scotland Yard

Jean Strode

1972

The Duchess of Duke Street Series ★ 8,0

The Duchess of Duke Street

Violet Leyton

1976

Survivors Series ★ 7,9

Survivors

Susan

1975

Doomwatch Series ★ 6,4

Doomwatch

Kit Pedler

1970

Bean Film ★ 6,5

Bean

Delilah

1997

Comic Relief Series ★ 6,0

Comic Relief

1988

Series ★ 9,0

Armchair Mystery Theatre

Linda

1960

Lace Series ★ 7,2

Lace

Mrs. Trelawney

1984

Shadows Series ★ 6,8

Shadows

Mrs. Donn

1975

Gormenghast Series ★ 6,9

Gormenghast

Nannie Slagg

2000

Straw Dogs Film ★ 7,1

Straw Dogs

Mrs. Hebden (uncredited)

1971

Oliver Twist Series ★ 6,3

Oliver Twist

Mrs Mann

1985

The Edwardians Series ★ 6,2

The Edwardians

Eliza Bottomley

1972

Michael Barrymore's Saturday Night Out Series ★ 9,0

Michael Barrymore's Saturday Night Out

Self

1988

Armchair Theatre Series ★ 6,0

Armchair Theatre

Ruth Preston

1956

Ain't Misbehavin' Series ★ 7,0

Ain't Misbehavin'

Mrs Jilkes

1997

Series

Now and Then

Aunt Sadie - Then

1983

Sunday Morning Live Series

Sunday Morning Live

Self - Guest

2010

Series

Behind The Screen

1988

Pirates Series

Pirates

1994

Murder by Decree Film ★ 6,4

Murder by Decree

Annie Chapman

1979

Series

Oranges and Lemons

Alice Penny

1973

Shades of Darkness Series ★ 7,7

Shades of Darkness

Emma Saxon

1983

God's Wonderful Railway Series ★ 7,0

God's Wonderful Railway

Elsie Grant

1980

Series

Verdict

Amelia Sayers

1998

Sunday Bloody Sunday Film ★ 6,5

Sunday Bloody Sunday

Woman Patient

1971

Series

Home and Away

Agnes

1972

Ethel & Ernest Film ★ 7,5

Ethel & Ernest

Ernest's Step Mother (voice)

2016

The Prince and the Pauper Series ★ 10,0

The Prince and the Pauper

Mother Canty

1976

Series

Saturday Night Thriller

Sheila Heron

1982

Nijinsky Film ★ 4,9

Nijinsky

Maria Stepanova

1980

Edna: The Inebriate Woman Film

Edna: The Inebriate Woman

Clara, in Psychiatric Hospital

1971

The Children's Party at the Palace Film ★ 2,8

The Children's Party at the Palace

Aunt Spiker (James and the Giant Peach)

2006

Sitting Target Film ★ 6,1

Sitting Target

Lomart's Neighbour

1972

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings Film ★ 7,0

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

Self

2000

Psychomania Film ★ 5,5

Psychomania

Mrs. Pettibone

1973

Margery and Gladys Film ★ 7,7

Margery and Gladys

Gladys Gladwell

2003

Misunderstood Film ★ 6,5

Misunderstood

Mrs. Paley

1983

The Lady's Maid's Bell Film ★ 10,0

The Lady's Maid's Bell

Emma Saxon

1983

Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box Film ★ 10,0

Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box

Self

2001

Series

Border Country

Mrs. Joy

1979

Instant Enlightenment Including VAT Film ★ 4,5

Instant Enlightenment Including VAT

Melanie

1979

A Christmas Carol Film ★ 6,7

A Christmas Carol

Mrs. Dilber

1977

Doctor Who: The Time Warrior Film ★ 7,4

Doctor Who: The Time Warrior

Lady Eleanor

1974

Horatio Bottomley Film ★ 7,0

Horatio Bottomley

Eliza Bottomley

1972

The 14 Film ★ 5,9

The 14

The Mother

1973

Way Off Beat Film ★ 7,0

Way Off Beat

Mrs. Wentworth

1966

Film

A Touch of the Victorians

Ruth Preston

1972

Inadmissible Evidence Film ★ 7,0

Inadmissible Evidence

Dinner Guest

1968

Hospital! Film ★ 6,0

Hospital!

Cleaner

1997

EastEnders: Dot's Story Film ★ 10,0

EastEnders: Dot's Story

Dot Cotton

2003

Bed Film ★ 7,0

Bed

Spinster

1995

Film ★ 3,5

June Brown at 90: A Walford Legend

Self

2017

Ladies Film

Ladies

Brenda

1980

Film

Brenda

Alice Penny

1973

South Riding Film

South Riding

Lily Sawdon

1974

Film

Toby the Square Boy

(voice)

1999

It Started in Paradise Film ★ 6,5

It Started in Paradise

Announcer

1952

The Lock-In Film

The Lock-In

Dot Cotton

2022

Spidarlings Film ★ 4,4

Spidarlings

June

2016

The Shining Pyramid Film ★ 9,0

The Shining Pyramid

Mrs. Joy

1979

Sorry Film

Sorry

June

1981

Broken Glass Film

Broken Glass

Sheila Heron

1982