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Born:
1927-02-16
Birthplace:
Needham Market, Suffolk, England, UK
Credits:
74 Total Roles
June Brown
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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
Bean
Delilah
Straw Dogs
Mrs. Hebden (uncredited)
Doctor Who
Eleanor
The Graham Norton Show
Self
EastEnders
Dot Cotton
EastEnders
Dorothy Branning
Murder by Decree
Annie Chapman
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Woman Patient
Full Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | The Lock-In MOVIE | Dot Cotton |
| 2017 | June Brown at 90: A Walford Legend MOVIE | Self |
| 2016 | Spidarlings MOVIE | June |
| 2016 | Ethel & Ernest MOVIE | Ernest's Step Mother (voice) |
| 2010 | Sunday Morning Live TV | Self - Guest |
| 2007 | Would I Lie to You? TV | Self |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show TV | Self |
| 2006 | The Children's Party at the Palace MOVIE | Aunt Spiker (James and the Giant Peach) |
| 2004 | Who Do You Think You Are? TV | Self |
| 2004 | Strictly Come Dancing TV | Self |