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June Brown

Born · February 16, 1927

Died · April 3, 2022 (95 years old)

Known For: Acting

Place of Birth: Needham Market, Suffolk, England, UK

Bio

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.

Known for

Bean

Bean

Straw Dogs

Straw Dogs

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

The Graham Norton Show

The Graham Norton Show

The Lock-In

Dot Cotton

2022

June Brown at 90: A Walford Legend

Self

2017

Spidarlings

June

2016

Ethel & Ernest

Ernest's Step Mother (voice)

2016

Sunday Morning Live

Self - Guest · (1 episode)

2010

Would I Lie to You?

Self · (1 episode)

2007

The Graham Norton Show

Self · (1 episode)

2007

The Children's Party at the Palace

Aunt Spiker (James and the Giant Peach)

2006

Who Do You Think You Are?

Self · (1 episode)

2004

Strictly Come Dancing

Self · (1 episode)

2004

Margery and Gladys

Gladys Gladwell

2003

The Terry and Gaby Show

(1 episode)

2003

EastEnders: Dot's Story

Dot Cotton

2003

Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box

2001

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

Self

2000

Gormenghast

Nannie Slagg · (4 episodes)

2000

Toby the Square Boy

(voice)

1999

Loose Women

Self · (1 episode)

1999

Ain't Misbehavin'

Mrs Jilkes · (3 episodes)

1997

Bean

Delilah

1997

Hospital!

Cleaner

1997

Bed

Spinster

1995

Pirates

(18 episodes)

1994

Performance

Spinster · (1 episode)

1991

Behind The Screen

(1 episode)

1988

Michael Barrymore's Saturday Night Out

Self · (1 episode)

1988

Going Live!

Self · (1 episode)

1987

Oliver Twist

(1 episode)

1985

EastEnders

Dot Cotton · (3776 episodes)

1985

EastEnders

Dorothy Branning · (1342 episodes)

1985

Lace

Mrs. Trelawney · (2 episodes)

1984

Misunderstood

Mrs. Paley

1983

The Lady's Maid's Bell

Emma Saxon

1983

Broken Glass

Sheila Heron

1982

Sorry

June

1981

Ladies

Brenda

1980

Nijinsky

Maria Stepanova

1980

Instant Enlightenment Including VAT

Melanie

1979

Minder

Joany · (1 episode)

1979

The Shining Pyramid

Mrs. Joy

1979

Murder by Decree

Annie Chapman

1979

A Christmas Carol

Mrs. Dilber

1977

The Duchess of Duke Street

(2 episodes)

1976

Angels

(1 episode)

1975

Survivors

Susan · (1 episode)

1975

The Sweeney

Mrs. Martin · (1 episode)

1975

South Riding

Lily Sawdon

1974

Doctor Who: The Time Warrior

Lady Eleanor

1974

Brenda

Alice Penny

1973

The 14

The Mother

1973

Psychomania

Mrs. Pettibone

1973

Horatio Bottomley

Eliza Bottomley

1972

The Edwardians

Eliza Bottomley · (1 episode)

1972

A Touch of the Victorians

Ruth Preston

1972

Sitting Target

Lomart's Neighbour

1972

Straw Dogs

Mrs. Hebden (uncredited)

1971

Edna: The Inebriate Woman

Clara, in Psychiatric Hospital

1971

Sunday Bloody Sunday

Woman Patient

1971

Play for Today

Hilda · (1 episode)

1970

Play for Today

Brenda · (1 episode)

1970

Play for Today

Clara, in Psychiatric Hospital · (1 episode)

1970

Play for Today

June · (1 episode)

1970

Play for Today

Melanie · (1 episode)

1970

Doomwatch

Kit Pedler · (1 episode)

1970

Inadmissible Evidence

Watson's Guest

1968

Way Off Beat

Mrs. Wentworth

1966

Doctor Who

Eleanor · (4 episodes)

1963

Z-Cars

(1 episode)

1962

Dixon of Dock Green

Brenda Walker · (1 episode)

1955

It Started in Paradise

Announcer

1952