June Brown

Actor Feb 16 (died age 95) Needham Market, Suffolk, England, UK 1952–2022 (70 year career)

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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 Hon…

Known For

Film

Bean

Delilah

Film

Straw Dogs

Mrs. Hebden (uncredited)

Film

Ethel & Ernest

Ernest's Step Mother (voice)

Film

Sunday Bloody Sunday

Woman Patient

Film

Murder by Decree

Annie Chapman

Film

Gormenghast

Nannie Slagg

Film

Psychomania

Mrs. Pettibone

Film

EastEnders

Dot Cotton

Filmography

Acting (79)

Movies (37)

The Lock-In

2022

as Dot Cotton

June Brown at 90: A Walford Legend

2017

as Self

3.5

Ethel & Ernest

2016

as Ernest's Step Mother (voice)

7.5

Spidarlings

2016

as June

4.4

The Children's Party at the Palace

2006

as Aunt Spiker (James and the Giant Peach)

1.7

Margery and Gladys

2003

as Gladys Gladwell

7.7

EastEnders: Dot's Story

2003

as Dot Cotton

10.0

Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box

2001

as Self

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

2000

as Self

6.5

Toby the Square Boy

1999

as (voice)

Bean

as Delilah

Hospital!

as Cleaner

Bed

as Spinster

Misunderstood

as Mrs. Paley

The Lady's Maid's Bell

1983

as Emma Saxon

Broken Glass

1982

as Sheila Heron

Sorry

1981

as June

Ladies

1980

as Brenda

Nijinsky

as Maria Stepanova

Murder by Decree

as Annie Chapman

Instant Enlightenment Including VAT

as Melanie

The Shining Pyramid

as Mrs. Joy

A Christmas Carol

as Mrs. Dilber

Doctor Who: The Time Warrior

1974

as Lady Eleanor

7.4

South Riding

1974

as Lily Sawdon

Psychomania

1973

as Mrs. Pettibone

5.5

Brenda

1973

as Alice Penny

The 14

1973

as The Mother

5.7

Sitting Target

1972

as Lomart's Neighbour

6.1

A Touch of the Victorians

1972

as Ruth Preston

Horatio Bottomley

1972

as Eliza Bottomley

Straw Dogs

1971

as Mrs. Hebden (uncredited)

7.2

Sunday Bloody Sunday

1971

as Woman Patient

6.6

Edna: The Inebriate Woman

1971

as Clara, in Psychiatric Hospital

Inadmissible Evidence

as Dinner Guest

Way Off Beat

as Mrs. Wentworth

It Started in Paradise

1952

as Announcer

6.5

Television (42)

Sunday Morning Live

2010

as Self - Guest

The Graham Norton Show

as Self

Would I Lie to You?

as Self

Who Do You Think You Are?

2004

as Self

7.0

Strictly Come Dancing

2004

as Self

6.0

The Terry and Gaby Show

Gormenghast

as Nannie Slagg

Gormenghast

as Nannie Slagg

Loose Women

as Self

Verdict

as Amelia Sayers

Ain't Misbehavin'

as Mrs Jilkes

Pirates

Performance

as Spinster

Behind The Screen

Michael Barrymore's Saturday Night Out

1988

as Self

Going Live!

as Self

EastEnders

as Dot Cotton

EastEnders

as Dorothy Branning

Oliver Twist

Lace

as Mrs. Trelawney

Shades of Darkness

as Emma Saxon

Now And Then

as Aunt Sadie - Then

Saturday Night Thriller

1982

as Sheila Heron

Minder

1979

as Joany

7.2

The Duchess of Duke Street

1976

as Violet Leyton

8.0

The Prince and the Pauper

as Mother Canty

The Sweeney

as Mrs. Martin

Angels

Survivors

as Susan

Shadows

as Mrs. Donn

Churchill's People

as Agnes Paston

Oranges and Lemons

as Alice Penny

The Edwardians

1972

as Eliza Bottomley

6.2

Home and Away

1972

as Agnes

Play for Today

1970

as Clara, in Psychiatric Hospital

6.6

Doomwatch

1970

as Kit Pedler

6.0

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

as Dorothy

Doctor Who

as Eleanor

Z-Cars

Armchair Mystery Theatre

1960

as Linda

Armchair Theatre

as Ruth Preston

Dixon of Dock Green

as Brenda Walker