June Brown

June Brown

Known for
Acting
Born
February 16, 1927
Died
April 3, 2022 (aged 95)
Birthplace
Needham Market, Suffolk, England, UK

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article June Brown, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Filmography

2022
The Lock-In poster

The Lock-In

Movie · as Dot Cotton

2017
June Brown at 90: A Walford Legend

June Brown at 90: A Walford Legend

Movie · as Self

2016
Spidarlings poster

Spidarlings

Movie · as June

2016
Ethel & Ernest poster

Ethel & Ernest

Movie · as Ernest's Step Mother (voice)

2010
Sunday Morning Live poster

Sunday Morning Live

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2007
Would I Lie to You? poster

Would I Lie to You?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2007
The Graham Norton Show poster

The Graham Norton Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2006
The Children's Party at the Palace poster

The Children's Party at the Palace

Movie · as Aunt Spiker (James and the Giant Peach)

2004
Who Do You Think You Are? poster

Who Do You Think You Are?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2004
Strictly Come Dancing poster

Strictly Come Dancing

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
Margery and Gladys poster

Margery and Gladys

Movie · as Gladys Gladwell

2003
EastEnders: Dot's Story poster

EastEnders: Dot's Story

Movie · as Dot Cotton

2003
The Terry and Gaby Show

The Terry and Gaby Show

TV · 1 ep

2001
Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box poster

Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box

Movie · as Self

2000
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings poster

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

Movie · as Self

2000
Gormenghast poster

Gormenghast

TV · as Nannie Slagg · 3 eps

1999
Toby the Square Boy

Toby the Square Boy

Movie · as (voice)

1999
Loose Women poster

Loose Women

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1998
Verdict

Verdict

TV · as Amelia Sayers · 1 ep

1997
Bean poster

Bean

Movie · as Delilah

1997
Hospital! poster

Hospital!

Movie · as Cleaner

1997
Ain't Misbehavin' poster

Ain't Misbehavin'

TV · as Mrs Jilkes · 2 eps

1995
Bed poster

Bed

Movie · as Spinster

1994
Pirates poster

Pirates

TV · 18 eps

1991
Performance poster

Performance

TV · as Spinster · 1 ep

1988
Behind The Screen

Behind The Screen

TV · 1 ep

1988
Michael Barrymore's Saturday Night Out poster

Michael Barrymore's Saturday Night Out

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1988
Comic Relief poster

Comic Relief

TV · 2 eps

1987
Going Live! poster

Going Live!

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1985
EastEnders poster

EastEnders

TV · as Dot Cotton, Dorothy Branning · 3913 eps

1985
Oliver Twist poster

Oliver Twist

TV · as Mrs Mann · 1 ep

1984
Lace poster

Lace

TV · as Mrs. Trelawney · 2 eps

1983
Misunderstood poster

Misunderstood

Movie · as Mrs. Paley

1983
The Lady's Maid's Bell poster

The Lady's Maid's Bell

Movie · as Emma Saxon

1983
Shades of Darkness poster

Shades of Darkness

TV · as Emma Saxon · 1 ep

1983
Now and Then

Now and Then

TV · as Aunt Sadie - Then · 13 eps

1982
Broken Glass poster

Broken Glass

Movie · as Sheila Heron

1982
Saturday Night Thriller

Saturday Night Thriller

TV · as Sheila Heron · 1 ep

1981
Sorry poster

Sorry

Movie · as June

1980
Ladies poster

Ladies

Movie · as Brenda

1980
Nijinsky poster

Nijinsky

Movie · as Maria Stepanova

1980
God's Wonderful Railway poster

God's Wonderful Railway

TV · as Elsie Grant · 3 eps

1979
Murder by Decree poster

Murder by Decree

Movie · as Annie Chapman

1979
The Shining Pyramid poster

The Shining Pyramid

Movie · as Mrs. Joy

1979
Instant Enlightenment Including VAT poster

Instant Enlightenment Including VAT

Movie · as Melanie

1979
Minder poster

Minder

TV · as Joany · 1 ep

1979
Border Country

Border Country

TV · as Mrs. Joy · 1 ep

1977
A Christmas Carol poster

A Christmas Carol

Movie · as Mrs. Dilber

1976
The Duchess of Duke Street poster

The Duchess of Duke Street

TV · as Violet Leyton · 6 eps

1976
The Prince and the Pauper poster

The Prince and the Pauper

TV · as Mother Canty · 6 eps

1975
Survivors poster

Survivors

TV · as Susan · 1 ep

1975
Angels poster

Angels

TV · 1 ep

1975
The Sweeney poster

The Sweeney

TV · as Mrs. Martin · 1 ep

1975
Shadows poster

Shadows

TV · as Mrs. Donn · 1 ep

1974
South Riding poster

South Riding

Movie · as Lily Sawdon

1974
Doctor Who: The Time Warrior poster

Doctor Who: The Time Warrior

Movie · as Lady Eleanor

1974
Churchill's People poster

Churchill's People

TV · as Agnes Paston · 1 ep

1973
Brenda

Brenda

Movie · as Alice Penny

1973
Psychomania poster

Psychomania

Movie · as Mrs. Pettibone

1973
The 14 poster

The 14

Movie · as The Mother

1973
Oranges and Lemons

Oranges and Lemons

TV · as Alice Penny · 1 ep

1972
A Touch of the Victorians

A Touch of the Victorians

Movie · as Ruth Preston

1972
Horatio Bottomley poster

Horatio Bottomley

Movie · as Eliza Bottomley

1972
Sitting Target poster

Sitting Target

Movie · as Lomart's Neighbour

1972
The Edwardians poster

The Edwardians

TV · as Eliza Bottomley · 1 ep

1972
New Scotland Yard poster

New Scotland Yard

TV · as Jean Strode · 1 ep

1972
Home and Away

Home and Away

TV · as Agnes · 6 eps

1971
Sunday Bloody Sunday poster

Sunday Bloody Sunday

Movie · as Woman Patient

1971
Straw Dogs poster

Straw Dogs

Movie · as Mrs. Hebden (uncredited)

1971
Edna: The Inebriate Woman poster

Edna: The Inebriate Woman

Movie · as Clara, in Psychiatric Hospital

1970
Doomwatch poster

Doomwatch

TV · as Kit Pedler · 1 ep

1970
Play for Today poster

Play for Today

TV · as Hilda, Brenda, Clara, in Psychiatric Hospital, June, Melanie · 1 ep

1969
ITV Saturday Night Theatre poster

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

TV · as Dorothy, Mrs. Lowe · 1 ep

1968
Inadmissible Evidence poster

Inadmissible Evidence

Movie · as Dinner Guest

1966
Way Off Beat poster

Way Off Beat

Movie · as Mrs. Wentworth

1964
The Wednesday Play poster

The Wednesday Play

TV · as Emma, Mrs. Wentworth · 1 ep

1963
Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who

TV · as Eleanor · 4 eps

1962
Z-Cars poster

Z-Cars

TV · 1 ep

1960
Armchair Mystery Theatre

Armchair Mystery Theatre

TV · as Linda · 1 ep

1956
Armchair Theatre poster

Armchair Theatre

TV · as Ruth Preston · 1 ep

1955
Dixon of Dock Green poster

Dixon of Dock Green

TV · as Brenda Walker · 1 ep

1952
It Started in Paradise poster

It Started in Paradise

Movie · as Announcer