June Brown

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

71

Gender

Female

Birthday

1927-02-16

Day of death

2022-04-03 (95 years old)

Place of Birth

Needham Market, Suffolk, England, UK

June Brown

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

  • The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

  • Doctor Who

    Doctor Who

  • EastEnders

    EastEnders

  • EastEnders

    EastEnders

  • Loose Women

    Loose Women

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • Minder

    Minder

  • Strictly Come Dancing

    Strictly Come Dancing

  • Z-Cars

    Z-Cars

  • Would I Lie to You?

    Would I Lie to You?

  • The Sweeney

    The Sweeney

  • Angels

    Angels

  • Going Live!

    Going Live!

  • Who Do You Think You Are?

    Who Do You Think You Are?

  • Performance

    Performance

  • The Terry and Gaby Show

    The Terry and Gaby Show

  • Doomwatch

    Doomwatch

  • Dixon of Dock Green

    Dixon of Dock Green

  • Survivors

    Survivors

  • Bean

    Bean

  • Inadmissible Evidence

    Inadmissible Evidence

  • Murder by Decree

    Murder by Decree

  • Edna: The Inebriate Woman

    Edna: The Inebriate Woman

  • Sunday Bloody Sunday

    Sunday Bloody Sunday

  • Lace

    Lace

  • The 14

    The 14

  • The Lady's Maid's Bell

    The Lady's Maid's Bell

  • The Duchess of Duke Street

    The Duchess of Duke Street

  • Michael Barrymore's Saturday Night Out

    Michael Barrymore's Saturday Night Out

  • The Children's Party at the Palace

    The Children's Party at the Palace

  • The Shining Pyramid

    The Shining Pyramid

  • Gormenghast

    Gormenghast

  • The Edwardians

    The Edwardians

  • Sorry

    Sorry

  • The Lock-In

    The Lock-In

  • A Christmas Carol

    A Christmas Carol

  • Straw Dogs

    Straw Dogs

  • Sitting Target

    Sitting Target

  • It Started in Paradise

    It Started in Paradise

  • Spidarlings

    Spidarlings

  • Ethel & Ernest

    Ethel & Ernest

  • Nijinsky

    Nijinsky

  • Horatio Bottomley

    Horatio Bottomley

  • South Riding

    South Riding

  • Margery and Gladys

    Margery and Gladys

  • Shadows

    Shadows

  • Pirates

    Pirates

  • Oliver Twist

    Oliver Twist

  • Misunderstood

    Misunderstood

  • Broken Glass

    Broken Glass

  • Sunday Morning Live

    Sunday Morning Live

  • Hospital!

    Hospital!

  • Way Off Beat

    Way Off Beat

  • EastEnders: Dot's Story

    EastEnders: Dot's Story

  • Ain't Misbehavin'

    Ain't Misbehavin'

  • Ladies

    Ladies

  • A Touch of the Victorians

    A Touch of the Victorians

  • Instant Enlightenment Including VAT

    Instant Enlightenment Including VAT

  • Behind The Screen

    Behind The Screen

  • Psychomania

    Psychomania

  • Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

    Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

  • Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box

    Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box

  • Doctor Who: The Time Warrior

    Doctor Who: The Time Warrior

  • Bed

    Bed

  • Toby the Square Boy

    Toby the Square Boy

  • Brenda

    Brenda

  • June Brown at 90: A Walford Legend

    June Brown at 90: A Walford Legend