June Brown

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

72

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

  • EastEnders

    EastEnders

  • EastEnders

    EastEnders

  • Doctor Who

    Doctor Who

  • Minder

    Minder

  • Strictly Come Dancing

    Strictly Come Dancing

  • 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

  • Would I Lie to You?

    Would I Lie to You?

  • Who Do You Think You Are?

    Who Do You Think You Are?

  • Z-Cars

    Z-Cars

  • The Sweeney

    The Sweeney

  • Angels

    Angels

  • Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box

    Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box

  • The Children's Party at the Palace

    The Children's Party at the Palace

  • Bean

    Bean

  • Going Live!

    Going Live!

  • The Terry and Gaby Show

    The Terry and Gaby Show

  • Dixon of Dock Green

    Dixon of Dock Green

  • Performance

    Performance

  • Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

    Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

  • Sitting Target

    Sitting Target

  • Survivors

    Survivors

  • Doomwatch

    Doomwatch

  • Straw Dogs

    Straw Dogs

  • The 14

    The 14

  • Sorry

    Sorry

  • Churchill's People

    Churchill's People

  • Broken Glass

    Broken Glass

  • Ethel & Ernest

    Ethel & Ernest

  • Lace

    Lace

  • South Riding

    South Riding

  • Misunderstood

    Misunderstood

  • Horatio Bottomley

    Horatio Bottomley

  • Murder by Decree

    Murder by Decree

  • Inadmissible Evidence

    Inadmissible Evidence

  • Hospital!

    Hospital!

  • The Edwardians

    The Edwardians

  • Gormenghast

    Gormenghast

  • Ladies

    Ladies

  • Bed

    Bed

  • Nijinsky

    Nijinsky

  • The Duchess of Duke Street

    The Duchess of Duke Street

  • Psychomania

    Psychomania

  • Sunday Bloody Sunday

    Sunday Bloody Sunday

  • A Christmas Carol

    A Christmas Carol

  • The Lock-In

    The Lock-In

  • Shadows

    Shadows

  • The Shining Pyramid

    The Shining Pyramid

  • Way Off Beat

    Way Off Beat

  • Margery and Gladys

    Margery and Gladys

  • EastEnders: Dot's Story

    EastEnders: Dot's Story

  • It Started in Paradise

    It Started in Paradise

  • Oliver Twist

    Oliver Twist

  • Ain't Misbehavin'

    Ain't Misbehavin'

  • Edna: The Inebriate Woman

    Edna: The Inebriate Woman

  • Michael Barrymore's Saturday Night Out

    Michael Barrymore's Saturday Night Out

  • Doctor Who: The Time Warrior

    Doctor Who: The Time Warrior

  • Brenda

    Brenda

  • Sunday Morning Live

    Sunday Morning Live

  • Behind The Screen

    Behind The Screen

  • Pirates

    Pirates

  • A Touch of the Victorians

    A Touch of the Victorians

  • Instant Enlightenment Including VAT

    Instant Enlightenment Including VAT

  • Spidarlings

    Spidarlings

  • The Lady's Maid's Bell

    The Lady's Maid's Bell

  • Toby the Square Boy

    Toby the Square Boy

  • June Brown at 90: A Walford Legend

    June Brown at 90: A Walford Legend