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
EastEnders
1985
EastEnders
1985
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Doctor Who
1963
Play for Today
1970
Play for Today
1970
Play for Today
1970
Play for Today
1970
Play for Today
1970
Loose Women
1999
Minder
1979
The Wednesday Play
1964
Filmography
EastEnders
as Dot Cotton · 1985
EastEnders
as Dorothy Branning · 1985
The Graham Norton Show
as Self · 2007
Doctor Who
as Eleanor · 1963
Play for Today
as Hilda · 1970
Play for Today
as Brenda · 1970
Play for Today
as Clara, in Psychiatric Hospital · 1970
Play for Today
as June · 1970
Play for Today
as Melanie · 1970
Loose Women
as Self · 1999
Minder
as Joany · 1979
The Wednesday Play
as Emma · 1964
The Wednesday Play
as Mrs. Wentworth · 1964
Z-Cars
· 1962
Strictly Come Dancing
as Self · 2004
Would I Lie to You?
as Self · 2007
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
as Dorothy · 1969
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
as Mrs. Lowe · 1969
The Sweeney
as Mrs. Martin · 1975
Performance
as Spinster · 1991
Who Do You Think You Are?
as Self · 2004
The Terry and Gaby Show
· 2003
Going Live!
as Self · 1987
Angels
· 1975
Dixon of Dock Green
as Brenda Walker · 1955
New Scotland Yard
as Jean Strode · 1972
Doomwatch
as Kit Pedler · 1970
Churchill's People
as Agnes Paston · 1974
The Duchess of Duke Street
as Violet Leyton · 1976
Survivors
as Susan · 1975
Armchair Mystery Theatre
as Linda · 1960
Bean
as Delilah · 1997
Lace
as Mrs. Trelawney · 1984
Straw Dogs
as Mrs. Hebden (uncredited) · 1971
The Edwardians
as Eliza Bottomley · 1972
Gormenghast
as Nannie Slagg · 2000
Shadows
as Mrs. Donn · 1975
Oliver Twist
as Mrs Mann · 1985
Armchair Theatre
as Ruth Preston · 1956
Pirates
· 1994
Shades of Darkness
as Emma Saxon · 1983
Ain't Misbehavin'
as Mrs Jilkes · 1997
Sunday Morning Live
as Self - Guest · 2010
Murder by Decree
as Annie Chapman · 1979
Michael Barrymore's Saturday Night Out
as Self · 1988
Verdict
as Amelia Sayers · 1998
Behind The Screen
· 1988
Sunday Bloody Sunday
as Woman Patient · 1971
Home and Away
as Agnes · 1972
Ethel & Ernest
as Ernest's Step Mother (voice) · 2016
Now And Then
as Aunt Sadie - Then · 1983
Oranges and Lemons
as Alice Penny · 1973
Saturday Night Thriller
as Sheila Heron · 1982
The Prince and the Pauper
as Mother Canty · 1976
Sitting Target
as Lomart's Neighbour · 1972
Margery and Gladys
as Gladys Gladwell · 2003
EastEnders: Dot's Story
as Dot Cotton · 2003
Edna: The Inebriate Woman
as Clara, in Psychiatric Hospital · 1971
Nijinsky
as Maria Stepanova · 1980
The Children's Party at the Palace
as Aunt Spiker (James and the Giant Peach) · 2006
Psychomania
as Mrs. Pettibone · 1973
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
as Self · 2000
Border Country
as Mrs. Joy · 1979
Brenda
as Alice Penny · 1973
Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box
as Self · 2001
Doctor Who: The Time Warrior
as Lady Eleanor · 1974
Ladies
as Brenda · 1980
A Christmas Carol
as Mrs. Dilber · 1977
Instant Enlightenment Including VAT
as Melanie · 1979
A Touch of the Victorians
as Ruth Preston · 1972
June Brown at 90: A Walford Legend
as Self · 2017
Hospital!
as Cleaner · 1997
The Lady's Maid's Bell
as Emma Saxon · 1983
The 14
as The Mother · 1973
Bed
as Spinster · 1995
Misunderstood
as Mrs. Paley · 1983
The Lock-In
as Dot Cotton · 2022
It Started in Paradise
as Announcer · 1952
Toby the Square Boy
as (voice) · 1999
Horatio Bottomley
as Eliza Bottomley · 1972
Inadmissible Evidence
as Dinner Guest · 1968
South Riding
as Lily Sawdon · 1974
Way Off Beat
as Mrs. Wentworth · 1966
The Shining Pyramid
as Mrs. Joy · 1979
Spidarlings
as June · 2016
Broken Glass
as Sheila Heron · 1982
Sorry
as June · 1981