June Brown

June Brown

Acting
Born Feb 16, 1927
From Needham Market, Suffolk, England, UK
Died Apr 03, 2022

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

Bean
6.5

Bean

Delilah
Straw Dogs
7.2

Straw Dogs

Mrs. Hebden (uncredited)
Psychomania
5.5

Psychomania

Mrs. Pettibone
Murder by Decree
6.3

Murder by Decree

Annie Chapman
Sunday Bloody Sunday
6.6

Sunday Bloody Sunday

Woman Patient
Nijinsky
4.8

Nijinsky

Maria Stepanova
Ethel & Ernest
7.5

Ethel & Ernest

Ernest's Step Mother (voice)
The 14
5.7

The 14

The Mother
A Christmas Carol
6.6

A Christmas Carol

Mrs. Dilber
Sitting Target
6.1

Sitting Target

Lomart's Neighbour

Filmography — Acting

Bean
6.5
1997

Bean

Delilah
Straw Dogs
7.2
1971

Straw Dogs

Mrs. Hebden (uncredited)
Psychomania
5.5
1973

Psychomania

Mrs. Pettibone
Murder by Decree
6.3
1979

Murder by Decree

Annie Chapman
Sunday Bloody Sunday
6.6
1971

Sunday Bloody Sunday

Woman Patient
Nijinsky
4.8
1980

Nijinsky

Maria Stepanova
Ethel & Ernest
7.5
2016

Ethel & Ernest

Ernest's Step Mother (voice)
The 14
5.7
1973

The 14

The Mother
A Christmas Carol
6.6
1977

A Christmas Carol

Mrs. Dilber
Sitting Target
6.1
1972

Sitting Target

Lomart's Neighbour
The Children's Party at the Palace
1.7
2006

The Children's Party at the Palace

Aunt Spiker (James and the Giant Peach)
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
6.5
2000

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

Self
Hospital!
5.0
1997

Hospital!

Cleaner
Edna: The Inebriate Woman
1971

Edna: The Inebriate Woman

Clara, in Psychiatric Hospital
Misunderstood
6.6
1983

Misunderstood

Mrs. Paley
Inadmissible Evidence
6.0
1968

Inadmissible Evidence

Dinner Guest
Margery and Gladys
7.4
2003

Margery and Gladys

Gladys Gladwell
1972

A Touch of the Victorians

Ruth Preston
Bed
1995

Bed

Spinster
Instant Enlightenment Including VAT
4.5
1979

Instant Enlightenment Including VAT

Melanie
Ladies
1980

Ladies

Brenda
South Riding
1974

South Riding

Lily Sawdon
It Started in Paradise
5.0
1952

It Started in Paradise

Announcer
Spidarlings
4.4
2016

Spidarlings

June
Horatio Bottomley
1972

Horatio Bottomley

Eliza Bottomley
Way Off Beat
1966

Way Off Beat

Mrs. Wentworth
The Lock-In
2022

The Lock-In

Dot Cotton
The Lady's Maid's Bell
1983

The Lady's Maid's Bell

Emma Saxon
EastEnders: Dot's Story
10.0
2003

EastEnders: Dot's Story

Dot Cotton
3.5
2017

June Brown at 90: A Walford Legend

Self
1999

Toby the Square Boy

(voice)
Sorry
1981

Sorry

June
Doctor Who: The Time Warrior
7.4
1974

Doctor Who: The Time Warrior

Lady Eleanor
1973

Brenda

Alice Penny
2001

Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box

Self
The Shining Pyramid
1979

The Shining Pyramid

Mrs. Joy
Broken Glass
1982

Broken Glass

Sheila Heron