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

Doctor Who

EastEnders

Minder

Play for Today

All Movies (37)

The Lock-In2022 · as Dot Cotton
June Brown at 90: A Walford Legend2017 · as Self
Spidarlings2016 · as June
Ethel & Ernest2016 · as Ernest's Step Mother (voice)
The Children's Party at the Palace2006 · as Aunt Spiker (James and the Giant Peach)
Margery and Gladys2003 · as Gladys Gladwell
EastEnders: Dot's Story2003 · as Dot Cotton
Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box2001 · as Self
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings2000 · as Self
Toby the Square Boy1999 · as (voice)
Bean1997 · as Delilah
Hospital!1997 · as Cleaner
Bed1995 · as Spinster
Misunderstood1983 · as Mrs. Paley
The Lady's Maid's Bell1983 · as Emma Saxon
Broken Glass1982 · as Sheila Heron
Sorry1981 · as June
Ladies1980 · as Brenda
Nijinsky1980 · as Maria Stepanova
Instant Enlightenment Including VAT1979 · as Melanie
The Shining Pyramid1979 · as Mrs. Joy
Murder by Decree1979 · as Annie Chapman
A Christmas Carol1977 · as Mrs. Dilber
South Riding1974 · as Lily Sawdon
Doctor Who: The Time Warrior1974 · as Lady Eleanor
Brenda1973 · as Alice Penny
The 141973 · as The Mother
Psychomania1973 · as Mrs. Pettibone
Horatio Bottomley1972 · as Eliza Bottomley
A Touch of the Victorians1972 · as Ruth Preston
Sitting Target1972 · as Lomart's Neighbour
Straw Dogs1971 · as Mrs. Hebden (uncredited)
Edna: The Inebriate Woman1971 · as Clara, in Psychiatric Hospital
Sunday Bloody Sunday1971 · as Woman Patient
Inadmissible Evidence1968 · as Dinner Guest
Way Off Beat1966 · as Mrs. Wentworth
It Started in Paradise1952 · as Announcer

All TV Shows (45)

Sunday Morning Live2010 · as Self - Guest
Would I Lie to You?2007 · as Self
The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
Who Do You Think You Are?2004 · as Self
Strictly Come Dancing2004 · as Self
The Terry and Gaby Show2003
Gormenghast2000 · as Nannie Slagg
Loose Women1999 · as Self
Ain't Misbehavin'1997 · as Mrs Jilkes
Pirates1994
Performance1991 · as Spinster
Behind The Screen1988
Michael Barrymore's Saturday Night Out1988 · as Self
Going Live!1987 · as Self
Oliver Twist1985
EastEnders1985 · as Dot Cotton
EastEnders1985 · as Dorothy Branning
Lace1984 · as Mrs. Trelawney
Shades of Darkness1983 · as Emma Saxon
Minder1979 · as Joany
The Duchess of Duke Street1976 · as Violet Leyton
Shadows1975 · as Mrs. Donn
Angels1975
Survivors1975 · as Susan
The Sweeney1975 · as Mrs. Martin
Churchill's People1974 · as Agnes Paston
Oranges and Lemons1973 · as Alice Penny
The Edwardians1972 · as Eliza Bottomley
New Scotland Yard1972 · as Jean Strode
Home and Away1972 · as Agnes
Play for Today1970 · as Hilda
Play for Today1970 · as Brenda
Play for Today1970 · as Clara, in Psychiatric Hospital
Play for Today1970 · as June
Play for Today1970 · as Melanie
Doomwatch1970 · as Kit Pedler
ITV Saturday Night Theatre1969 · as Dorothy
ITV Saturday Night Theatre1969 · as Mrs. Lowe
The Wednesday Play1964 · as Emma
The Wednesday Play1964 · as Mrs. Wentworth
Doctor Who1963 · as Eleanor
Z-Cars1962
Armchair Mystery Theatre1960 · as Linda
Armchair Theatre1956 · as Ruth Preston
Dixon of Dock Green1955 · as Brenda Walker