June Brown

Acting

June Brown

Born February 16, 1927Needham Market, Suffolk, England, UK69 credits

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

Filmography

The Lock-In
2022The Lock-In
as Dot CottonMovie
Spidarlings
2016Spidarlings
as JuneMovie
Ethel & Ernest
2016Ethel & Ernest
as Ernest's Step Mother (voice)Movie
Sunday Morning Live
2010Sunday Morning Live
as Self - GuestTV
The Children's Party at the Palace
2006The Children's Party at the Palace
as Aunt Spiker (James and the Giant Peach)Movie
Margery and Gladys
2003Margery and Gladys
as Gladys GladwellMovie
EastEnders: Dot's Story
2003EastEnders: Dot's Story
as Dot CottonMovie
Gormenghast
2000Gormenghast
as Nannie SlaggTV
Ain't Misbehavin'
1997Ain't Misbehavin'
as Mrs JilkesTV
Bean
1997Bean
as DelilahMovie
Hospital!
1997Hospital!
as CleanerMovie
Bed
1995Bed
as SpinsterMovie
Performance
1991Performance
as SpinsterTV
EastEnders
1985EastEnders
as Dot CottonTV
Lace
1984Lace
as Mrs. TrelawneyTV
Misunderstood
1983Misunderstood
as Mrs. PaleyMovie
The Lady's Maid's Bell
1983The Lady's Maid's Bell
as Emma SaxonMovie
Broken Glass
1982Broken Glass
as Sheila HeronMovie
Sorry
1981Sorry
as JuneMovie
Ladies
1980Ladies
as BrendaMovie
Nijinsky
1980Nijinsky
as Maria StepanovaMovie
Minder
1979Minder
as JoanyTV
The Shining Pyramid
1979The Shining Pyramid
as Mrs. JoyMovie
Murder by Decree
1979Murder by Decree
as Annie ChapmanMovie
A Christmas Carol
1977A Christmas Carol
as Mrs. DilberMovie
Shadows
1975Shadows
as Mrs. DonnTV
Survivors
1975Survivors
as SusanTV
The Sweeney
1975The Sweeney
as Mrs. MartinTV
Churchill's People
1974Churchill's People
as Agnes PastonTV
South Riding
1974South Riding
as Lily SawdonMovie
B
1973Brenda
as Alice PennyMovie
The 14
1973The 14
as The MotherMovie
Psychomania
1973Psychomania
as Mrs. PettiboneMovie
Horatio Bottomley
1972Horatio Bottomley
as Eliza BottomleyMovie
The Edwardians
1972The Edwardians
as Eliza BottomleyTV
A
1972A Touch of the Victorians
as Ruth PrestonMovie
Sitting Target
1972Sitting Target
as Lomart's NeighbourMovie
Straw Dogs
1971Straw Dogs
as Mrs. Hebden (uncredited)Movie
Edna: The Inebriate Woman
1971Edna: The Inebriate Woman
as Clara, in Psychiatric HospitalMovie
Sunday Bloody Sunday
1971Sunday Bloody Sunday
as Woman PatientMovie
Doomwatch
1970Doomwatch
as Kit PedlerTV
Inadmissible Evidence
1968Inadmissible Evidence
as Dinner GuestMovie
Way Off Beat
1966Way Off Beat
as Mrs. WentworthMovie
Doctor Who
1963Doctor Who
as EleanorTV
Armchair Theatre
1956Armchair Theatre
as Ruth PrestonTV
Dixon of Dock Green
1955Dixon of Dock Green
as Brenda WalkerTV