June Brown

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June Brown

Acting February 16, 1927

Needham Market, Suffolk, England, UK

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 (1985–199…

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Bean

Bean

6.5 1997 Movie
Doctor Who

Doctor Who

7.9 1963 TV Show
The Graham Norton Show

The Graham Norton Show

7.2 2007 TV Show
EastEnders

EastEnders

4.2 1985 TV Show
Straw Dogs

Straw Dogs

7.2 1971 Movie
Loose Women

Loose Women

3.4 1999 TV Show
Play for Today

Play for Today

6.6 1970 TV Show
Minder

Minder

7.1 1979 TV Show
Would I Lie to You?

Would I Lie to You?

7.8 2007 TV Show
Strictly Come Dancing

Strictly Come Dancing

6.0 2004 TV Show
Z-Cars

Z-Cars

7.3 1962 TV Show
The Sweeney

The Sweeney

8.1 1975 TV Show

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2022
    The Lock-In

    Movie Dot Cotton

  2. 2017
    June Brown at 90: A Walford Legend

    Movie Self

  3. 2016
    Spidarlings

    Movie June

  4. 2016
    Ethel & Ernest

    Movie Ernest's Step Mother (voice)

  5. 2010
    Sunday Morning Live

    TV show Self - Guest

  6. 2007
    Would I Lie to You?

    TV show Self

  7. 2007
    The Graham Norton Show

    TV show Self

  8. 2006
    The Children's Party at the Palace

    Movie Aunt Spiker (James and the Giant Peach)

  9. 2004
    Who Do You Think You Are?

    TV show Self

  10. 2004
    Strictly Come Dancing

    TV show Self

  11. 2003
    Margery and Gladys

    Movie Gladys Gladwell

  12. 2003
    The Terry and Gaby Show

    TV show

  13. 2003
    EastEnders: Dot's Story

    Movie Dot Cotton

  14. 2001
    Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box

    Movie Self

  15. 2000
    Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

    Movie Self

  16. 2000
    Gormenghast

    TV show Nannie Slagg

More credits
  1. 1999
    Toby the Square Boy

    Movie (voice)

  2. 1999
    Loose Women

    TV show Self

  3. 1998
    Verdict

    TV show Amelia Sayers

  4. 1997
    Ain't Misbehavin'

    TV show Mrs Jilkes

  5. 1997
    Bean

    Movie Delilah

  6. 1997
    Hospital!

    Movie Cleaner

  7. 1995
    Bed

    Movie Spinster

  8. 1994
    Pirates

    TV show

  9. 1991
    Performance

    TV show Spinster

  10. 1988
    Behind The Screen

    TV show

  11. 1988
    Michael Barrymore's Saturday Night Out

    TV show Self

  12. 1987
    Going Live!

    TV show Self

  13. 1985
    Oliver Twist

    TV show Mrs Mann

  14. 1985
    EastEnders

    TV show Dot Cotton

  15. 1984
    Lace

    TV show Mrs. Trelawney

  16. 1983
    Misunderstood

    Movie Mrs. Paley

  17. 1983
    Now And Then

    TV show Aunt Sadie - Then

  18. 1983
    Shades of Darkness

    TV show Emma Saxon

  19. 1983
    The Lady's Maid's Bell

    Movie Emma Saxon

  20. 1982
    Broken Glass

    Movie Sheila Heron

  21. 1982
    Saturday Night Thriller

    TV show Sheila Heron

  22. 1981
    Sorry

    Movie June

  23. 1980
    Ladies

    Movie Brenda

  24. 1980
    Nijinsky

    Movie Maria Stepanova