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June Brown

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June Brown

Born February 16, 1927 in Needham Market, Suffolk, England, UKDied April 3, 202233 films

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.

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Filmography

33 films as actor
  1. 2022The Lock-InDot Cotton
  2. 2016SpidarlingsJune
  3. 2016Ethel & ErnestErnest's Step Mother (voice)
  4. 2003Margery and GladysGladys Gladwell
  5. 2003EastEnders: Dot's StoryDot Cotton
  6. 1999Toby the Square Boy(voice)
  7. 1997BeanDelilah
  8. 1997Hospital!Cleaner
  9. 1995BedSpinster
  10. 1983MisunderstoodMrs. Paley
  11. 1983The Lady's Maid's BellEmma Saxon
  12. 1982Broken GlassSheila Heron
  13. 1981SorryJune
  14. 1980LadiesBrenda
  15. 1980NijinskyMaria Stepanova
  16. 1979Instant Enlightenment Including VATMelanie
  17. 1979The Shining PyramidMrs. Joy
  18. 1979Murder by DecreeAnnie Chapman
  19. 1977A Christmas CarolMrs. Dilber
  20. 1974South RidingLily Sawdon
  21. 1974Doctor Who: The Time WarriorLady Eleanor
  22. 1973BrendaAlice Penny
  23. 1973The 14The Mother
  24. 1973PsychomaniaMrs. Pettibone
  25. 1972Horatio BottomleyEliza Bottomley
  26. 1972A Touch of the VictoriansRuth Preston
  27. 1972Sitting TargetLomart's Neighbour
  28. 1971Straw DogsMrs. Hebden (uncredited)
  29. 1971Edna: The Inebriate WomanClara, in Psychiatric Hospital
  30. 1971Sunday Bloody SundayWoman Patient
  31. 1968Inadmissible EvidenceDinner Guest
  32. 1966Way Off BeatMrs. Wentworth
  33. 1952It Started in ParadiseAnnouncer