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June Brown

June Brown

Known For Acting
Birthday Feb 16, 1927
Died Apr 03, 2022 (95)
Birthplace Needham Market, Suffolk, England, UK
Popularity 0.3 (history)
Updated Aug 10, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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

Filmography

Spidarlings

Spidarlings

2016

as June

Ethel & Ernest

Ethel & Ernest

2016

as Ernest's Step Mother (voice)

The Children's Party at the Palace

The Children's Party at the Palace

2006

as Aunt Spiker (James and the Giant Peach)

EastEnders: Dot's Story

EastEnders: Dot's Story

2003

as Dot Cotton

Margery and Gladys

Margery and Gladys

2003

as Gladys Gladwell

Toby the Square Boy

Toby the Square Boy

1999

as (voice)

Hospital!

Hospital!

1997

as Cleaner

Bean

Bean

1997

as Delilah

Bed

Bed

1995

as Spinster

Misunderstood

Misunderstood

1984

as Mrs. Paley

The Lady's Maid's Bell

The Lady's Maid's Bell

1983

as Emma Saxon

Sorry

Sorry

1981

as June

Ladies

Ladies

1980

as Brenda

Nijinsky

Nijinsky

1980

as Maria Stepanova

The Shining Pyramid

The Shining Pyramid

1979

as Mrs. Joy

Murder by Decree

Murder by Decree

1979

as Annie Chapman

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

1977

as Mrs. Dilber

South Riding

South Riding

1974

as Lily Sawdon

The 14

The 14

1973

as The Mother

Psychomania

Psychomania

1973

as Mrs. Pettibone

A Touch of the Victorians

A Touch of the Victorians

1972

as Ruth Preston

Horatio Bottomley

Horatio Bottomley

1972

as Eliza Bottomley

Sitting Target

Sitting Target

1972

as Lomart's Neighbour

Sunday Bloody Sunday

Sunday Bloody Sunday

1971

as Woman Patient

Straw Dogs

Straw Dogs

1971

as Mrs. Hebden (uncredited)

Edna: The Inebriate Woman

Edna: The Inebriate Woman

1971

as Clara, in Psychiatric Hospital

Inadmissible Evidence

Inadmissible Evidence

1968

as Watson's Guest

Way Off Beat

Way Off Beat

1966

as Mrs. Wentworth

It Started in Paradise

It Started in Paradise

1952

as Announcer

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

EastEnders

as Dot Cotton

Episodes: 3776

First Aired: Feb 19, 1985

EastEnders

as Dorothy Branning

Episodes: 1342

First Aired: Feb 19, 1985

Gormenghast

as Nannie Slagg

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Jan 17, 2000

Doctor Who

as Eleanor

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Nov 23, 1963

Ain't Misbehavin'

as Mrs Jilkes

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Jul 28, 1997

Lace

as Mrs. Trelawney

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Feb 26, 1984

Survivors

as Susan

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 16, 1975

Doomwatch

as Kit Pedler

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 09, 1970

Performance

as Spinster

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 22, 1991

Minder

as Joany

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 29, 1979

Play for Today

as Hilda

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 15, 1970

Play for Today

as Brenda

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 15, 1970

Play for Today

as Clara, in Psychiatric Hospital

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 15, 1970

Dixon of Dock Green

as Brenda Walker

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 09, 1955

Play for Today

as June

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 15, 1970

The Sweeney

as Mrs. Martin

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 02, 1975

Play for Today

as Melanie

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 15, 1970

The Edwardians

as Eliza Bottomley

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 21, 1972

Pirates

Episodes: 18

First Aired: Oct 06, 1994

The Duchess of Duke Street

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 04, 1976

Going Live!

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 26, 1987

Z-Cars

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 02, 1962

The Terry and Gaby Show

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 02, 2003

Angels

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 01, 1975

Oliver Twist

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 13, 1985

Behind The Screen

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 24, 1988

Who Do You Think You Are?

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 12, 2004

Sunday Morning Live

as Self - Guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 11, 2010

Michael Barrymore's Saturday Night Out

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 23, 1988

Would I Lie to You?

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 16, 2007

The Graham Norton Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 22, 2007

Loose Women

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 06, 1999

Strictly Come Dancing

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 15, 2004

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