June Brown
English actress (1927-2022) · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Died at 95
June Muriel Brown was an English actress and author. She was best known for her role as Dot Cotton on the BBC soap opera EastEnders. In 2005, she won Best Actress at the Inside Soap Awards and received the Lifetime Achievement award at the 2005 British Soap Awards.
June Brown is read about 390 times a day, in 21 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
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The Lock-InFilm, 2022Dot Cotton2016
Ethel & ErnestFilm, Ernest's Step Mother (voice)2007
The Graham Norton ShowSeries2006
The Children's Party at the PalaceFilm, Aunt Spiker (James and the Giant Peach)2003The Terry and Gaby ShowSeries2001
Wendy Richard: A Life on the BoxFilm1999
Loose WomenSeriesToby the Square BoyFilm, 1999(voice)1997
BeanFilm, Delilah1987
Going Live!Series1984
LaceSeries, Mrs. Trelawney1983
MisunderstoodFilm, Mrs. Paley1981
SorryFilm, June1979
Instant Enlightenment Including VATFilm, Melanie1977
A Christmas CarolFilm, Mrs. Dilber1976
The Duchess of Duke StreetSeries, Violet Leyton1973BrendaFilm, Alice Penny1972
New Scotland YardSeries, Jean Strode1971
Edna: The Inebriate WomanFilm, Clara, in Psychiatric Hospital1969
ITV Saturday Night TheatreSeries, Dorothy1968
Inadmissible EvidenceFilm, Dinner Guest1963
Doctor WhoSeries, Eleanor1955
Dixon of Dock GreenSeries, Brenda Walker1952
It Started in ParadiseFilm, Announcer1927Born16 February 1927People around June
Close ties
Pam St. Clement Also in EastEnders
Cheryl Hall Also in Edna: The Inebriate Woman and Brenda
Frank Finlay Also in Sitting Target and Murder by Decree
Martin Clunes Also in Hospital! (1997)
Ross Kemp Also in EastEnders and The Lock-In- Don Sharp Directed Psychomania (1974)
Frances Tomelty Also in Edna: The Inebriate Woman (1971)- Geoffrey Sax Directed Margery and Gladys (2003)
Patsy Palmer Also in EastEnders and The Lock-In
Adam Woodyatt Also in EastEnders and The Lock-In
Known for
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Ethel & Ernest 2016
Straw Dogs 1971
Bean 1997
Sunday Bloody Sunday 1971
Murder by Decree 1979
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 37
89 credits on file
Television 24
Media & music
Photos 1
Awards
About this person
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 to an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (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, at the age of 93, she announced that she had left EastEnders permanently.
