
June Brown
Known for Acting · 78 credits
- Born
- 1927-02-16
- Died
- 2022-04-03
- Place of birth
- Needham Market, Suffolk, England, UK
- Also known as
- 六月布朗
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.
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Known For
TV Shows (41)

EastEnders
1985
as Dot Cotton / Dorothy Branning

The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self

Play for Today
1970
as Hilda / Brenda / Clara, in Psychiatric Hospital / June / Melanie

Doctor Who
1963
as Eleanor

Z-Cars
1962

Loose Women
1999
as Self

Minder
1979
as Joany

The Wednesday Play
1964
as Emma / Mrs. Wentworth

Strictly Come Dancing
2004
as Self

The Sweeney
1975
as Mrs. Martin

Would I Lie to You?
2007
as Self

Dixon of Dock Green
1955
as Brenda Walker

Going Live!
1987
as Self

Angels
1975

Who Do You Think You Are?
2004
as Self

Performance
1991
as Spinster

Churchill's People
1974
as Agnes Paston

Doomwatch
1970
as Kit Pedler

ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as Dorothy / Mrs. Lowe
The Terry and Gaby Show
2003

The Duchess of Duke Street
1976
as Violet Leyton

Survivors
1975
as Susan

New Scotland Yard
1972
as Jean Strode

Lace
1984
as Mrs. Trelawney
Armchair Mystery Theatre
1960
as Linda

Shadows
1975
as Mrs. Donn

The Edwardians
1972
as Eliza Bottomley

Shades of Darkness
1983
as Emma Saxon

Gormenghast
2000
as Nannie Slagg

Armchair Theatre
1956
as Ruth Preston

Oliver Twist
1985

Pirates
1994

Sunday Morning Live
2010
as Self - Guest
Behind The Screen
1988

Ain't Misbehavin'
1997
as Mrs Jilkes

Michael Barrymore's Saturday Night Out
1988
as Self
Border Country
1979
as Mrs. Joy
Saturday Night Thriller
1982
as Sheila Heron
Now And Then
1983
as Aunt Sadie - Then
Home and Away
1972
as Agnes
Oranges and Lemons
1973
as Alice Penny
Movies (37)

Bean
1997
as Delilah

Straw Dogs
1971
as Mrs. Hebden (uncredited)

Sunday Bloody Sunday
1971
as Woman Patient

Murder by Decree
1979
as Annie Chapman

Ethel & Ernest
2016
as Ernest's Step Mother (voice)

Sitting Target
1972
as Lomart's Neighbour

Instant Enlightenment Including VAT
1979
as Melanie

Inadmissible Evidence
1968
as Dinner Guest

Margery and Gladys
2003
as Gladys Gladwell

EastEnders: Dot's Story
2003
as Dot Cotton

Misunderstood
1983
as Mrs. Paley

It Started in Paradise
1952
as Announcer

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000
as Self
Brenda
1973
as Alice Penny
A Touch of the Victorians
1972
as Ruth Preston

Nijinsky
1980
as Maria Stepanova

Ladies
1980
as Brenda

Edna: The Inebriate Woman
1971
as Clara, in Psychiatric Hospital

Psychomania
1973
as Mrs. Pettibone

South Riding
1974
as Lily Sawdon

The Lady's Maid's Bell
1983
as Emma Saxon

A Christmas Carol
1977
as Mrs. Dilber
June Brown at 90: A Walford Legend
2017
as Self
Toby the Square Boy
1999
as (voice)

Bed
1995
as Spinster

Hospital!
1997
as Cleaner

The Children's Party at the Palace
2006
as Aunt Spiker (James and the Giant Peach)

The 14
1973
as The Mother

The Shining Pyramid
1979
as Mrs. Joy

Doctor Who: The Time Warrior
1974
as Lady Eleanor
Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box
2001
as Self

The Lock-In
2022
as Dot Cotton

Horatio Bottomley
1972
as Eliza Bottomley

Broken Glass
1982
as Sheila Heron

Way Off Beat
1966
as Mrs. Wentworth

Spidarlings
2016
as June

Sorry
1981
as June
About June Brown
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… With 78 credits spanning from 1952 to 2022, June Brown has appeared in 37 films and 41 TV shows.
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Most Popular June Brown Movies
- Bean (1997) — as Delilah
- Straw Dogs (1971) — as Mrs. Hebden (uncredited)
- Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) — as Woman Patient
- Murder by Decree (1979) — as Annie Chapman
- Ethel & Ernest (2016) — as Ernest's Step Mother (voice)
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