
June Whitfield
Known for Acting · 94 credits
- Born
- 1925-11-11
- Died
- 2018-12-28
- Place of birth
- Streatham, London, England, UK
Biography
Dame June Rosemary Whitfield DBE was an English radio, television and film actress. Her big break was a lead in the BBC Light Programme radio comedy Take It from Here from 1953. Television roles soon followed, including appearances with Tony Hancock throughout his television career.
Known For
TV Shows (55)

Midsomer Murders
1997
as Peggy Alder / Molly Darnley

Friends
1994
as Housekeeper

Minder
1979
as Mrs. Murdoch

Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Mrs. Lancaster

New Tricks
2004

Last of the Summer Wine
1973
as Nelly

An Audience with...
1978
as Self

The Paul O'Grady Show
2004

Absolutely Fabulous
1992
as Mother

Jonathan Creek
1997
as Heidi Greeley / Laurel Greeley

The Sooty Show
1955
as Aunty

M.I. High
2007
as Beryl Bagshot

Blankety Blank
1979
as Self

Hancock's Half Hour
1956

Kingdom
2007
as Mrs. Earnshaw

The Goodies
1970
as Penelope Fay

Terry and June
1979
as June Medford

Dixon of Dock Green
1955
as Marie

French & Saunders
1987
as Herself

The Pallisers
1974
as Mrs Bonteen

The Afternoon Play
2003
as Iris Rourke

Cluedo
1990
as Mrs. Blance White

The Green Green Grass
2005

You, Me and the Apocalypse
2015

Rex the Runt
1998
as Judge Pikelet (voice)

The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
1997
as Mrs. Whitfield

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
1992
as Mrs. Rabbit (voice)

The Cannon & Ball Show
1979
as The Manageress

Countdown
1982

Armchair Theatre
1956
as Angela

Wyrd Sisters
1997
as Nanny Ogg (voice)

3-2-1
1978

Terry and Julian
1992
as Mrs. Wilson

Happy Ever After
1974
as June Fletcher
Faces of Jim
1961
as Tess / 2nd Colonel Downs / Nettie Winbourne / Prudence 'Prue' Abernathy / Sally / Hannah Pengallon / Julia Burke Adams / Eth / Mrs Craybrooke / Mrs Padgett / Rowena / Sophia Desire / Nadia / Madame Soo

The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge
1996
as Mrs Apple / Heather Vole / Thrift Saltapple (voice)
Star Turn
1976
Dirty Tricks
2005
as Cat (voice)

Mike Yarwood In Persons
1976
Whoops Baghdad
1973
as Charisma

Beggar My Neighbour
1967
Before Your Very Eyes
1952
as Self

The Royal
2003
as Esme

The Secret
2000
as Mrs. Birkstead
The Tony Hancock Show
1956
The National Television Awards Backstage Live
2010
The Arthur Askey Show
1961
The Idiot Weekly, Price 2d
1956
The Fossett Saga
1969
as Millie Goswick
Scott On...
as Various Characters
Mild And Bitter
1966
An Evening With Francis Howerd
1973
Six More Faces of Jim
1961
Hancock's
1967
Call It What You Like
1965
Movies (39)

Carry On Girls
1973
as Councillor Augusta Prodworthy

Carry On Nurse
1959
as Meg

Jude
1996
as Aunt Drusilla

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
2016
as Mother

Carry On Columbus
1992
as Queen Isabella

Bless This House
1972
as Vera Baines

Carry On Abroad
1972
as Evelyn Blunt

That's Carry On!
1977
as Evelyn Blunt (archive footage)

Cider with Rosie
2015
as Granny Wallon

The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
2000
as Annie

Brambly Hedge: Autumn Story: Primrose's Stormy Night
1996
as Mrs. Apple

Mirrorball
2000
as Dora Vermouth

Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
2024
as Mother (archive footage)

Faeries
1999
as Mrs Coombs (voice)

Rupert and the Frog Song
1985
as Rupert's Mother (voice)

The Spy with a Cold Nose
1966
as Elsie Farquhar

What's a Carry On?
1998
as Self - Interviewee

Double Bunk
1961
as Eth (Uncredited/Voice)

Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
1996
as Mother

Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1
1957
as Miss Duboir

Run For Your Wife
2012
as Exercising Woman

The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
1971
as Mildred (segment "Envy")

Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection
2004
as Mrs Apple / Heather Vole / Thrift Saltapple (Voice)

How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
1995
as June "Gran" Monsoon (archive footage)

Truly Miss Marple: The Curious Case of Margaret Rutherford
2012
as Self

Bob the Builder: The Knights of Can-A-Lot
2003
as Dot (voice)

Absolutely Fabulous: A Life
1998
as June "Gran" Monsoon

Not Now, Comrade
1976
as Janet Rimmington

Benny Hill: The Lost Years - Benny and the Jests
2000
as Various

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny
1992
as Mrs. Rabbit (voice)

Friends and Neighbours
1959
as Doris Holmes

Romance with a Double Bass
1974
as Prince Bibulov's wife

On Location: The Carry Ons
2001
as Host

Oooh Er Missus! The Frankie Howerd Story
1990
as Self

Heroes of Comedy: Arthur Askey
1998
as Self

Awkward Customers
1975
as Awkward Customer: Mrs. Rabbit

Hancock at the Royal Festival Hall
1966
as Self
A Friend Indeed
1973
as Lady Maud Hibury

Customers From Hell
1989
About June Whitfield
Dame June Rosemary Whitfield DBE was an English radio, television and film actress. Her big break was a lead in the BBC Light Programme radio comedy Take It from Here from 1953. Television roles soon followed, including appearances with Tony Hancock throughout his television career. With 94 credits spanning from 1952 to 2024, June Whitfield has appeared in 39 films and 55 TV shows.
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Most Popular June Whitfield Movies
- Carry On Girls (1973) — as Councillor Augusta Prodworthy
- Carry On Nurse (1959) — as Meg
- Jude (1996) — as Aunt Drusilla
- Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016) — as Mother
- Carry On Columbus (1992) — as Queen Isabella
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