June Brown
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
Prominent works featuring June Brown
Bean
Doctor Who
The Graham Norton Show
Straw Dogs
EastEnders
Play for Today
Would I Lie to You?
Minder
Loose Women
Strictly Come Dancing
Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (87 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | The Lock-In | Dot Cotton | Movie | 2022 |
| June Brown at 90: A Walford Legend | Self | Movie | 2017 | |
 | Spidarlings | June | Movie | 2016 |
 | Ethel & Ernest | Ernest's Step Mother (voice) | Movie | 2016 |
 | Sunday Morning Live | Self - Guest | TV Series | 2010 |
 | Would I Lie to You? | Self | TV Series | 2007 |
 | The Graham Norton Show | Self | TV Series | 2007 |
 | The Children's Party at the Palace | Aunt Spiker (James and the Giant Peach) | Movie | 2006 |
 | Who Do You Think You Are? | Self | TV Series | 2004 |
 | Strictly Come Dancing | Self | TV Series | 2004 |
 | Margery and Gladys | Gladys Gladwell | Movie | 2003 |
| The Terry and Gaby Show | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2003 | |
 | EastEnders: Dot's Story | Dot Cotton | Movie | 2003 |
| Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box | Self | Movie | 2001 | |
 | Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings | Self | Movie | 2000 |
 | Gormenghast | Nannie Slagg | TV Series | 2000 |
| Toby the Square Boy | (voice) | Movie | 1999 | |
 | Loose Women | Self | TV Series | 1999 |
| Verdict | Amelia Sayers | TV Series | 1998 | |
 | Ain't Misbehavin' | Mrs Jilkes | TV Series | 1997 |
 | Bean | Delilah | Movie | 1997 |
 | Hospital! | Cleaner | Movie | 1997 |
 | Bed | Spinster | Movie | 1995 |
 | Pirates | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1994 |
 | Performance | Spinster | TV Series | 1991 |
| Behind The Screen | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1988 | |
 | Michael Barrymore's Saturday Night Out | Self | TV Series | 1988 |
 | Going Live! | Self | TV Series | 1987 |
 | Oliver Twist | Mrs Mann | TV Series | 1985 |
 | EastEnders | Dot Cotton | TV Series | 1985 |
| EastEnders | Dorothy Branning | TV Series | 1985 |
 | Lace | Mrs. Trelawney | TV Series | 1984 |
 | Misunderstood | Mrs. Paley | Movie | 1983 |
| Now And Then | Aunt Sadie - Then | TV Series | 1983 | |
 | The Lady's Maid's Bell | Emma Saxon | Movie | 1983 |
 | Shades of Darkness | Emma Saxon | TV Series | 1983 |
 | Broken Glass | Sheila Heron | Movie | 1982 |
| Saturday Night Thriller | Sheila Heron | TV Series | 1982 | |
 | Sorry | June | Movie | 1981 |
 | Ladies | Brenda | Movie | 1980 |
 | Nijinsky | Maria Stepanova | Movie | 1980 |
 | Instant Enlightenment Including VAT | Melanie | Movie | 1979 |
 | Minder | Joany | TV Series | 1979 |
 | The Shining Pyramid | Mrs. Joy | Movie | 1979 |
| Border Country | Mrs. Joy | TV Series | 1979 | |
 | Murder by Decree | Annie Chapman | Movie | 1979 |
 | A Christmas Carol | Mrs. Dilber | Movie | 1977 |
 | The Duchess of Duke Street | Violet Leyton | TV Series | 1976 |
| The Prince and the Pauper | Mother Canty | TV Series | 1976 | |
 | Shadows | Mrs. Donn | TV Series | 1975 |
 | Angels | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1975 |
 | Survivors | Susan | TV Series | 1975 |
 | The Sweeney | Mrs. Martin | TV Series | 1975 |
 | Churchill's People | Agnes Paston | TV Series | 1974 |
 | South Riding | Lily Sawdon | Movie | 1974 |
 | Doctor Who: The Time Warrior | Lady Eleanor | Movie | 1974 |
| Brenda | Alice Penny | Movie | 1973 | |
| Oranges and Lemons | Alice Penny | TV Series | 1973 | |
 | The 14 | The Mother | Movie | 1973 |
 | Psychomania | Mrs. Pettibone | Movie | 1973 |
 | Horatio Bottomley | Eliza Bottomley | Movie | 1972 |
 | The Edwardians | Eliza Bottomley | TV Series | 1972 |
| A Touch of the Victorians | Ruth Preston | Movie | 1972 | |
 | Sitting Target | Lomart's Neighbour | Movie | 1972 |
 | New Scotland Yard | Jean Strode | TV Series | 1972 |
| Home and Away | Agnes | TV Series | 1972 | |
 | Straw Dogs | Mrs. Hebden (uncredited) | Movie | 1971 |
 | Edna: The Inebriate Woman | Clara, in Psychiatric Hospital | Movie | 1971 |
 | Sunday Bloody Sunday | Woman Patient | Movie | 1971 |
 | Play for Today | Hilda | TV Series | 1970 |
| Play for Today | Brenda | TV Series | 1970 |
| Play for Today | Clara, in Psychiatric Hospital | TV Series | 1970 |
| Play for Today | June | TV Series | 1970 |
| Play for Today | Melanie | TV Series | 1970 |
 | Doomwatch | Kit Pedler | TV Series | 1970 |
 | ITV Saturday Night Theatre | Dorothy | TV Series | 1969 |
| ITV Saturday Night Theatre | Mrs. Lowe | TV Series | 1969 |
 | Inadmissible Evidence | Dinner Guest | Movie | 1968 |
 | Way Off Beat | Mrs. Wentworth | Movie | 1966 |
 | The Wednesday Play | Emma | TV Series | 1964 |
| The Wednesday Play | Mrs. Wentworth | TV Series | 1964 |
 | Doctor Who | Eleanor | TV Series | 1963 |
 | Z-Cars | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1962 |
| Armchair Mystery Theatre | Linda | TV Series | 1960 | |
 | Armchair Theatre | Ruth Preston | TV Series | 1956 |
 | Dixon of Dock Green | Brenda Walker | TV Series | 1955 |
 | It Started in Paradise | Announcer | Movie | 1952 |