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{{short description|English actress (1925–2018)}}
'''June Whitfield''' (born [[London]], [[November 11]] [[1925]]) is a highly-respected veteran British [[actor|actress]] who has worked constantly for more than 50 years.
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{{Infobox person
| honorific_prefix = Dame<!-- do not link per MOS:OVERLINK -->
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| image = File:June Whitfield 2013 (A) (cropped).jpg
| caption = Whitfield at the 2013 [[Slapstick Festival]]
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|DBE}}
| birth_name = June Rosemary Whitfield
| birth_date = {{Birth date |1925|11|11|df=yes}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2018|12|29|1925|11|11|df=yes}}
| death_place = London, England
| birth_place = [[Streatham]], London, England
| occupation = Actress
| resting_place = All Hallows Church, [[Tillington, West Sussex]], England
| years_active = 1944–2016
| known_for = {{plainlist|
* [[Carry On (franchise)|''Carry On'']] films
* ''[[Terry and June]]''
* ''[[Absolutely Fabulous]]''
* ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]''
* ''[[Miss Marple (radio series)|Miss Marple]]''
}}
| spouse = {{marriage|Tim Aitchison|1955|2001|end=died}}
| children = [[Suzy Aitchison]]
}}
 
'''Dame June Rosemary Whitfield''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|DBE}} (11 November 1925&nbsp;– 29 December 2018){{efn|The date of death has been consistently reported by the press as Friday 28 December 2018. However, the order of service for the funeral (pictured in the BBC source)<ref name="BBC funeral" /> clearly shows the dates "11th November 1925 – 29th December 2018", so it is understood that Whitfield died in the early hours of Saturday 29 December 2018.}} was an English radio, television and film actress.
Mainly known for [[comedy|comic]] roles, June starred in many [[radio]] comedies in her early career, playing opposite male comedians, such as [[Frankie Howerd]] and [[Tony Hancock]]. She was in the [[BBC]] radio series ''[[Take It From Here]]'' as Eth, Ron Glum's fiancee; and is a long-standing participant in the topical series ''[[The News Huddlines]]'' with [[Roy Hudd]].
 
Her [[Breakthrough role|big break]] was a lead in the radio comedy ''[[Take It from Here]]'', which aired on the [[BBC Light Programme]] in 1953. Television roles soon followed, including appearances with [[Tony Hancock]] throughout his television career. In 1966, Whitfield played the leading role in the television sitcom ''[[Beggar My Neighbour (TV series)|Beggar My Neighbour]]'', which ran for three series. She also appeared in four [[Carry On (franchise)|''Carry On'']] films: ''[[Carry On Nurse]]'' (1959), ''[[Carry On Abroad]]'' (1972), ''[[Carry On Girls]]'' (1973), and ''[[Carry On Columbus]]'' (1992).
June is one of the few surviving stars of the [[Carry On]] films, appearing in four of the movies. She is best known, however, for playing the [[wife]]ly half of a partnership with [[Terry Scott]] in [[BBC]] [[sitcom]] ''[[Terry And June]]'', which initially began under the title ''Happy Ever After'' and ran from [[1974]] until [[1988]] (though the surnames for the couple were changed for the relaunch of the new title).
 
In 1968, Whitfield and [[Terry Scott]] began a long television partnership, which peaked with roles as husband and wife in ''[[Happy Ever After (UK TV series)|Happy Ever After]]'' (1974–1979) and ''[[Terry and June]]'' (1979–1987). From 1992 to 2016, Whitfield played Edina Monsoon's mother in [[Jennifer Saunders]]' ''[[Absolutely Fabulous]]''. She played a regular character in ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]'' (2005–2010) and a recurring character in ''[[The Green Green Grass]]'' (2007–2009).
A minor [[parody]] of this title was concoted by [[Julian Clary]] for his [[Channel 4]] sitcom ''Terry And Julian'', and June was recruited to play a role in this.
 
From 1993 to 2001, Whitfield played [[Miss Marple]] in the [[Miss Marple (radio series)|radio dramatisation]] of all twelve of [[Agatha Christie]]'s Miss Marple novels on [[BBC Radio 4]].<ref name="EpiList">{{cite web |title=Miss Marple on BBC Radio, June Whitfield| url=http://www.geocities.com/gregorym101/marple.html |access-date=21 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090808154228/http://geocities.com/gregorym101/marple.html |archive-date=8 August 2009}}</ref>
In more recent times, she was personally sought out by writer [[Jennifer Saunders]] for her sitcom ''[[Absolutely Fabulous]]'' to play lead character Edina's mother. She has also appeared as the [[housekeeper]] on [[Friends]] and was acclaimed for her performance as [[Miss Marple]] on [[BBC Radio 4]].
 
==Early life==
June was awarded with an [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] in [[1985]] for services to her profession and a [[CBE]] for similar reasons 13 years later. She was married to [[husband]] Tim Aitchison for 45 years until his death in [[2001]]. Their [[daughter]], Suzy Aitchison, is also an actress.
June Rosemary Whitfield was born at 44 Mount Ephraim Lane in [[Streatham]], [[London]], in 1925, to John Herbert Whitfield and his wife Bertha Georgina née Flett.<ref name="Museum">{{cite news |url=http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/W/htmlW/whitfieldju/whitfieldju.htm |title=Whitfield, June – British Comedy Actor |publisher=The Museum of Broadcast Communications |access-date=1 March 2007 |archive-date=7 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207101433/http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/W/htmlW/whitfieldju/whitfieldju.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/Calendar?surname=whitfield&yearOfDeath=1956&page=3#calendar |title=Find a will &#124; GOV.UK}}</ref> Her father was the managing director of a company called Dictograph Telephones that had been founded by his father in [[Yorkshire]], and both of her parents were keen amateur actors.<ref name=fabulous>{{cite book |date=17 September 2009 |first=June |last=Whitfield |isbn=978-0297855620 |title=June Whitfield At a Glance – An Absolutely Fabulous Life |publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson}}</ref> She made her first stage appearance, aged three, after her mother enrolled her at Robinson's Dance Studio.<ref name="Express">{{cite news |title=Glorious June |newspaper=[[Daily Express]] |date=28 July 2007}}</ref> Whitfield attended [[Streatham and Clapham High School|Streatham Hill High School]], before being evacuated during the [[Second World War]] to [[Bognor Regis]], where she attended St Michael's School, and then to [[Penzance]] in [[Cornwall]]. She moved with her parents to [[Huddersfield]], where she learned shorthand and typing. She continued to study secretarial skills at [[Pitman shorthand|Pitman's]] College, [[Brixton Hill]].<ref name=andJune>{{cite book |year=2000 |first=June |last=Whitfield |isbn=0-552-14767-2 |title=...and June Whitfield The autobiography |publisher=Corgi Books}}</ref> In 1944, Whitfield graduated from the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] with a diploma.<ref name="Museum"/>
 
==Career==
She is a supporter of [[Wimbledon_Football_Club|AFC Wimbledon]], and the President of [[Carlton Dramatic Society]].
=== Early career ===
Whitfield began her career in the 1940s working with [[Wilfred Pickles]], and worked on stage in the [[West End theatre|West End]] and the regions.
 
In 1951, she had her first credited television role in ''[[The Passing Show]]'' and joined the London cast of the musical ''[[South Pacific (musical)|South Pacific]]''.
 
Her big break came in 1953 when she replaced [[Joy Nichols]] in the successful [[Frank Muir]] and [[Denis Norden]] radio comedy ''[[Take It from Here]]'', co-starring [[Jimmy Edwards]] and [[Dick Bentley]]. In the portion of the show known as "The Glums" she played Eth, fiancée of the dim Ron Glum (played by Bentley).<ref name="Museum"/> During the next fifteen years Whitfield had many supporting roles on television, including in ''[[Dixon of Dock Green]]'', ''[[Arthur's Treasured Volumes]]'', ''[[The Arthur Askey Show]]'', ''[[Faces of Jim]]'', ''[[The Benny Hill Show]]'', ''[[Steptoe and Son]]'' and ''[[Frankie Howerd]]''. She played the nurse in the opening scene of "[[The Blood Donor]]" (''[[Hancock's Half Hour|Hancock]]'', 1961). June's daughter [[Suzy Aitchison]] would play the same role in the 2009 re-recording with [[Paul Merton]] portraying Tony Hancock.
 
In 1959, she appeared in ''[[Carry On Nurse]]'', the first of her four appearances in the [[Carry On (franchise)|''Carry On'' film series]].<ref name="Museum" />
 
=== 1960s to 1980s ===
Whitfield gained her first starring role in the sitcom ''[[Beggar My Neighbour (TV series)|Beggar My Neighbour]]'' (1966),<ref name="Museum" /> playing Rose Garvey. The year after ''Beggar My Neighbour'' finished in 1968, she appeared on ''[[Scott On...]]'' for six years until 1974.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/s/scotton_1299002752.shtml |title=BBC Comedy Guide |publisher=BBC |year=2003 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060524015808/http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/s/scotton_1299002752.shtml |archive-date=24 May 2006}}</ref> This started a working relationship with [[Terry Scott]] that lasted until 1987. During ''Scott On...'' she also appeared in ''The Best Things in Life'', ''[[The Goodies (TV series)|The Goodies]]'', ''[[Dick Emery|The Dick Emery Show]]'', ''[[Bless This House (British TV series)|Bless This House]]'' and ''[[The Pallisers]]''. She appeared in the spin-off film of ''[[Bless This House (film)|Bless This House]]'' (1972), with Scott as her husband, and ''[[Carry On Abroad]]'' (also 1972), followed by an appearance in ''[[Carry On Girls]]'' (1973).<ref name="Museum" />
 
Whitfield starred alongside Scott in a ''[[Comedy Playhouse]]'' [[British sitcom|sitcom]] [[television pilot|pilot]] called ''[[Happy Ever After (British TV series)|Happy Ever After]]'' (1974). A few months later the first full series was broadcast, with a further four series until 1979. Later that year, they appeared together in the first series of ''[[Terry and June]]''. The two sitcoms were very similar, the only main differences being a change of surname (from Fletcher to Medford), and a different house and family.<ref>{{cite news|title=Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy|first=Mark|last=Lewisohn|publisher=BBC Worldwide Ltd|year=2003}}</ref> Both had Scott and Whitfield as a suburban [[middle-class]] married couple. ''Terry and June'' ran for [[List of Terry and June episodes|65 episodes]] until 1987. Five years later, in 1992, [[Julian Clary]] created ''[[Terry and Julian]]'', a [[Channel 4]] sitcom which spoofed the title of ''Terry and June''; Whitfield made an appearance in one episode.<ref name="ComedyZone">{{cite news|url=http://www.comedy-zone.net/standup/comedian/w/whitfield-june.htm |title=June Whitfield |publisher=Comedy Zone |date=1999–2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717042808/http://comedy-zone.net/standup/comedian/w/whitfield-june.htm |archive-date=17 July 2012 }}</ref> During the eight-year run of ''[[Terry and June]]'', Whitfield also appeared in ''[[It Ain't Half Hot Mum]]'' and ''[[Minder (TV series)|Minder]]''.
 
In the 1970s and early 1980s, Whitfield appeared in a series of television advertisements, created for [[Birds Eye]] by advertising art director Vernon Howe, and featuring the concluding voice-over line: "it can make a dishonest woman of you!"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/vernon-howe-549038.html |title=Obituary: Vernon Howe |work=The Independent |date=5 December 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100305072534/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/vernon-howe-549038.html |archive-date=5 March 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
 
In 1971, Whitfield and [[Frankie Howerd]] recorded a novelty comic version of the song "[[Je t'aime... moi non plus|Je t'aime]]", previously recorded by [[Jane Birkin]] and [[Serge Gainsbourg]], in which she featured as "Mavis".
 
She was the subject of ''[[This Is Your Life (British TV series)|This Is Your Life]]'' on two occasions: in April 1976, when she was surprised by [[Eamonn Andrews]] at her home in Wimbledon;{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}} and in March 1995, when [[Michael Aspel]] surprised her at [[BBC Television Centre]].{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}}
 
During the 1980s, Whitfield returned to radio comedy. From 1984, she could be heard with [[Roy Hudd]] on the [[satire]] programme ''[[The News Huddlines]]'',<ref name="Museum"/> which finished in 2001. On it she often used impersonations and was known for her impression of the then [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] [[Margaret Thatcher]].<ref name="Museum" /> During the 1980s and 1990s, she made several stage appearances, including in a revival of ''[[An Ideal Husband]]'' and the pantomime ''[[Babes in the Wood]]''.<ref name="Museum" /> In 1985, she sang a duet with [[Ian Charleson]] of the [[Irving Berlin]] song "[[You're Just in Love]]" in ''A Royal Night of One Hundred Stars''.
 
=== 1990s to 2010s ===
Having appeared in an episode of ''[[French and Saunders]]'' in 1988, Whitfield played [[Absolutely Fabulous#Other|Mother]] in [[Jennifer Saunders]]' sitcom ''[[Absolutely Fabulous]]'' from 1992 until 2012. In 2000, she featured with the rest of the ''Absolutely Fabulous'' cast in the pilot ''[[Mirrorball (TV pilot)|Mirrorball]]''. From 1993 to 2001, she played [[Miss Marple]] in 12 radio adaptations of [[Agatha Christie]]'s Miss Marple books.<ref name="ComedyZone" /> From 1990, she appeared in films including ''[[Carry On Columbus]]'' (1992), ''[[Jude (film)|Jude]]'' (1996) and ''[[Faeries (1999 film)|Faeries]]'' (1999, as the voice of Mrs Coombs). In 1998, Whitfield played the housekeeper in the London-set episode of ''[[Friends]]'' "[[The One with Ross's Wedding|The One with Ross's Wedding, Part Two]]"<ref name="Screenonline">{{cite news|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/839298/index.html|title=Whitfield, June (1925–)|publisher=Screen Online|date=June 2003}}</ref> and voiced a character in an episode of the animated comedy series ''[[Rex the Runt]]''.
 
Her autobiography ''And June Whitfield'', written with the help of [[Christopher Douglas (UK actor)|Christopher Douglas]], appeared in 2000.<ref name="maxwell">{{cite news | first=Dominic | last=Maxwell | url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/article665429.ece | title=Re-opening the grouse season | newspaper=The Times | date=11 December 2006}}</ref> She appeared in ''[[The Royal]]'', followed by appearances in ''[[Midsomer Murders]]'', ''[[Agatha Christie's Marple]]'', ''[[New Tricks]]'' and ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]'', which she joined in 2005. She had an episode of ''[[The South Bank Show]]'' devoted to her on 29 July 2007 and, in the same year, appeared in the [[English National Opera]]'s production of ''[[On the Town (musical)|On the Town]]'' in London's [[West End theatre|West End]]. In November 2007, she appeared in the ''[[Only Fools and Horses]]'' spin-off ''[[The Green Green Grass]]'' as the mother of [[List of Only Fools and Horses characters#Marlene|Marlene]],<ref>{{cite episode|title=Episode Dated 7 November 2007|series=The Paul O'Grady Show|series-link=The Paul O'Grady Show|network=[[Channel 4]]|station=[[Channel 4]]|airdate=7 November 2007}}</ref> and in 2008 she appeared in an episode of ITV medical drama ''[[Harley Street (TV series)|Harley Street]]''. In 2009, she made a guest appearance in ''[[Kingdom (British TV series)|Kingdom]]'' and published an updated autobiography, ''At a Glance ... An Absolutely Fabulous Life'', a collection of scrapbook pictures from her life and career.<ref name="fabulous" />
 
Whitfield appeared in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' two-part episode, "[[The End of Time (Doctor Who)|The End of Time]]", that aired over Christmas 2009{{Snd}}New Year 2010.<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC - Press Office - June Whitfield in Doctor Who: The End Of Time |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2009/12_december/23/doctor_who.shtml |website=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> On 29 December 2009, she was the subject of an entire evening's tribute programming on [[BBC Two]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.radiotimes.com/ListingsServlet?event=10&channelId=105&programmeId=108416744&jspLocation=/jsp/prog_details.jsp |title=This Is Your Life: June Whitfield OBE – Tuesday 29 December – Programme Details – Radio Times |publisher=radiotimes.com |access-date=29 December 2009 }}</ref>
 
In 2010, Whitfield was signed for a short appearance on ITV [[soap opera]] ''[[Coronation Street]]''. Her character, May, appeared at the funeral of [[Blanche Hunt]] and explained to Blanche's daughter, [[Deirdre Barlow|Deirdre]], how her mother had died.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uk.tv.yahoo.com/05032010/19/june-drop-weatherfield.html |title=June to drop in on Weatherfield |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929194621/http://uk.tv.yahoo.com/05032010/19/june-drop-weatherfield.html |archive-date=29 September 2011 }}</ref> In 2011, she played [[Margaret Rutherford]] in the BBC Radio 4 play ''A Monstrous Vitality'', a radio adaption by Andy Merriman of his biography of Rutherford, ''A Dreadnought with Good Manners''.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b011p607 "A Monstrous Vitality reviewed"] 30 May 2010, BBC Radio 4 web site</ref> She reprised her role of Mother in two episodes of ''[[Absolutely Fabulous]]'' at Christmas 2011{{Snd}}New Year 2012, and for an [[2012 Summer Olympics|Olympic]] special on 23 July 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/290811abfab |title=BBC One celebrates 20th anniversary of Absolutely Fabulous |date=29 August 2011 |website=bbc.co.uk |publisher=BBC Media Centre |access-date=30 December 2020}}</ref> In 2013, Whitfield became the inaugural recipient of the [[Aardman Animations|Aardman]] [[Slapstick Festival|Slapstick]] Comedy Legend Award,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.slapstick.org.uk/awards/comedy-legend-award/|title=Aardman Slapstick Comedy Legend Award – Slapstick {{!}} Bristol's Silent Comedy Festival.|newspaper=Slapstick {{!}} Bristol's Silent Comedy Festival.|access-date=21 February 2017}}</ref> a recognition of her lifetime's contribution to the world of comedy. In 2014, she made a second appearance in ''Midsomer Murders'', and appeared in ''[[Jonathan Creek]].'' From 2014 to 2016 she appeared in the sitcom ''[[Boomers (TV series)|Boomers]]'' as the mother of [[Stephanie Beacham]]'s character. In 2015, she played Granny Wallon in a BBC One adaptation of [[Laurie Lee]]'s novel ''[[Cider with Rosie]]''.
 
In May 2015, Whitfield made a guest appearance in the BBC soap ''[[EastEnders]]'' as a nun called [[Sister Ruth]]<ref name="EastEnders">{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2015/may/01/june-whitfield-joins-eastenders-for-a-night-do-soap-guest-stars-work | title=June Whitfield joins EastEnders for a night – do soap guest stars work? | work=[[The Guardian]] | date=1 May 2015 | access-date=2 May 2015 | author=Verdier, Hannah}}</ref> and returned to the show in January 2016 to complete a storyline.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-10-25/june-whitfield-returns-to-eastenders-as-sister-ruth---will-she-reveal-the-truth-about-kats-secret-son | title=June Whitfield returns to EastEnders as Sister Ruth – will she reveal the truth about Kat's secret son? | work=[[Radio Times]] | date=25 October 2015 | access-date=8 December 2015 | author=Brown, David}}</ref> In October 2015, it was confirmed that she would reprise her role of Mother in ''[[Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie]]'' which was released in July 2016.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://jezebel.com/the-absolutely-fabulous-movie-is-finally-filming-heres-1737319237 | title=The ''Absolutely Fabulous'' Movie Is Finally Filming: Here's Photographic Proof | work=[[Jezebel.com]] | date=19 October 2015 | access-date=8 December 2015 | author=Crosley Coker, Hillary}}</ref> She made a guest appearance as God in the [[Sky 1]] series ''[[You, Me and the Apocalypse]]'', which was broadcast in November 2015.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-11-25/god-is-a-woman-and-she-looks-very-much-like-june-whitfield-according-to-you-me-and-the-apocalypse | title=God is a woman and she looks very much like June Whitfield according to You, Me and the Apocalypse | work=[[Radio Times]] | date=25 November 2015 | access-date=8 December 2015 | author=Dowell, Ben}}</ref>
 
==Honours and awards==
In 1982, Whitfield was made a [[Freedom of the City of London|Freeman of the City of London]].<ref name="Museum" />
 
Whitfield was appointed [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) in the [[1985 Birthday Honours]],<ref name="Express" /> [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) in the [[1998 Birthday Honours]],<ref name="Screenonline" /> and [[Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (DBE) in the [[2017 Birthday Honours]] for services to drama and entertainment.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=61962|supp=y|page=B8|date=17 June 2017}}</ref>
 
In 1994, Whitfield was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the [[British Comedy Awards]].<ref name="Museum" />
 
==Personal life==
In 1955, she married Timothy John Aitchison, who was working as a surveyor. The couple had a daughter, [[Suzy Aitchison]], who became an actress.<ref name="Museum" /><ref name=fabulous /> Timothy Aitchison died in 2001.<ref name="ComedyZone"/>
 
Despite her success, Whitfield never wanted a lead role, stating that she lacked the drive and confidence. She attributed the premature deaths of several comedians to "the responsibility, the stress and strain" of carrying their shows. In her autobiography, she described her own life as "full of love, affection and laughter, of gigs, gags and a couple of gongs".<ref name="BBC Obituary" />
 
In December 2017, Whitfield said that she was living in a care home.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/june-whitfield-absolutely-fabulous-care-home-enjoys-house-old-age-lifetime-achievement-award-a8115566.html|title=Absolutely Fabulous star June Whitfield says she 'loves' living in care home|work=The Independent|date=17 December 2017|access-date=29 December 2018}}</ref>
 
==Death==
She died in London on 29 December 2018, aged 93.<ref name="BBC funeral" /><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-46712694|title=Ab Fab's Dame June Whitfield dies aged 93|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC|date=29 December 2018|access-date=29 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/30/obituaries/june-whitfield-dies-at-93.html |title=June Whitfield, a Star of 'Absolutely Fabulous,' Dies at 93 |work=The New York Times |date=30 December 2018 |access-date=2 January 2019}}</ref> Her funeral was held at All Hallows Church in [[Tillington, West Sussex|Tillington]], near [[Petworth]] in West Sussex, on 18 January 2019, attended by many of her co-stars and personal friends.<ref name="BBC funeral">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46923624|title=June Whitfield: Absolutely Fabulous cast attend beloved co-star's funeral|date=18 January 2019|work=[[BBC News]]}}</ref>
 
Fellow ''Absolutely Fabulous'' actress [[Jennifer Saunders]] paid tribute to the "extraordinary grace" of Whitfield and said she would "hugely" miss her "dear friend". [[Julia Sawalha]] described her as a "great source of inspiration". Actress [[Jane Horrocks]] said her former co-star was a "wonderful lady", who was "versatile, funny and generous".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-46714938|title=Ab Fab stars lead tributes to Whitfield|date=30 December 2018|access-date=30 December 2018|work=BBC News}}</ref>
 
==Radio==
=== Miss Marple ===
{{main|Miss Marple (radio series)}}
Whitfield played [[Miss Marple]] in 12 [[BBC Radio 4]] adaptations of novels by [[Agatha Christie]]. She reprised the role in 2015, starring in three adaptations of Miss Marple short stories (Tape-Measure Murder, The Case of the Perfect Maid, and Sanctuary).<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03p87br/episodes/guide BBC Radio 4 Extra Episode Guide: Miss Marple] ''BBC Radio 4 Extra Episode Guide'', 28 December 2018</ref>
 
=== Other ===
*''Bring on the Girls'' (1955)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/1c1540680bb243988f020acc561204ca|title=Bring on the Girls|date=22 July 1955|work=Radio Times|access-date=30 December 2018|issue=1654|page=25|language=en-GB|issn=0033-8060}}</ref>
*''Starstruck'' (1955)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/14918e2c77484769b55a55c6a05fe785|title=Bob Monkhouse and Denis Goodwin are STARSTRUCK|date=17 June 1955|work=Radio Times|access-date=30 December 2018|issue=1649|page=12|language=en-GB|issn=0033-8060}}</ref>
*''Take It from Here'' (1955)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/1256d1ca3f7e470592e37e525d34f854|title=Take It from Here|date=20 May 1955|work=Radio Times|access-date=30 December 2018|issue=1645|page=37|language=en-GB|issn=0033-8060}}</ref>
*''Midweek Theatre'' (1967)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/baa17783851046c4a3abf6406139ceae|title=Midweek Theatre|date=1 June 1967|work=Radio Times|access-date=30 December 2018|issue=2273|page=37|language=en-GB|issn=0033-8060}}</ref>
*''Happy Ever After'' (1976)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/4f5e7a98a56e4e9d948a8219768fdf50|title=Happy Ever After|date=22 January 1976|work=Radio Times|access-date=30 December 2018|issue=2724|page=42|language=en-GB|issn=0033-8060}}</ref>
*''It Doesn't Have to Hurt!'' (1990)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/1cfd1e0fe8b84d05a0f63a44c80fb58d|title=It Doesn't Have to Hurt!|date=8 February 1990|work=Radio Times|access-date=30 December 2018|issue=3452|page=30|language=en-GB|issn=0033-8060}}</ref>
*''Like They've Never Been Gone'' (1998–2002)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/a3489b2672e24d7da1b97280f216b060|title=Like They've Never Been Gone|date=10 May 2001|work=Radio Times|access-date=30 December 2018|issue=4028|page=129|language=en-GB|issn=0033-8060}}</ref>
*''The Afternoon Play: Seven Floors'' (2003)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/2a420366c73346a294b833512f13eae0|title=Afternoon Play: Seven Floors|date=12 June 2003|work=Radio Times|access-date=30 December 2018|issue=4135|page=127|language=en-GB|issn=0033-8060}}</ref>
 
==Filmography==
 
===Film===
{| class="wikitable collapsible sortable"
! width="4%" | Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1950
| ''[[The 20 Questions Murder Mystery]]''
| Lady speaking in queue (uncredited)
|
|-
| 1953
| ''Love from Judy''
| Sally McBride<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guidetomusicaltheatre.com/shows_l/lovefrom_judy.htm|title=Love from Judy|access-date=29 December 2018}}</ref>
| rowspan="3" | TV movie
|-
| 1956
| ''The Straker Special''
| tomboy mechanic<ref name="Screenonline"/>
|-
| 1957
| ''Friday the 13th''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0385711/|title=Friday the 13th (1957)|website=[[IMDb]] |access-date=29 December 2018}}</ref>
|
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1959
| ''[[Carry On Nurse]]''
| Meg<ref name="inde"/>
|
|-
| ''[[Friends and Neighbours]]''
| Doris Holmes<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6aaa8190|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180401112404/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6aaa8190|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 April 2018|title=Friends and Neighbours (1959)|publisher=[[British Film Institute|BFI]]|access-date=29 December 2018}}</ref>
|
|-
| 1966
| ''[[The Spy with a Cold Nose]]''
| Elsie Farquhar<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.trashfiction.co.uk/cold_nose.html|title=Spy with a Cold Nose|website=Trash Fiction|access-date=30 December 2018}}</ref>
|
|-
| 1968
| ''Frankie Howerd Meets the Bee Gees''<ref name="ob1"/>
|
| rowspan="2" | TV movie
|-
| rowspan=2| 1971
| ''Do Me a Favour!''
| Mrs Dolly Hadleigh<ref name="comg"/>
|-
| ''[[The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins]]''
| Mildred<ref name="comg"/>
| Comedy montage
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1972
| ''[[Bless This House (film)|Bless This House]]''
| Vera Baines<ref name="comg"/>
| Spin-off from TV sitcom ''[[Bless This House (UK TV series)|Bless This House]]''
|-
| ''[[Carry On Abroad]]''
| Evelyn Blunt<ref name="comg"/>
|
|-
| 1973
| ''[[Carry On Girls]]''
| Augusta Prodworthy / Paula Perkins (voice)<ref name="comg"/>
|
|-
| 1974
| ''[[Romance with a Double Bass]]''
| Prince Bibulov's Wife<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timeout.com/london/film/romance-with-a-double-bass#tab_panel_2|title=Romance with a Double bass review|website=Time Out London|date=10 September 2012 |access-date=30 December 2018}}</ref>
| Comedy short
|-
| 1976
| ''[[Not Now, Comrade]]''
| Janet Rimmington<ref name="comg"/>
|
|-
| 1979
| ''[[The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1979 film)|The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe]]''
| Mrs Beaver<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.movieguide.org/tv/the-lion-the-witch-and-the-wardrobe-1979|title=THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE (1979) "A Classic Story of Sacrifice and Forgiveness "|website=Movie Guide|access-date=30 December 2018}}</ref>
|
|-
| 1984
| ''It's Going to Be Alright''
| Margie Hansen<ref name="comg"/>
| TV movie
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Rupert and the Frog Song]]''
| Rupert's Mother (voice)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b764c7a04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819230207/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b764c7a04|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 August 2022|title=Rupert and the Frog Song (1984)|publisher=[[British Film Institute|BFI]]|access-date=31 December 2018}}</ref>
| Animation
|-
| 1987
| ''It's a Hudd Hudd World''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b796c5720|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101145302/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b796c5720|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 January 2019|title=It's a Hudd Hudd World (1987)|publisher=[[British Film Institute|BFI]]|access-date=31 December 2018}}</ref>
|
| rowspan="2" | TV movie
|-
| 1991
| ''The Craig Ferguson Story''
| Mrs Ferguson<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7b60e638|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309130850/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7b60e638|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 March 2016|title=The Craig Ferguson Story (1991)|publisher=[[British Film Institute|BFI]]|access-date=31 December 2018}}</ref>
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Carry On Columbus]]''
| Queen Isabella<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7bd7d412|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170302185856/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7bd7d412|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 March 2017|title=Carry On Columbus (1992)|publisher=[[British Film Institute|BFI]]|access-date=31 December 2018}}</ref>
|
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Jude (film)|Jude]]''
| Aunt Drusilla<ref name="BBC Obituary">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25119436|title=Obituary: June Whitfield|work=BBC News|date=29 December 2018|access-date=30 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7ec23101|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160501233353/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7ec23101|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 May 2016|title=Jude (1996)|publisher=[[British Film Institute|BFI]]|access-date=31 December 2018}}</ref>
|
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Faeries (1999 film)|Faeries]]''
| Mrs Coombs (voice)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b83c097f4|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170310062252/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b83c097f4|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 March 2017|title=Faeries (1999)|publisher=[[British Film Institute|BFI]]|access-date=31 December 2018}}</ref>
| Animation
|-
| 2000
| ''[[The Last of the Blonde Bombshells]]''
| Annie<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0074r67|title=BBC One – Last of the Blonde Bombshells|website=BBC|access-date=30 December 2018}}</ref>
| TV movie
|-
| 2003
|''Bob the Builder: The Knights of Can-a-Lot''
| rowspan="2" | Dot (voice)
| UK dub; Animation
|-
|2007
|''Bob the Builder: Scrambler to the Rescue''
| UK dub; Animation; TV Movie
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Run for Your Wife (2012 film)|Run for Your Wife]]''
| Lady in gym class<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/production/bevy-of-british-stars-sign-up-for-run-for-your-wife-film/5030439.article|title=Bevy of British stars sign up for Run For Your Wife film|first=Sarah|last=Cooper|website=Screen|access-date=30 December 2018}}</ref>
|
|-
| 2015
| ''[[Cider with Rosie]]''
| Granny Wallon<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2015/sep/22/samantha-morton-cider-with-rosie-bbc1-adaptation-laurie-lee|title=Samantha Morton in Cider With Rosie: 'It's the path of true love'|date=22 September 2015|access-date=30 December 2018|work=The Guardian}}</ref>
| TV movie
|-
| 2016
| ''[[Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie]]''
| Mother<ref name="guar"/>
|Last film role
|-
|}
 
===Television===
{| class="wikitable collapsible sortable"
! width="9%" | Year
! width="27%" | Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1951
| ''[[The Passing Show]]''<ref name=trouble>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2011/dec/11/june-whitfield-interview |title=June Whitfield: 'The main reason that I've worked for so long is because I'm no trouble' |first=Christopher |last=Stevens |publisher=Guardian News and Media Limited |work=The Guardian |date=11 December 2011 |access-date=29 December 2018}}</ref>
| chorus member<ref name="Screenonline"/>
| 1 episode: ''1900–1910: The Years of Plenty'', aired 16 April 1951
|-
| 1954–1955
| ''Fast and Loose''
| various characters<ref name=MBC>{{cite web|url=http://www.museum.tv/eotv/whitfieldju.htm|title=WHITFIELD, JUNE: British Comedy Actor|first=Dick|last=Fiddy|publisher=[[Museum of Broadcast Communications]]|access-date=1 January 2019|archive-date=29 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180429004341/http://www.museum.tv/eotv/whitfieldju.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| 5 episodes
|-
| 1955–1958
| ''Before Your Very Eyes''
| various characters<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/1192259/index.html|title=Before your Very Eyes|website=BFI Screen online|access-date=29 December 2018}}</ref>
| 6 episodes
|-
| 1956
| ''[[The Idiot Weekly, Price 2d]]''<ref name="Screenonline"/>
| rowspan="2" | various characters
| 1 episode
|-
| 1956–1957
| ''[[The Tony Hancock Show]]''<ref name="Screenonline"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tonyhancock.org.uk/episode-guide/bbc-tv/itv-series-1|title=ITV Jack Hylton Presents|website=Tony Hancock appreciation society|access-date=29 December 2018}}</ref>
| 11 episodes
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1957
| ''[[Hancock's Half Hour]]''
| Miss Dubois<ref>{{cite web|url=https://oldtimemoviesandradio.net/hancocks-half-hour-07-alpine-holiday/|title=Hancock's Half Hour 07 – The Alpine Holiday – 1957|website=Old Time Movies and Radio|access-date=29 December 2018|date=6 October 2013}}</ref>
| episode: ''The Alpine Holiday''
|-
| ''[[Yes, It's the Cathode-Ray Tube Show!]]''
| various characters (voice)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nostalgiacentral.com/television/tv-by-decade/tv-shows-1950s/yes-cathode-ray-tube-show/|title=Yes, it's the Cathode Ray Tube Show|website=Nostalgia Central|date=26 June 2014|access-date=29 December 2018}}</ref>
|
|-
| rowspan=3 | 1958
| ''[[Dixon of Dock Green]]''<ref name="inde">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/dame-june-whitfield-dead-dies-93-ab-fab-carry-on-terry-june-hancock-a8703766.html|title=Dame June Whitfield dies age 93|website=The Independent}}</ref>
| Marie
| 1 episode: ''The Key of the Nick''
|-
| ''[[My Pal Bob]]''<ref name="atv">{{cite web|url=http://www.atvtoday.co.uk/123059-remembering/|title=Remembering Dame June Whitfield|website=ATV Today|access-date=29 December 2018|date=29 December 2018|archive-date=11 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411095429/https://www.atvtoday.co.uk/123059-remembering/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|
| 1 episode (#2.6)
|-
| ''On with the Show''<ref name="Screenonline"/>
|
|
|-
| 1958–1959
| ''[[Whack-O!]]''
| Edwina / Mrs Van Stuyvesant<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishcomedy.org.uk/comedy/whacko.html|title=Whack O!|website=British Comedy|access-date=29 December 2018}}</ref>
| 2 episodes: #3.1 and #4.5
|-
| 1959
| ''[[It's Saturday Night]]''<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/0d40f68590d44c869f72172ae1bbbe1e|title=It's Saturday Night – BBC Television – 14 November 1959|issue=1878|pages=23|journal=The Radio Times|access-date=29 December 2018|date=6 November 1959}}</ref>
|
| 1 episode (#1.3)
|-
| 1960
| ''[[Arthur's Treasured Volumes]]''
| Enid Brown<ref name=trouble/>
| 1 episode: ''A Blow in Anger''
|-
| rowspan=3 | 1961
| ''[[Hancock's Half Hour|Hancock]]''
| Nurse<ref name="guar">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/gallery/2018/dec/29/june-whitfield-a-life-in-pictures|title=June Whitfield: A Life in Pictures|work=The Guardian|access-date=29 December 2018}}</ref>
| episode: ''The Blood Donor''<ref name="inde"/>
|-
| ''[[Hancock's Half Hour|Hancock]]''
| Veronica Stillwell<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b801a061c|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180224104357/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b801a061c|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 February 2018|title=The Succession – Son and Heir (1961)|publisher=[[British Film Institute|BFI]]|access-date=29 December 2018}}</ref>
| episode: ''The Succession: Son and Heir''<ref name="inde"/>
|-
| ''[[The Arthur Askey Show]]''
| Emily Pilbeam<ref name="ob1">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/dec/29/june-whitfield-obituary|title=June Whitfield Obituary|work=The Guardian|access-date=30 December 2018}}</ref>
| 6 episodes
|-
| 1961–1963
| ''[[The Seven Faces of Jim]]''<ref name="Screenonline"/>
| various characters, inc. Nettie Winbourne, Prue Abernathy, and Hannah Pengallon
| 7 episodes
|-
| 1961–1968
| ''[[The Benny Hill Show]]''
| various characters<ref name="atv"/>
| 4 episodes (#4.3, ''Knicker's World'', #8.2, #8.4)
|-
| rowspan=4 | 1962
| ''[[Christmas Night with the Stars]]''
| Eth<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/93e06e3c35714e8cb4da591f8e123c3b|title=Christmas Night with the Stars BBC Television, 25 December 1962|issue=2041|pages=33|journal=The Radio Times|access-date=30 December 2018|date=20 December 1962}}</ref>
| with Jimmy Edwards, episode aired 25 December 1962
|-
| ''[[Six More Faces of Jim]]''
| Eth<ref name="guar"/>
| 6 episodes
|-
| ''[[The Rag Trade]]''
| Miss Rawlins<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archivetvmusings.blog/2017/11/02/the-rag-trade-series-one-and-two-simply-media-dvd-review/|title=The Rag Trade – Series One and Two. Simply Media DVD Review|website=Archive TV Musings|access-date=30 December 2018|date=2 November 2017}}</ref>
|
|-
| ''[[Comedy Playhouse]]''
| Sandra Baxter<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8bf350dc|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180503235121/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8bf350dc|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 May 2018|title=The Telephone Call (1962)|publisher=[[British Film Institute|BFI]]|access-date=30 December 2018}}</ref>
| (series 1) ''The Telephone Call''
|-
| 1963
| ''[[More Faces of Jim]]''
| various characters<ref name="guar"/>
|
|-
| rowspan=5 | 1964
| ''A Child's Guide to Screenwriting''
| various characters (voice)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387116/fullcredits|title=A Child's Guide to Screenwriting|website=[[IMDb]] |access-date=30 December 2018}}</ref>
|
|-
| ''Baxter On...''
| various characters<ref name="comg">{{cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/june_whitfield/|title=June Whitfield Comedy|website=British Comedy Guide|access-date=30 December 2018}}</ref>
|
|-
| ''[[How to be an Alien]]''
| (voice)<ref name="comg"/>
|
|-
| ''The Big Noise''
| Dorothy Tozer<ref name="comg"/>
|
|-
| ''[[Steptoe and Son]]''
| Madge<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/csxrc/steptoe-and-son--s3-e6-the-bonds-that-bind-us/ |title=Steptoe and Son |publisher=Immediate Media Company Limited |work=Radio Times |access-date=29 December 2018 |archive-date=11 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411082605/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/csxrc/steptoe-and-son--s3-e6-the-bonds-that-bind-us/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|
|-
| rowspan=2 |1965
| ''Call It What You Like''
| various characters<ref name="comg"/>
|
|-
| ''Six of the Best''
| Daffodil{{Citation needed|date=January 2019}}
|
|-
| rowspan=2 |1966
| ''[[Frankie Howerd]]''
| Beryl Cuttlebunt<ref name="ob1"/>
|
|-
| ''[[Mild and Bitter]]''
| various characters<ref name="comg"/>
|
|-
| 1967
| ''[[Christmas Night with the Stars]]''
| Rose Garvey<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.irishmirror.ie/showbiz/celebrity-news/june-whitfield-funeral-jennifer-saunders-13874761|title = Jennifer Saunders leads mourners at June Whitfield's funeral|date = 18 January 2019}}</ref>
| episode aired 25 December 1967
|-
| 1967–1968
| ''[[Beggar My Neighbour (TV series)|Beggar My Neighbour]]''<ref name="Screenonline"/>
| Rose Garvey
|
|-
| rowspan=2 |1968
| ''[[Father, Dear Father]]''
| Mrs Parsons<ref name="comg"/>
|
|-
| ''Never a Cross Word''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.televisionheaven.co.uk/shows_n.htm|title=Never a Cross Word (1968)|website=Television Heaven|access-date=30 December 2018|archive-date=30 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181230181057/http://www.televisionheaven.co.uk/shows_n.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|
|
|-
| 1968–1974
| ''[[Scott On...]]''
| various characters<ref name="comg"/>
|
|-
| rowspan=5 | 1969
| ''According to Dora''
| various characters<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12811251|title=Dora Bryan Obituary|work=BBC News|access-date=30 December 2018}}</ref>
|
|-
| ''[[Armchair Theatre]]''
| Angela<ref>{{cite book |last1=White |first1=Leonard |title=Armchair Theatre: The Lost Years |date=2003 |publisher=Kelly Publications |isbn=9781903053188 |page=293}}</ref>
| ''What's a Mother For?''
|-
| ''The Fossett Saga''
| Millie Goswick<ref name="guar"/>
|
|-
| ''The Jimmy Logan Show''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1818290/|title=The Jimmy Logan Show Episode aired 20 April 1969|website=[[IMDb]] |date=20 April 1969|access-date=30 December 2018}}</ref>
|
|
|-
| ''The Undertakers''
| Housewife<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gifford |first1=Denis |title=British Film Catalogue: Two Volume Set – The Fiction Film/The Non-Fiction Film, Volume 2 |date=1 April 2016 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781317740636 |pages=790–791}}</ref>
| Comedy short
|-
| 1969–1970
| ''The Best Things in Life''
| Mabel Pollard<ref name="comg"/>
|
|-
| 1969–1974
| ''[[Dick Emery|The Dick Emery Show]]''
| various characters<ref name="atv"/>
|
|-
| 1971
| ''[[The Goodies (TV series)|The Goodies]]''
| Penelope Fay<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/dame-june-whitfield-absolutely-fabulous-and-terry-and-june-actress-dies-93-1203096694/|title=June Whitfield, 'Absolutely Fabulous' and 'Terry and June' Actress, Dies at 93|website=Variety|access-date=30 December 2018|date=29 December 2018}}</ref>
|
|-
| 1972
| ''[[Tarbuck's Luck]]''{{Citation needed|date=January 2019}}
|
|
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1973
| ''[[Bless This House (British TV series)|Bless This House]]''
| Odette<ref name="comg"/>
|
|-
| ''[[Whoops Baghdad]]''
| Charisma<ref name="comg"/>
|
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1974
| ''[[The Morecambe & Wise Show (1968 TV series)|The Morecambe and Wise Show]]''<ref name=trouble/>
| Muriel
|
|-
| ''[[The Pallisers]]''
| Mrs Bonteen<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/486381/credits.html|title=The Pallisers full cast BFI Screenonline|website=BFI Screenonline|access-date=30 December 2018}}</ref>
|
|-
| 1974–1979
| ''[[Happy Ever After (British TV series)|Happy Ever After]]''
| June Fletcher<ref name="comg"/>
|
|-
| 1977
| ''[[The Dick Emery Show]]''
| Jacqueline Clayton<ref name="atv"/>
| ''The Texas Connection''
|-
| 1979
| ''[[Cannon and Ball]]''
| The Manageress{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}}
|
|-
| 1979–1987
| ''[[Terry and June]]''
| June Medford<ref name="comg"/>
|
|-
| rowspan=3 | 1980
| ''Bernie''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b82bc665b|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929000914/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b82bc665b|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 September 2020|title=Bernie[24/01/80] (1980)|publisher=[[British Film Institute|BFI]]|access-date=30 December 2018}}</ref>
|
|
|-
| ''[[It Ain't Half Hot Mum]]''
| Captain Georgina Tollemache<ref name="comg"/>
|
|-
| ''[[The Dick Emery Show|The Dick Emery Christmas Show]]''
| Colette<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/f5da4371e4f74870a37a4a54eecbb040|title=The Dick Emery Christmas Show BBC One London, 27 December 1980|issue=2980|pages=62|journal=The Radio Times|access-date=30 December 2018|date=18 December 1980}}</ref>
| ''For Whom the Jingle Bells Toll''
|-
| 1981
| ''Mike Yarwood In Persons''<ref name="atv"/>
|
|
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1984
| ''[[Minder (TV series)|Minder]]''
| Mrs Murdoch<ref name="atv"/>
|
|-
| ''Sharing Time''
| April<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/0666e6ccf5e543f3b035fe8d5ab81720|title=Sharing Time BBC Two England, 13 May 1984|issue=3157|pages=29|journal=The Radio Times|access-date=30 December 2018|date=10 May 1984}}</ref>
|
|-
| 1990
| ''[[Cluedo (UK game show)|Cluedo]]''
| Mrs Blance White<ref name="bfip">{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9fc165e3|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180528020205/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9fc165e3|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 May 2018|title=June Whitfield|publisher=[[British Film Institute|BFI]]|access-date=30 December 2018}}</ref>
|
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1992
| ''[[The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends]]''
| Mrs Rabbit (voice)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.whsmith.co.uk/products/the-world-of-peter-rabbit-and-friends-a-bbc-collection-unabridged-edition/9781787532601|title=The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: A BBC Collection (Unabridged edition)|website=WHSmith|access-date=30 December 2018|archive-date=11 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411070217/https://www.whsmith.co.uk/products/the-world-of-peter-rabbit-and-friends-a-bbc-collection-unabridged-edition/9781787532601|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| ''The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny''
|-
| ''[[Terry and Julian]]''
| Mrs Wilson<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7c0da1c9|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101193907/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7c0da1c9|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 January 2019|title=Terry and Julian [09/10/92] (1992)|publisher=[[British Film Institute|BFI]]|access-date=31 December 2018}}</ref>
|
|-
| 1992–2012
| ''[[Absolutely Fabulous]]''
| Mother<ref name="guar"/>
|
|-
| 1996-2000
| ''[[The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge|Brambly Hedge]]''
| Mrs Apple<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bramblyhedge.co.uk/our-story/|title=Brambly Hedge How It All Began|website=Brambly Hedge|access-date=30 December 2018|archive-date=5 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605101234/https://www.bramblyhedge.co.uk/our-story/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|
|-
| rowspan=5 | 1997
| ''[[All Rise for Julian Clary]]''
| Auntie Jane<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b80c7fa55|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101193843/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b80c7fa55|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 January 2019|title=All Rise for Julian Clary[15/11/97] (1997)|publisher=[[British Film Institute|BFI]]|access-date=31 December 2018}}</ref>
|
|-
| ''[[Common As Muck]]''
| Irene<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7ff807d9|title=Common As Muck [15/01/97] (1997)}} and {{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7ffc27a1|title=Common As Muck [22/01/97] (1997)|publisher=[[British Film Institute|BFI]]|access-date=31 December 2018}}</ref>
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| ''Family Money''
| Ivy<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7fd5d97e|title=Family Money Part One (1997)}}, {{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b80264ec3|title=Family Money Part Two (1997)}}, {{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b80331b76|title=Family Money Part Three (1997)}}, and {{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b80363906|title=Family Money Part Four (1997)|publisher=[[British Film Institute|BFI]]|access-date=31 December 2018}}</ref>
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| ''[[Wyrd Sisters]]''
| [[Nanny Ogg]] (voice)<ref name="bfip"/>
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| ''[[The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling#Adaptations and influences|The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling]] (Part 2)''
| Mrs Whitfield<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b80c88ef0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160712125133/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b80c88ef0|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 July 2016|title=The History of Tom Jones – A Foundling Part 2 (1997)|publisher=[[British Film Institute|BFI]]|access-date=31 December 2018}}</ref>
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| rowspan=2 | 1998
| ''[[Friends]]''
| The Housekeeper<ref>{{cite news|url=https://metro.co.uk/2018/12/29/remembering-june-whitfields-sassy-friends-cameo-absolutely-fabulous-star-dies-aged-93-8292619/|title=Remembering June Whitfield's sassy Friends cameo as star dies aged 93|first=Rishma|last=Dosani|date=29 December 2018|work=metro.co.uk|access-date=30 December 2018}}</ref>
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| ''[[Rex the Runt]]''
| Judge Pikelet<ref name="comg"/>
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| 1999
| ''[[Days Like These (TV series)|Days Like These]]''
| Grandma<ref name="bfip"/>{{Failed verification|date=January 2019}}
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| rowspan="2" | 2000
| ''[[Mirrorball (TV pilot)|Mirrorball]]''
| Dora Vermouth<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/mirrorball/|title=Mirrorball|last=BBC|website=www.bbc.co.uk|access-date=30 December 2018}}</ref>
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|''The Secret''
|Mrs Birkstead
|Catherine Cookson mini series
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| 2001–2010
| ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]''
| Nelly / Delphi<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/dame-june-whitfield-dead-dies-93-ab-fab-carry-on-terry-june-hancock-a8703766.html|title=Dame June Whitfield dead: Absolutely Fabulous star dies aged 93|first=Peter|last=Stubley|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=30 December 2018}}</ref>
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| rowspan=2 | 2005
| ''[[Midsomer Murders]]''
| Peggy Alder<ref name="United Agents">{{cite web|url=https://www.unitedagents.co.uk/dame-june-whitfield|title=Dame June Whitfield|publisher=United Agents|access-date=30 December 2018|archive-date=31 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181231043035/https://www.unitedagents.co.uk/dame-june-whitfield|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|Midsomer Raspsody
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| ''[[The Royal]]''
| Esme<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/the-royal/cast/289958/|title=The Royal|work=[[TV Guide]]|access-date=30 December 2018}}</ref>
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| 2005–2007
| ''[[Bob the Builder]]''
| Dot<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-12-30/actor-june-whitfield-dies-aged-93/10673970|title=June Whitfield, star of Absolutely Fabulous, dies aged 93|newspaper=ABC News|date=30 December 2018|publisher=[[ABC Online]]}}</ref>
| UK dub
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| 2006
| ''[[Agatha Christie's Marple]]''
| Mrs Lancaster<ref name="United Agents" />
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| 2007
| ''[[New Tricks]]''
| Pru Sanders<ref name="midhurstandpetworth.co.uk">{{cite web|url=https://www.midhurstandpetworth.co.uk/news/june-whitfield-takes-stage-as-patron-1-1549008|title=June Whitfield takes stage as patron|website=www.midhurstandpetworth.co.uk|access-date=30 December 2018|archive-date=12 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412005918/https://www.midhurstandpetworth.co.uk/news/june-whitfield-takes-stage-as-patron-1-1549008|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| 2007–2009
| ''[[The Green Green Grass]]''
| Dora<ref name="midhurstandpetworth.co.uk"/>
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| 2008
| ''[[Harley Street (TV series)|Harley Street]]''
| Betty<ref name="midhurstandpetworth.co.uk"/>
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| 2009
| ''[[Kingdom (British TV series)|Kingdom]]''
| Mrs Earnshaw<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/gallery/2018/dec/29/june-whitfield-a-life-in-pictures|title=June Whitfield – a life in pictures|date=29 December 2018|first=Greg|last=Whitmore|work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>
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| 2009–2010
| [[Doctor Who|''Doctor Who'']]
| Minnie Hooper<ref name="auto">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-25119436|title=Obituary: June Whitfield|date=29 December 2018|work=BBC News|access-date=30 December 2018}}</ref>
| "[[The End of Time (Doctor Who)|The End of Time]]"
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| 2010
| ''[[Coronation Street]]''
| May Penn<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/2018122966025/absolutely-fabulous-june-whitfield-dies-celebrities-pay-tribute/|title=Ab Fab star June Whitfield dies aged 93 – stars including Joanna Lumley, Julia Sawalha pay tribute|date=29 December 2018|work=hellomagazine.com|access-date=30 December 2018}}</ref>
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| 2011
| ''[[M.I. High]]''
| Beryl Bagshot<ref name="United Agents" />
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| rowspan=3 | 2014
| ''[[Jonathan Creek]]''
| Heidi Greeley / Laurel Greeley<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03xkclv|title=BBC One – Jonathan Creek, Series 5, The Curse of the Bronze Lamp|website=BBC|access-date=30 December 2018}}</ref>
|
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| ''[[Midsomer Murders]]''
| Molly Darnley<ref name="auto"/>
|The Flying Club
|-
| ''[[Topsy and Tim#Television series|Topsy and Tim]]''
| Mrs Higley-Pigley<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/cbeebiesdrama/topsy|title=BBC – Topsy And Tim – Media Centre|website=www.bbc.co.uk|access-date=30 December 2018}}</ref>
|2 episodes
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| 2014–2016
| ''[[Boomers (TV series)|Boomers]]''
| Joan<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/boomers/interview/june_whitfield/ |title=Boomers: June Whitfield interview |date=11 August 2014 |website=comedy.co.uk |access-date=30 December 2018}}</ref>
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| 2015
| ''[[You, Me and the Apocalypse]]''
| God<ref>{{cite news|first=Mark |last=Lawson |title=June Whitfield: 70 years a comedy giant |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/dec/29/june-whitfield-70-years-a-comedy-giant |work=The Guardian |date=29 December 2018 |access-date=30 December 2018}}</ref>
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| 2015–2016
| ''[[EastEnders]]''
| [[Sister Ruth]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.channel24.co.za/TV/News/absolutely-fabulous-and-eastenders-star-june-whitfield-dies-20181230|title=Absolutely Fabulous and EastEnders star June Whitfield dies|publisher=[[News24 (website)|Channel24]] (South Africa)|date=30 December 2018}}</ref>
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==Books==
*{{cite book |first=June |last=Whitfield |year=2000 |title=... and June Whitfield |publisher=[[Transworld Publishers|Corgi Books]] |isbn=0-593-04582-3}} – (autobiography, with [[Christopher Douglas (British actor)|Christopher Douglas]])<ref name=maxwell/>
 
==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{imdbIMDb name|id=0925930|name=June Whitfield}}
* {{URL|https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25119436 | June Whitfield Obituary BBC}}
 
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