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'''June Muriel Brown''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|commas=on|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|''Inside Soap'' Awards]] and received the Lifetime Achievement award at [[the British Soap Awards]]. Brown was appointed a [[Order of the British Empire|Member of the Order of the British Empire]] (MBE) in the [[2008 Birthday Honours]] for services to drama and to charity,<ref>{{Cite web|last=TV|first=What's on|date=4 November 2008|title=EastEnders' June Brown honoured with MBE {{!}} News {{!}} EastEnders|url=https://www.whatsontv.co.uk/eastenders-main/eastenders-news/eastenders-june-brown-honoured-with-mbe-240734/|access-date=18 October 2020|website=What's on TV|language=en}}</ref> and promoted OBE in the [[2022 New Year Honours]]. In 2009, she was nominated for the [[British Academy Television Award for Best Actress|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.
'''June Muriel Brown''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|commas=on|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|''Inside Soap'' Awards]] and received the [[British Soap Award for Outstanding Achievement|Lifetime Achievement]] award at the [[2005 British Soap Awards]]. Brown was appointed a [[Order of the British Empire|Member of the Order of the British Empire]] (MBE) in the [[2008 Birthday Honours]] for services to drama and to charity,<ref>{{Cite web|last=TV|first=What's on|date=4 November 2008|title=EastEnders' June Brown honoured with MBE {{!}} News {{!}} EastEnders|url=https://www.whatsontv.co.uk/eastenders-main/eastenders-news/eastenders-june-brown-honoured-with-mbe-240734/|access-date=18 October 2020|website=What's on TV|language=en}}</ref> and promoted to an OBE in the [[2022 New Year Honours]]. In 2009, she was nominated for the [[British Academy Television Award for Best Actress|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.


== Early life ==
== Early life ==
Brown was born on 16 February 1927 in [[Needham Market]], Suffolk,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7452896.stm|title=Profile: June Brown|publisher=[[BBC]]|access-date=4 June 2014}}</ref> one of five children of Louisa Ann (née Butler) and Henry William Melton Brown.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.genesreunited.co.uk/blog/genes-reunited-blog/archive/2011/8/2/june-brown-family-history|title=June Brown – Family History – Genes Reunited Blog – Genes Reunited|website=genesreunited.co.uk|access-date=6 April 2019}}</ref> Her ancestry included English, Irish and Scottish, and from her maternal grandmother, [[Sephardi Jews|Sephardic Jewish]] (from Algeria, the Netherlands and Italy).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b013c44k|title=BBC One – Who Do You Think You Are?, Series 8, June Brown|publisher=BBC}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whatsontv.co.uk/soaps/eastenders/interviews/june-brown-im-like-a-mongrel/13521|title=June Brown: 'I'm like a mongrel!'|work=[[What's on TV]]|date=August 2011}}</ref> Through her grandmother, she was descended from noted Jewish bare-knuckle boxer [[Isaac Bitton (boxer)|Isaac Bitton]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/last-nights-tv-who-do-you-think-you-arebbc1br-village-sosbbc1-2335595.html|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=11 August 2011|title=Last Night's TV: Who Do You Think You Are?/BBC1 Village SOS/BBC1|first=Amol|last=Rajan|location=London}}</ref>
Brown was born on 16 February 1927 in [[Needham Market]], [[Suffolk]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7452896.stm|title=Profile: June Brown|publisher=[[BBC]]|access-date=4 June 2014}}</ref> one of five children of Louisa Ann (née Butler) and Henry William Melton Brown.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.genesreunited.co.uk/blog/genes-reunited-blog/archive/2011/8/2/june-brown-family-history|title=June Brown – Family History – Genes Reunited Blog – Genes Reunited|website=genesreunited.co.uk|access-date=6 April 2019}}</ref> Her ancestry included English, Irish and Scottish, and from her maternal grandmother, [[Sephardi Jews|Sephardic Jewish]] (from Algeria, the Netherlands and Italy).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b013c44k|title=BBC One – Who Do You Think You Are?, Series 8, June Brown|publisher=BBC}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whatsontv.co.uk/soaps/eastenders/interviews/june-brown-im-like-a-mongrel/13521|title=June Brown: 'I'm like a mongrel!'|work=[[What's on TV]]|date=August 2011}}</ref> Through her grandmother, she was descended from the noted Jewish bare-knuckle boxer [[Isaac Bitton (boxer)|Isaac Bitton]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/last-nights-tv-who-do-you-think-you-arebbc1br-village-sosbbc1-2335595.html|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=11 August 2011|title=Last Night's TV: Who Do You Think You Are?/BBC1 Village SOS/BBC1|first=Amol|last=Rajan|location=London}}</ref>


Brown was educated at St John's Church of England School in [[Ipswich]] and then won a scholarship to [[Ipswich High School, Suffolk|Ipswich High School]], where she passed the [[School Certificate (United Kingdom)|school certificate]] examinations.<ref name=independent>{{Cite web|date=11 February 2010|title=Passed/Failed: An education in the life of June Brown, actress|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/passed-failed-an-education-in-the-life-of-june-brown-actress-1895198.html|access-date=10 April 2022|website=The Independent|language=en}}</ref> During the Second World War, she was evacuated to the Welsh village of [[Pontyates]] in Carmarthenshire. During the later years of the war, she served in the [[Women's Royal Naval Service|Wrens]] and was classically trained at the Old Vic Theatre School in [[Lambeth]], London.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/02/29/dot-stands-trial-june-browns-best-moments/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/02/29/dot-stands-trial-june-browns-best-moments/ |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Since year Dot: EastEnders' June Brown's best moments|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=29 February 2016|access-date=8 December 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
Brown was educated at St John's Church of England School in [[Ipswich]] and then won a scholarship to [[Ipswich High School, Suffolk|Ipswich High School]], where she passed the [[School Certificate (United Kingdom)|school certificate]] examinations.<ref name=independent>{{Cite web|date=11 February 2010|title=Passed/Failed: An education in the life of June Brown, actress|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/passed-failed-an-education-in-the-life-of-june-brown-actress-1895198.html|access-date=10 April 2022|website=The Independent|language=en}}</ref> During the [[World War II|Second World War]], she was evacuated to the Welsh village of [[Pontyates]] in [[Carmarthenshire]]. During the later years of the war, she served in the [[Women's Royal Naval Service|Wrens]] and was classically trained at the Old Vic Theatre School in [[Lambeth]], London.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/02/29/dot-stands-trial-june-browns-best-moments/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/02/29/dot-stands-trial-june-browns-best-moments/ |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Since year Dot: EastEnders' June Brown's best moments|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=29 February 2016|access-date=8 December 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref>


== Career ==
== Career ==
=== Film and television ===
=== Film and television ===
Brown had a long television career, with small roles in ''[[Coronation Street]]'' as [[List of Coronation Street characters (1970)#Mrs Parsons|Mrs Parsons]] (1970–71); the ''[[Play for Today]]'', ''[[Edna, the Inebriate Woman]]'' as Clara (1971); the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' story ''[[The Time Warrior]]'' as Lady Eleanor (1973–74); the nursing soap ''[[Angels (TV series)|Angels]]''; the history-of-Britain ''Churchill's People''; long-running comedy drama ''[[Minder (TV series)|Minder]]''; the police drama soap ''[[The Bill]]''; and cult sci-fi series ''[[Survivors (1975 TV series)|Survivors]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/june-brown/credits/3000060901/|title=June Brown|website=TV Guide}}</ref> She had a bigger part as Mrs Leyton in the costume drama ''[[The Duchess of Duke Street]]'' (1976), and played Mrs Mann in ''[[Oliver Twist (1985 TV serial)|Oliver Twist]]'' (1985).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/june-brown-bbc-surrey-obe-mbe-b2050470.html |title=EastEnders stalwart June Brown, best known as Dot Cotton, dies aged 95 |first=Laura |last=Harding |work=The Independent |date=4 April 2022 |access-date=4 April 2022}}</ref>
Brown had a long television career, appearing on three episodes of ''[[Coronation Street]]'' as [[List of Coronation Street characters (1970)#Mrs Parsons|Mrs Parsons]] (1970–71); the ''[[Play for Today]]'', ''[[Edna, the Inebriate Woman]]'' as Clara (1971); the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' story ''[[The Time Warrior]]'' as Lady Eleanor (1973–74); the nursing soap ''[[Angels (TV series)|Angels]]''; the history-of-Britain ''Churchill's People''; long-running comedy drama ''[[Minder (TV series)|Minder]]''; the police drama soap ''[[The Bill]]''; and cult sci-fi series ''[[Survivors (1975 TV series)|Survivors]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/june-brown/credits/3000060901/|title=June Brown|website=TV Guide}}</ref> She had a bigger part as Mrs Leyton in the costume drama ''[[The Duchess of Duke Street]]'' (1976), and played Mrs Mann in ''[[Oliver Twist (1985 TV serial)|Oliver Twist]]'' (1985).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/june-brown-bbc-surrey-obe-mbe-b2050470.html |title=EastEnders stalwart June Brown, best known as Dot Cotton, dies aged 95 |first=Laura |last=Harding |work=The Independent |date=4 April 2022 |access-date=4 April 2022}}</ref>


She also played Nanny Slagg in the BBC's big-budget production of ''[[Gormenghast (series)|Gormenghast]]'' in 2000.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/gormenghast/characters/nannie.html|title=Gormenghast &#124; Nannie Slagg|publisher=PBS}}</ref> She was cast in small roles in several movies, appearing as the grieving mother of an undead biker in British horror flick ''[[Psychomania]]'' (1971), as well as ''[[Sunday Bloody Sunday (film)|Sunday Bloody Sunday]]'' (1971), ''[[Sitting Target]]'' (1972), ''[[The 14]]'' (1973), ''[[Murder by Decree]]'' (1979), ''[[Nijinsky (film)|Nijinsky]]'' (1980), ''[[The Mambo Kings]]'' (1992) and the ''[[Mr. Bean]]'' movie spin-off ''[[Bean (film)|Bean]]'' (1997). She also appeared as Tom Hedden's wife in ''[[Straw Dogs (1971 film)|Straw Dogs]]'' (1971), although her scenes were cut from the film. In 1984, she featured in the TV mini-series ''[[Lace (miniseries)|Lace]]'' which starred actress [[Phoebe Cates]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nostalgiacentral.com/television/tv-by-decade/tv-shows-1980s/lace/|title=Lace – Nostalgia Central|date=14 January 2014|website=nostalgiacentral.com}}</ref>
She also played Nanny Slagg in the BBC's big-budget production of ''[[Gormenghast (series)|Gormenghast]]'' in 2000.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/gormenghast/characters/nannie.html|title=Gormenghast &#124; Nannie Slagg|publisher=PBS}}</ref> She was cast in small roles in several movies, appearing as the grieving mother of an undead biker in British horror flick ''[[Psychomania]]'' (1971), as well as ''[[Sunday Bloody Sunday (film)|Sunday Bloody Sunday]]'' (1971), ''[[Sitting Target]]'' (1972), ''[[The 14]]'' (1973), ''[[Murder by Decree]]'' (1979), ''[[Nijinsky (film)|Nijinsky]]'' (1980), ''[[The Mambo Kings]]'' (1992) and the ''[[Mr. Bean]]'' movie spin-off ''[[Bean (film)|Bean]]'' (1997). She also appeared as Tom Hedden's wife in ''[[Straw Dogs (1971 film)|Straw Dogs]]'' (1971), although her scenes were cut from the film. In 1984, she featured in the TV mini-series ''[[Lace (miniseries)|Lace]]'' which starred actress [[Phoebe Cates]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nostalgiacentral.com/television/tv-by-decade/tv-shows-1980s/lace/|title=Lace – Nostalgia Central|date=14 January 2014|website=nostalgiacentral.com}}</ref>
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In 2006, Brown appeared as Aunt Spiker at the [[Children's Party at the Palace]], an all-star event to celebrate [[Elizabeth II|the Queen]]'s 80th birthday. In 2010, Brown took part in [[List of Strictly Come Dancing specials#2010 Christmas Special|the annual Christmas special]] of ''[[Strictly Come Dancing]]''. Brown said "I'm terrified and apprehensive about what I've let myself in for, I must be barmy and I'm not sure what's come over me&nbsp;... I just hope I can remember the steps to the routines. I'm looking forward to working with the professional dancers and the other contestants."<ref name="BBC Press Office">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2010/11_november/18/strictly.shtml|title=BBC announces Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special|date=18 November 2010|publisher=[[BBC]]|access-date=19 November 2010}}</ref> Her dancing partner was [[Vincent Simone]], with whom she danced the tango.
In 2006, Brown appeared as Aunt Spiker at the [[Children's Party at the Palace]], an all-star event to celebrate [[Elizabeth II|the Queen]]'s 80th birthday. In 2010, Brown took part in [[List of Strictly Come Dancing specials#2010 Christmas Special|the annual Christmas special]] of ''[[Strictly Come Dancing]]''. Brown said "I'm terrified and apprehensive about what I've let myself in for, I must be barmy and I'm not sure what's come over me&nbsp;... I just hope I can remember the steps to the routines. I'm looking forward to working with the professional dancers and the other contestants."<ref name="BBC Press Office">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2010/11_november/18/strictly.shtml|title=BBC announces Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special|date=18 November 2010|publisher=[[BBC]]|access-date=19 November 2010}}</ref> Her dancing partner was [[Vincent Simone]], with whom she danced the tango.


In August 2011 she was featured in the BBC's ''[[Who Do You Think You Are? (British TV series)|Who Do You Think You Are?]]'' and was the oldest person to have appeared on the programme.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b013c44k|title = BBC One – Who do You Think You Are?, Series 8, June Brown}}</ref>
In August 2011 she was featured in the BBC's ''[[Who Do You Think You Are? (British TV series)|Who Do You Think You Are?]]'', and was the oldest person to have appeared on the programme.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b013c44k|title = BBC One – Who do You Think You Are?, Series 8, June Brown}}</ref>


In July 2012, Brown hosted a documentary for the BBC called ''Respect Your Elders'', which looked at society's treatment and attitudes towards the elderly.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00tt2cx |title=BBC One – June Brown: Respect Your Elders |publisher=BBC |date=31 August 2012 |access-date=10 January 2014}}</ref>
In July 2012, Brown hosted a documentary for the BBC called ''Respect Your Elders'', which looked at society's treatment and attitudes towards the elderly.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00tt2cx |title=BBC One – June Brown: Respect Your Elders |publisher=BBC |date=31 August 2012 |access-date=10 January 2014}}</ref>


=== Theatre ===
=== Theatre ===
Brown was also active in British theatre. She directed and starred in ''Pin Money'' by [[Malcolm Needs]] in London, and ''Double D'' by Matthew Westwood in [[Edinburgh]] and London. She played Mrs Danvers in a touring production of ''[[Rebecca (novel)|Rebecca]]''. Other plays include ''[[An Inspector Calls]]'', ''[[The Lion in Winter]]'', ''[[A View from the Bridge]]'', and numerous [[pantomime]]s. During her early career, she played the roles of Hedda Gabler and Lady Macbeth.
Brown was also active in British theatre. She directed and starred in ''Pin Money'' by [[Malcolm Needs]] in London, and ''Double D'' by Matthew Westwood in [[Edinburgh]] and London. She played Mrs Danvers in a touring production of ''[[Rebecca (novel)|Rebecca]]''. Other plays include ''[[An Inspector Calls]]'', ''[[The Lion in Winter]]'', ''[[A View from the Bridge]]'', and numerous [[pantomime]]s. During her early career, she played the roles of [[Hedda Gabler]] and [[Lady Macbeth]].


In 2009, Brown played Jessie in the West End production of ''[[Calendar Girls (play)|Calendar Girls]]'' at the [[Noël Coward Theatre]]. Also in the play were former ''[[EastEnders]]'' stars [[Anita Dobson]] ([[Angie Watts]]), [[Jill Halfpenny]] ([[Kate Mitchell (EastEnders)|Kate Mitchell]]) and [[Jack Ryder (actor)|Jack Ryder]] ([[Jamie Mitchell]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/showbiz/a157520/june-brown-to-strip-for-calendar-girls/|title=June Brown to strip for 'Calendar Girls'|first=Kris|last=Green|website=[[Digital Spy]]|date=29 May 2009}}</ref>
In 2009, Brown played Jessie in the West End production of ''[[Calendar Girls (play)|Calendar Girls]]'' at the [[Noël Coward Theatre]]. Also in the play were former ''[[EastEnders]]'' stars [[Anita Dobson]] ([[Angie Watts]]), [[Jill Halfpenny]] ([[Kate Mitchell (EastEnders)|Kate Mitchell]]) and [[Jack Ryder (actor)|Jack Ryder]] ([[Jamie Mitchell]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/showbiz/a157520/june-brown-to-strip-for-calendar-girls/|title=June Brown to strip for 'Calendar Girls'|first=Kris|last=Green|website=[[Digital Spy]]|date=29 May 2009}}</ref>
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Brown was recommended to producers for the role of [[Dot Cotton]] in ''EastEnders'' by one of its original cast members, [[Leslie Grantham]], who played [[Den Watts]]. Brown played the role from 1985 to 2020, with a break between 1993 and 1997.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/june-brown-dead-dies-eastenders-dot-cotton_uk_624ae612e4b068157f7a0d90|title=EastEnders Legend June Brown Dies, Aged 95|date=4 April 2022|website=HuffPost}}</ref>
Brown was recommended to producers for the role of [[Dot Cotton]] in ''EastEnders'' by one of its original cast members, [[Leslie Grantham]], who played [[Den Watts]]. Brown played the role from 1985 to 2020, with a break between 1993 and 1997.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/june-brown-dead-dies-eastenders-dot-cotton_uk_624ae612e4b068157f7a0d90|title=EastEnders Legend June Brown Dies, Aged 95|date=4 April 2022|website=HuffPost}}</ref>


On 31 January 2008, Brown became the first and, to date, only soap actor to carry an entire episode single-handed. The episode, titled "[[Pretty Baby....]]", featured a monologue looking back over her character's life, dictated to a cassette machine for her husband Jim to listen to in hospital following a stroke. The fact that co-star and close friend [[John Bardon]] (who played Jim) was recovering from a stroke in real life added extra pathos to the episode.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/june-brown-all-alone-in-dots-kitchen-774546.html | work=The Independent | location=London | title=June Brown: All alone in Dot's kitchen | first=Cole | last=Moreton | date=27 January 2008 | access-date=7 May 2010}}</ref> In 2009, Brown was nominated for the [[British Academy Television Award for Best Actress]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bafta.org/awards/television/tv-noms-2009,709,BA.html |title=Television Awards Nominations 2009 |publisher=British Academy of Film and Television Arts |access-date=24 March 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327032142/http://www.bafta.org/awards/television/tv-noms-2009%2C709%2CBA.html |archive-date=27 March 2009 }}</ref> Brown's nomination came as a result of her "single-hander" episode of ''EastEnders'', the director of which she praised.<ref>{{cite news|author=Fletcher, Alex|date=24 March 2009|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a150613/santer-hails-remarkable-june-brown.html|title= Santer hails 'remarkable' June Brown |work= Digital Spy|access-date= 24 March 2009}}</ref>
On 31 January 2008, aged 80, Brown became the first and, to date, only soap actor to carry an entire episode single-handed. [[Pretty Baby....|The episode]] featured a monologue looking back over her character's life, dictated to a cassette machine for her husband [[Jim Branning|Jim]] to listen to in hospital following a stroke. The fact that co-star and close friend [[John Bardon]] (who played Jim) was recovering from a stroke in real life added extra pathos to the episode.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/june-brown-all-alone-in-dots-kitchen-774546.html | work=The Independent | location=London | title=June Brown: All alone in Dot's kitchen | first=Cole | last=Moreton | date=27 January 2008 | access-date=7 May 2010}}</ref> In 2009, Brown was nominated for the [[British Academy Television Award for Best Actress]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bafta.org/awards/television/tv-noms-2009,709,BA.html |title=Television Awards Nominations 2009 |publisher=British Academy of Film and Television Arts |access-date=24 March 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327032142/http://www.bafta.org/awards/television/tv-noms-2009%2C709%2CBA.html |archive-date=27 March 2009 }}</ref> Brown's nomination came as a result of her "single-hander" episode of ''EastEnders'', the director of which she praised.<ref>{{cite news|author=Fletcher, Alex|date=24 March 2009|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a150613/santer-hails-remarkable-june-brown.html|title= Santer hails 'remarkable' June Brown |work= Digital Spy|access-date= 24 March 2009}}</ref>


On 30 April 2012, it was announced that Brown was to take a six-month break from ''EastEnders'' and planned to write her autobiography during her time off.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s2/eastenders/news/a379044/eastenders-june-brown-taking-six-month-break.html |title='EastEnders' June Brown taking six-month break|work=Digital Spy |date=30 April 2012 |access-date=10 January 2014}}</ref> In October 2012, it was announced she had returned to filming, and she appeared on screen again from January 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s2/eastenders/news/a432116/eastenders-dot-branning-makes-return-in-january.html |title='EastEnders': Dot Branning makes return in January – EastEnders News – Soaps |work=Digital Spy |date=20 October 2012 |access-date=10 January 2014}}</ref> Her autobiography, ''Before the Year Dot'', was published in 2013.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Before-the-Year-Dot/June-Brown/9781471101823|title=Before the Year Dot|date=24 October 2013|isbn=978-1-4711-0182-3|via=simonandschuster.com|last1=Brown|first1=June}}</ref> Her critique of the fate that awaits us all as we age - "June Brown: respect your elders" - was broadcast on BBCtv on 12 July 2012.<ref>''Radio Times'' 7-13 July 2012</ref>
On 30 April 2012, it was announced that Brown was to take a six-month break from ''EastEnders'' and planned to write her autobiography during her time off.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s2/eastenders/news/a379044/eastenders-june-brown-taking-six-month-break.html |title='EastEnders' June Brown taking six-month break|work=Digital Spy |date=30 April 2012 |access-date=10 January 2014}}</ref> In October 2012, it was announced she had returned to filming, and she appeared on screen again from January 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s2/eastenders/news/a432116/eastenders-dot-branning-makes-return-in-january.html |title='EastEnders': Dot Branning makes return in January – EastEnders News – Soaps |work=Digital Spy |date=20 October 2012 |access-date=10 January 2014}}</ref> Her autobiography, ''Before the Year Dot'', was published in 2013.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Before-the-Year-Dot/June-Brown/9781471101823|title=Before the Year Dot|date=24 October 2013|isbn=978-1-4711-0182-3|via=simonandschuster.com|last1=Brown|first1=June}}</ref>


In May 2015, Brown revealed that her eyesight was failing due to [[macular degeneration]].<ref name="eyesight">{{cite news |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/eastenders-legend-june-brown-losing-5713596 | title=EastEnders legend June Brown is losing her sight but still has to work due to financial crisis | work=[[Daily Mirror]] | date=17 May 2015 | access-date=19 May 2015 | author=White, Stephen}}</ref> Later, in 2016, a storyline for Dot where her eyesight was deteriorating was introduced. Speaking about the condition in April 2019, Brown said that it had worsened since undergoing surgery in 2017, and that she did not go out socially because of her eyesight: "I never go to soap awards or suchlike now. I don't recognise people that I know and they would think I was snubbing them."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-47837492|title=EastEnders' June Brown losing her sight|date=6 April 2019|access-date=6 April 2019|work=BBC News}}</ref>
In May 2015, Brown revealed that her eyesight was failing due to [[macular degeneration]].<ref name="eyesight">{{cite news |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/eastenders-legend-june-brown-losing-5713596 | title=EastEnders legend June Brown is losing her sight but still has to work due to financial crisis | work=[[Daily Mirror]] | date=17 May 2015 | access-date=19 May 2015 | author=White, Stephen}}</ref> Later, in 2016, a storyline for Dot in which her eyesight was deteriorating was introduced. Speaking about the condition in April 2019, Brown said that it had worsened since undergoing surgery in 2017, and that she no longer went out socially because of her eyesight: "I never go to soap awards or suchlike now. I don't recognise people that I know and they would think I was snubbing them."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-47837492|title=EastEnders' June Brown losing her sight|date=6 April 2019|access-date=6 April 2019|work=BBC News}}</ref>


On 20 February 2020, Brown announced she had left ''EastEnders''.<ref name=LeavingEastEndersBBC>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-51582573|title=Dot Cotton: Actress June Brown says she has left EastEnders 'for good'|work=BBC News|date=21 February 2020|access-date=21 February 2020}}</ref><ref name="left">{{Cite news |last=Badshah |first=Nadeem |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/feb/21/june-brown-says-shes-played-eastenders-dot-cotton-for-last-time |title=June Brown says she's played EastEnders' Dot Cotton for last time |date=21 February 2020 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=21 February 2020}}</ref>
On 20 February 2020, Brown announced that she had left ''EastEnders''.<ref name=LeavingEastEndersBBC>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-51582573|title=Dot Cotton: Actress June Brown says she has left EastEnders 'for good'|work=BBC News|date=21 February 2020|access-date=21 February 2020}}</ref><ref name="left">{{Cite news |last=Badshah |first=Nadeem |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/feb/21/june-brown-says-shes-played-eastenders-dot-cotton-for-last-time |title=June Brown says she's played EastEnders' Dot Cotton for last time |date=21 February 2020 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=21 February 2020}}</ref>


== Personal life ==
==Personal life==
In 1950, Brown met and married actor John Garley; he suffered from [[major depressive disorder|depression]] and died from suicide in 1957. In 1958, she married actor Robert Arnold.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0036615|title=Robert Arnold|publisher=IMDb}}</ref> They had six children in seven years, one of whom died in infancy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08dmr01|title=BBC Radio 4 – Desert Island Discs, June Brown|date=17 February 2017|publisher=[[BBC iPlayer]]|access-date=14 March 2017}}</ref> The couple were together for 45 years, until he died in 2003 of [[Dementia with Lewy bodies|Lewy-body dementia]]. Thereafter, she lived alone in Surrey.<ref name=autogenerated2>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/june-brown-all-alone-in-dots-kitchen-774546.html|title=June Brown: All alone in Dot's kitchen|author=Cole Moreton|date=27 January 2008|work=The Independent}}</ref>
In 1950, Brown met and married actor John Garley; he suffered from [[major depressive disorder|depression]] and died of suicide in 1957. In 1958, she married actor Robert Arnold.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0036615|title=Robert Arnold|publisher=IMDb}}</ref> They had six children in seven years, one of whom died in infancy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08dmr01|title=BBC Radio 4 – Desert Island Discs, June Brown|date=17 February 2017|publisher=[[BBC iPlayer]]|access-date=14 March 2017}}</ref> The couple were together for 45 years, until he died in 2003 of [[Lewy body dementias|Lewy-body dementia]]. Thereafter, she lived alone in Surrey.<ref name=autogenerated2>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/june-brown-all-alone-in-dots-kitchen-774546.html|title=June Brown: All alone in Dot's kitchen|author=Cole Moreton|date=27 January 2008|work=The Independent}}</ref>


Brown was a supporter of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] and told ''[[The Guardian]]'' in 2009, "I wouldn't vote [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]], dear, if you paid me. I vote Conservative."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/apr/20/interview-june-brown-dot-cotton-eastenders|title=Decca Aitkenhead meets June Brown, EastEnders' Dot Cotton|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=23 May 2009|last=Aitkenhead|first=Decca|date=20 April 2009|location=London}}</ref> Like her ''EastEnders'' character, she was a [[Christians|Christian]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.christiantoday.com/article/eastenders-june-brown-character-dot-christian/38337.htm|title=Eastenders star June Brown says she made the character 'Dot' more Christian|first=Cath Martin 23 June 2014 &#124; 1:47|last=PM|website=christiantoday.com}}</ref>
Brown was a supporter of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] and told ''[[The Guardian]]'' in 2009, "I wouldn't vote [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]], dear, if you paid me. I vote Conservative."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/apr/20/interview-june-brown-dot-cotton-eastenders|title=Decca Aitkenhead meets June Brown, EastEnders' Dot Cotton|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=23 May 2009|last=Aitkenhead|first=Decca|date=20 April 2009|location=London}}</ref> Like her ''EastEnders'' character, she was a [[Christians|Christian]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.christiantoday.com/article/eastenders-june-brown-character-dot-christian/38337.htm|title=Eastenders star June Brown says she made the character 'Dot' more Christian|first=Cath Martin 23 June 2014 &#124; 1:47|last=PM|website=christiantoday.com}}</ref>
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Brown was appointed [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]] (MBE) in the [[2008 Birthday Honours]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7453476.stm|title=Des and Dot lead showbiz honours|publisher=[[BBC]]|access-date=2 February 2017}}</ref> and [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) in the [[2022 New Year Honours]], both for services to drama and to charity.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=63571|supp=y|page=N11|date=1 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-59809682|title=New Year Honours: Whitty, Van-Tam and Blair knighted, Lumley and Redgrave made dames|work=BBC News|date=31 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-59780013 |title=New Year Honours 2022: Lumley and Redgrave become dames |date=31 December 2021|accessdate=3 January 2022|work=BBC News}}</ref>
Brown was appointed [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]] (MBE) in the [[2008 Birthday Honours]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7453476.stm|title=Des and Dot lead showbiz honours|publisher=[[BBC]]|access-date=2 February 2017}}</ref> and [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) in the [[2022 New Year Honours]], both for services to drama and to charity.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=63571|supp=y|page=N11|date=1 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-59809682|title=New Year Honours: Whitty, Van-Tam and Blair knighted, Lumley and Redgrave made dames|work=BBC News|date=31 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-59780013 |title=New Year Honours 2022: Lumley and Redgrave become dames |date=31 December 2021|accessdate=3 January 2022|work=BBC News}}</ref>


=== Death ===
===Death===
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Brown died on 3 April 2022, aged 95.<ref name="BBC040422">{{Cite news |date=4 April 2022 |title=EastEnders veteran June Brown dies at 95 |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-60984231 |access-date=4 April 2022}}</ref> On the announcement of her death, the following day, ''EastEnders'' paid tribute to Brown and posted condolences from several of her former co-stars on social media, including [[Gillian Taylforth]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/EastEndersPress/status/1510955650880266244|title=Gillian Taylforth: "I'm truly heartbroken by this news. June Brown OBE, MBE, was an amazing woman and a truly wonderful actress. I shared many scenes with her over the years and she was always someone I looked up to and learnt from."1/2|via= Twitter|publisher=BBC EastEnders Press|date=4 April 2022|accessdate=5 April 2022}}{{Primary source inline|date=February 2024}}</ref> [[Natalie Cassidy]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/eastenderspress/status/1510986246742585345|title=From @Nat_Cassidy "I am so sad to hear the news about My June. She taught me everything I know. We laughed, we drank red wine, we learnt lines. She told me all her stories which I will keep close to my heart forever and she knew all of mine." 1/2|via=Twitter|publisher=BBC EastEnders Press|date=4 April 2022|accessdate=6 April 2022}}{{Primary source inline|date=February 2024}}</ref> [[Lacey Turner]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-ie/entertainment/tv/eastenders-star-lacey-turner-remembers-june-brown-as-being-young-at-heart/ar-AAVSpYo?li=BBr5RWH|title=From Lacey Turner: "Her professionalism, her care and passion for her craft and the detail that she put into her character was mesmerising to watch. Both watching Dot and listening to June, I was absolutely mesmerised."|date=5 April 2022|publisher=Independent|accessdate=5 April 2022}}{{Primary source inline|date=February 2024}}</ref> [[Diane Parish]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/eastenderspress/status/1510991415488167938|title=From Diane Parish: "In my humble opinion, June Brown WAS EastEnders. Her voice, her mannerisms, her character, her look were all carefully crafted choices by one of the country's most beloved and gifted actors." 1/3|via=Twitter|publisher=BBC EastEnders Press|date=4 April 2022|accessdate=6 April 2022}}{{Primary source inline|date=February 2024}}</ref> [[Emma Barton]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/eastenderspress/status/1510995420943687682|title=From @EmmaBarton "Working with June was like being part of an acting masterclass of dreams. The way she coloured every line, choreographed her movement to perfection, she knew exactly how she was going to deliver her scenes." 1/2|via=Twitter|publisher=BBC EastEnders Press|date=4 April 2022|accessdate=6 April 2022}}{{Primary source inline|date=February 2024}}</ref> [[Shona McGarty]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/eastenderspress/status/1511071334675189767|title=From @ShonaBM "My first week at EastEnders I was so nervous but June invited me into her dressing room for a chat and she was so very encouraging." 1/5|via=Twitter|publisher=BBC EastEnders Press|date=4 April 2022|accessdate=6 April 2022}}{{Primary source inline|date=February 2024}}</ref> [[Adam Woodyatt]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/eastenderspress/status/1510956233762738178|title=From @AdamWoodyatt "I'm lost for words, something June never was. So many memories, so much fun. Just purely and simply an incredible woman who had the most incredible life and career, I was fortunate to have shared a small part of it." 1/2|via=Twitter|publisher=BBC EastEnders Press|date=4 April 2022|accessdate=6 April 2022}}{{Primary source inline|date=February 2024}}</ref> and [[Letitia Dean]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/eastenderspress/status/1510961588441858049|title=From Letitia Dean "My beloved June, I truly loved you. Not just a phenomenal actress but a very dear friend. Oh the fun we have had over the years! I will never stop loving you, THANK YOU for your kindness and your generosity and for loving me the way you did."|date=4 April 2022|publisher=BBC EastEnders Press|accessdate=6 April 2022}}{{Primary source inline|date=February 2024}}</ref> The episode broadcast that evening was dedicated to her memory. Following this, the documentary ''June Brown: A Walford Legend'', which originally aired in 2017, to celebrate Brown's 90th birthday, and her 2011 episode of ''Who Do You Think You Are?'', were aired on BBC One, in a change to the original schedule.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/june-brown-dead-dot-cotton-eastenders-tributes-b992359.html?|title=June Brown: EastEnders star Adam Woodyatt and Danny Dyer lead tributes to actress|website=Evening Standard|date=4 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/june-brown-tribute-documentary-eastenders/|title=June Brown documentary to air after EastEnders|date=4 April 2022|website=Radio Times|accessdate=4 April 2022}}</ref>

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Brown died on 3 April 2022, at the age of 95.<ref name="BBC040422">{{Cite news |date=4 April 2022 |title=EastEnders veteran June Brown dies at 95 |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-60984231 |access-date=4 April 2022}}</ref> On the announcement of her death, the following day, ''EastEnders'' paid tribute to Brown and posted condolences from several of her former co-stars on social media, including [[Gillian Taylforth]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/EastEndersPress/status/1510955650880266244|title=Gillian Taylforth: "I'm truly heartbroken by this news. June Brown OBE, MBE, was an amazing woman and a truly wonderful actress. I shared many scenes with her over the years and she was always someone I looked up to and learnt from."1/2|via= Twitter|publisher=BBC EastEnders Press|date=4 April 2022|accessdate=5 April 2022}}{{Primary source inline}}</ref> [[Natalie Cassidy]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/eastenderspress/status/1510986246742585345|title=From @Nat_Cassidy "I am so sad to hear the news about My June. She taught me everything I know. We laughed, we drank red wine, we learnt lines. She told me all her stories which I will keep close to my heart forever and she knew all of mine." 1/2|via=Twitter|publisher=BBC EastEnders Press|date=4 April 2022|accessdate=6 April 2022}}{{Primary source inline}}</ref> [[Lacey Turner]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-ie/entertainment/tv/eastenders-star-lacey-turner-remembers-june-brown-as-being-young-at-heart/ar-AAVSpYo?li=BBr5RWH|title=From Lacey Turner: "Her professionalism, her care and passion for her craft and the detail that she put into her character was mesmerising to watch. Both watching Dot and listening to June, I was absolutely mesmerised."|date=5 April 2022|publisher=Independent|accessdate=5 April 2022}}{{Primary source inline}}</ref> [[Diane Parish]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/eastenderspress/status/1510991415488167938|title=From Diane Parish: "In my humble opinion, June Brown WAS EastEnders. Her voice, her mannerisms, her character, her look were all carefully crafted choices by one of the country's most beloved and gifted actors." 1/3|via=Twitter|publisher=BBC EastEnders Press|date=4 April 2022|accessdate=6 April 2022}}{{Primary source inline}}</ref> [[Emma Barton]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/eastenderspress/status/1510995420943687682|title=From @EmmaBarton "Working with June was like being part of an acting masterclass of dreams. The way she coloured every line, choreographed her movement to perfection, she knew exactly how she was going to deliver her scenes." 1/2|via=Twitter|publisher=BBC EastEnders Press|date=4 April 2022|accessdate=6 April 2022}}{{Primary source inline}}</ref> [[Shona McGarty]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/eastenderspress/status/1511071334675189767|title=From @ShonaBM "My first week at EastEnders I was so nervous but June invited me into her dressing room for a chat and she was so very encouraging." 1/5|via=Twitter|publisher=BBC EastEnders Press|date=4 April 2022|accessdate=6 April 2022}}{{Primary source inline}}</ref> [[Adam Woodyatt]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/eastenderspress/status/1510956233762738178|title=From @AdamWoodyatt "I'm lost for words, something June never was. So many memories, so much fun. Just purely and simply an incredible woman who had the most incredible life and career, I was fortunate to have shared a small part of it." 1/2|via=Twitter|publisher=BBC EastEnders Press|date=4 April 2022|accessdate=6 April 2022}}{{Primary source inline}}</ref> and [[Letitia Dean]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/eastenderspress/status/1510961588441858049|title=From Letitia Dean "My beloved June, I truly loved you. Not just a phenomenal actress but a very dear friend. Oh the fun we have had over the years! I will never stop loving you, THANK YOU for your kindness and your generosity and for loving me the way you did."|date=4 April 2022|publisher=BBC EastEnders Press|accessdate=6 April 2022}}{{Primary source inline}}</ref> The episode broadcast that evening was dedicated to her memory. Following this, the documentary ''June Brown: A Walford Legend'', which originally aired in 2017, to celebrate Brown's 90th birthday, and her 2011 episode of ''Who Do You Think You Are?'', were aired on BBC One, in a change to the original schedule.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/june-brown-dead-dot-cotton-eastenders-tributes-b992359.html?|title=June Brown: EastEnders star Adam Woodyatt and Danny Dyer lead tributes to actress|website=Evening Standard|date=4 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eastenders/june-brown-tribute-documentary-eastenders/|title=June Brown documentary to air after EastEnders|date=4 April 2022|website=Radio Times|accessdate=4 April 2022}}</ref>


== Filmography ==
== Filmography ==
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* ''[[Bean (film)|Bean]]'' (1997) as Delilah<ref name="filmography" />
* ''[[Bean (film)|Bean]]'' (1997) as Delilah<ref name="filmography" />
* ''[[Margery and Gladys]]'' (2003) as Gladys Gladwell<ref name="filmography" />
* ''[[Margery and Gladys]]'' (2003) as Gladys Gladwell<ref name="filmography" />
* ''Spidarlings'' (2016) as June<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.flickeringmyth.com/2017/06/tromas-lgbt-horror-musical-spidarlings-to-premiere-in-july/ | title=Troma's LGBT horror musical Spidarlings to premiere in July| date=14 June 2017}}</ref>
* ''Spidarlings'' (2016) as June<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.flickeringmyth.com/2017/06/tromas-lgbt-horror-musical-spidarlings-to-premiere-in-july/| title=Troma's LGBT horror musical Spidarlings to premiere in July| date=14 June 2017}}{{Dead link|date=April 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* ''[[Ethel & Ernest (film)|Ethel & Ernest]]'' (2016) as Ernest's stepmother
* ''[[Ethel & Ernest (film)|Ethel & Ernest]]'' (2016) as Ernest's stepmother


=== Television ===
=== Television ===
* ''The Rough and Ready Lot'' (1959) as Chica<ref name="Radio Times archive">{{Citation | author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->| date =18 September 1959| periodical = [[Radio Times]]| title= The Rough and Ready Lot| issue= 1871| location= London| page= 19|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/0a2e3ad932344cf29d24ec75be329a1d| access-date= 6 April 2016 }}</ref><ref name="BFI">{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba2e769be| title= June Brown| website= [[British Film Institute]]| access-date= 6 April 2019 }}</ref>
* ''The Rough and Ready Lot'' (1959) as Chica<ref name="Radio Times archive">{{Citation | author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->| date =18 September 1959| periodical = [[Radio Times]]| title= The Rough and Ready Lot| issue= 1871| location= London| page= 19|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/0a2e3ad932344cf29d24ec75be329a1d| access-date= 6 April 2016 }}</ref><ref name="BFI">{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba2e769be|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604225557/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba2e769be|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 June 2016| title= June Brown| website= [[British Film Institute]]| access-date= 6 April 2019 }}</ref>
* ''[[Coronation Street]]'' (1970–1971) as [[List of Coronation Street characters (1970)#Mrs. Parsons|Mrs. Parsons]] (3 episodes)<ref name="filmography" />
* ''[[Coronation Street]]'' (1970–1971) as [[List of Coronation Street characters (1970)#Mrs. Parsons|Mrs. Parsons]] (3 episodes)<ref name="filmography" />
* ''[[Edna, the Inebriate Woman]]'' (1971) as Clara<ref name="filmography" />
* ''[[Edna, the Inebriate Woman]]'' (1971) as Clara<ref name="filmography" />
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* ''[[Survivors (1975 TV series)|Survivors]]'' (1977) as Susan (1 episode)<ref name="filmography" />
* ''[[Survivors (1975 TV series)|Survivors]]'' (1977) as Susan (1 episode)<ref name="filmography" />
* ''[[God's Wonderful Railway]]'' (1980) as Elsie Grant (3 episodes)<ref name="filmography" />
* ''[[God's Wonderful Railway]]'' (1980) as Elsie Grant (3 episodes)<ref name="filmography" />
* ''Instant Enlightenment Including VAT'' (1980) as Melanie<ref name="filmography" />
* ''[[Lace (miniseries)|Lace]]'' (1984) as Mrs Trelawney (2 episodes)<ref name="filmography" />
* ''[[Lace (miniseries)|Lace]]'' (1984) as Mrs Trelawney (2 episodes)<ref name="filmography" />
* ''[[Minder (TV series)|Minder]]'' (1984) as Joany (1 episode)<ref name="filmography" />
* ''[[Minder (TV series)|Minder]]'' (1984) as Joany (1 episode)<ref name="filmography" />
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* ''[[Gormenghast (TV serial)|Gormenghast]]'' (2000) as Nannie Slagg (2 episodes)<ref name="filmography" />
* ''[[Gormenghast (TV serial)|Gormenghast]]'' (2000) as Nannie Slagg (2 episodes)<ref name="filmography" />
* ''[[Heading Out]]'' (2013) as Sozzie (1 episode)<ref name="filmography" />
* ''[[Heading Out]]'' (2013) as Sozzie (1 episode)<ref name="filmography" />
* ''[[Would I Lie to You? (British game show)|Would I Lie to You? (game show)]]'' (2014) as herself (1 episode)<ref name="filmography" />
* ''June Brown at 90: A Walford Legend'' (2017), TV special<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/eastenders/entries/6e237093-6f82-4127-a08d-546015cc2ca2 | title=June Brown at 90 – a Walford Legend| date=30 January 2017}}</ref>
* ''June Brown at 90: A Walford Legend'' (2017), TV special<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/eastenders/entries/6e237093-6f82-4127-a08d-546015cc2ca2 | title=June Brown at 90 – a Walford Legend| date=30 January 2017}}</ref>
* ''100 Years Younger in 21 Days'' (2018) as herself (documentary series)<ref name="filmography" />
* ''100 Years Younger in 21 Days'' (2018) as herself (documentary series)<ref name="filmography" />
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| Best Single Episode – Ethell's Emotional Death
| Best Single Episode – Ethel's Emotional Death
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| Best On Screen Partnership – shared with [[John Bardon]]
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This article is about the English actress. For the Australian actress, see June Browne.

June Brown
OBE
Brown in 2009
Born
June Muriel Brown

(1927-02-16)16 February 1927
Needham Market, Suffolk, England
Died3 April 2022(2022-04-03) (aged 95)
Surrey, England
Occupations
  • Actress
  • author
Years active1952–2021
Known forRole of Dot Cotton in EastEnders
Political partyConservative
Spouses
  • John Garley
    ​
    ​
    (m. 1950; died 1957)​
  • Robert Arnold
    ​
    ​
    (m. 1958; died 2003)​
Children6
Military career
AllegianceVereinigtes Königreich
Service/branchRoyal Navy
Years of service1944–1945
UnitWomen's Royal Naval Service
Battles/warsSecond World War

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 2005 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,[1] and promoted to an 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.

Early life

Brown was born on 16 February 1927 in Needham Market, Suffolk,[2] one of five children of Louisa Ann (née Butler) and Henry William Melton Brown.[3] Her ancestry included English, Irish and Scottish, and from her maternal grandmother, Sephardic Jewish (from Algeria, the Netherlands and Italy).[4][5] Through her grandmother, she was descended from the noted Jewish bare-knuckle boxer Isaac Bitton.[6]

Brown was educated at St John's Church of England School in Ipswich and then won a scholarship to Ipswich High School, where she passed the school certificate examinations.[7] During the Second World War, she was evacuated to the Welsh village of Pontyates in Carmarthenshire. During the later years of the war, she served in the Wrens and was classically trained at the Old Vic Theatre School in Lambeth, London.[8]

Career

Film and television

Brown had a long television career, appearing on three episodes of Coronation Street as Mrs Parsons (1970–71); the Play for Today, Edna, the Inebriate Woman as Clara (1971); the Doctor Who story The Time Warrior as Lady Eleanor (1973–74); the nursing soap Angels; the history-of-Britain Churchill's People; long-running comedy drama Minder; the police drama soap The Bill; and cult sci-fi series Survivors.[9] She had a bigger part as Mrs Leyton in the costume drama The Duchess of Duke Street (1976), and played Mrs Mann in Oliver Twist (1985).[10]

She also played Nanny Slagg in the BBC's big-budget production of Gormenghast in 2000.[11] She was cast in small roles in several movies, appearing as the grieving mother of an undead biker in British horror flick Psychomania (1971), as well as Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971), Sitting Target (1972), The 14 (1973), Murder by Decree (1979), Nijinsky (1980), The Mambo Kings (1992) and the Mr. Bean movie spin-off Bean (1997). She also appeared as Tom Hedden's wife in Straw Dogs (1971), although her scenes were cut from the film. In 1984, she featured in the TV mini-series Lace which starred actress Phoebe Cates.[12]

In 2006, Brown appeared as Aunt Spiker at the Children's Party at the Palace, an all-star event to celebrate the Queen's 80th birthday. In 2010, Brown took part in the annual Christmas special of Strictly Come Dancing. Brown said "I'm terrified and apprehensive about what I've let myself in for, I must be barmy and I'm not sure what's come over me ... I just hope I can remember the steps to the routines. I'm looking forward to working with the professional dancers and the other contestants."[13] Her dancing partner was Vincent Simone, with whom she danced the tango.

In August 2011 she was featured in the BBC's Who Do You Think You Are?, and was the oldest person to have appeared on the programme.[14]

In July 2012, Brown hosted a documentary for the BBC called Respect Your Elders, which looked at society's treatment and attitudes towards the elderly.[15]

Theatre

Brown was also active in British theatre. She directed and starred in Pin Money by Malcolm Needs in London, and Double D by Matthew Westwood in Edinburgh and London. She played Mrs Danvers in a touring production of Rebecca. Other plays include An Inspector Calls, The Lion in Winter, A View from the Bridge, and numerous pantomimes. During her early career, she played the roles of Hedda Gabler and Lady Macbeth.

In 2009, Brown played Jessie in the West End production of Calendar Girls at the Noël Coward Theatre. Also in the play were former EastEnders stars Anita Dobson (Angie Watts), Jill Halfpenny (Kate Mitchell) and Jack Ryder (Jamie Mitchell).[16]

EastEnders

Brown was recommended to producers for the role of Dot Cotton in EastEnders by one of its original cast members, Leslie Grantham, who played Den Watts. Brown played the role from 1985 to 2020, with a break between 1993 and 1997.[17]

On 31 January 2008, aged 80, Brown became the first and, to date, only soap actor to carry an entire episode single-handed. The episode featured a monologue looking back over her character's life, dictated to a cassette machine for her husband Jim to listen to in hospital following a stroke. The fact that co-star and close friend John Bardon (who played Jim) was recovering from a stroke in real life added extra pathos to the episode.[18] In 2009, Brown was nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress.[19] Brown's nomination came as a result of her "single-hander" episode of EastEnders, the director of which she praised.[20]

On 30 April 2012, it was announced that Brown was to take a six-month break from EastEnders and planned to write her autobiography during her time off.[21] In October 2012, it was announced she had returned to filming, and she appeared on screen again from January 2013.[22] Her autobiography, Before the Year Dot, was published in 2013.[23]

In May 2015, Brown revealed that her eyesight was failing due to macular degeneration.[24] Later, in 2016, a storyline for Dot in which her eyesight was deteriorating was introduced. Speaking about the condition in April 2019, Brown said that it had worsened since undergoing surgery in 2017, and that she no longer went out socially because of her eyesight: "I never go to soap awards or suchlike now. I don't recognise people that I know and they would think I was snubbing them."[25]

On 20 February 2020, Brown announced that she had left EastEnders.[26][27]

Personal life

In 1950, Brown met and married actor John Garley; he suffered from depression and died of suicide in 1957. In 1958, she married actor Robert Arnold.[28] They had six children in seven years, one of whom died in infancy.[29] The couple were together for 45 years, until he died in 2003 of Lewy-body dementia. Thereafter, she lived alone in Surrey.[30]

Brown was a supporter of the Conservative Party and told The Guardian in 2009, "I wouldn't vote Labour, dear, if you paid me. I vote Conservative."[31] Like her EastEnders character, she was a Christian.[32]

Brown was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2008 Birthday Honours[33] and Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours, both for services to drama and to charity.[34][35][36]

Death

Brown died on 3 April 2022, aged 95.[37] On the announcement of her death, the following day, EastEnders paid tribute to Brown and posted condolences from several of her former co-stars on social media, including Gillian Taylforth,[38] Natalie Cassidy,[39] Lacey Turner,[40] Diane Parish,[41] Emma Barton,[42] Shona McGarty,[43] Adam Woodyatt[44] and Letitia Dean.[45] The episode broadcast that evening was dedicated to her memory. Following this, the documentary June Brown: A Walford Legend, which originally aired in 2017, to celebrate Brown's 90th birthday, and her 2011 episode of Who Do You Think You Are?, were aired on BBC One, in a change to the original schedule.[46][47]

Filmography

Film

Television

Radio

  • Missing You (2021) as Margey (1 episode)[53]

Theatre

Directed

Bibliography

  • Before the Year Dot (2013)[55]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Kategorie Work Character Result[56]
1999 National Television Awards Most Popular Actress EastEnders Dot Cotton Nominated
2000 Nominated
British Soap Awards Best Actress Nominated
Best Single Episode – Ethel's Emotional Death Nominated
Best On-Screen Partnership – shared with Gretchen Franklin Nominated
TV Quick and TV Choice Awards Best Actress Won
2001 National Television Awards Most Popular Actress Nominated
British Soap Awards Best Actress Nominated
Best Dramatic Performance Nominated
Hero of the Year Nominated
Best Storyline – Dot's Schizophrenia Plot Nominated
Inside Soap Awards Best Actress Won
Best Storyline – Dot's Schizophrenia Plot Won
TV Quick and TV Choice Awards Best Actress Nominated
2002 National Television Awards Most Popular Actress Nominated
British Soap Awards Best Actress Nominated
Best On-Screen Partnership – shared with John Bardon Won
2004 Best Actress Nominated
2005 National Television Awards Most Popular Actress Nominated
British Soap Awards Best Actress Nominated
Best On-Screen Partnership – shared with John Bardon Won
Lifetime Achievement Award Won
Inside Soap Awards Best Actress Won
Best Couple – shared with John Bardon Won
TV Quick and TV Choice Awards Best Actress Nominated
Best Soap Storyline – Dot's Cancer Nominated
2007 National Television Awards Most Popular Actress Nominated
2008 TRIC Awards Best TV Personality Nominated
2009 National Television Awards Serial Drama Performance Nominated
BAFTA Television Awards Actress in a Leading Role Nominated

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  39. ^ "From @Nat_Cassidy "I am so sad to hear the news about My June. She taught me everything I know. We laughed, we drank red wine, we learnt lines. She told me all her stories which I will keep close to my heart forever and she knew all of mine." 1/2". BBC EastEnders Press. 4 April 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022 – via Twitter.[non-primary source needed]
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  41. ^ "From Diane Parish: "In my humble opinion, June Brown WAS EastEnders. Her voice, her mannerisms, her character, her look were all carefully crafted choices by one of the country's most beloved and gifted actors." 1/3". BBC EastEnders Press. 4 April 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022 – via Twitter.[non-primary source needed]
  42. ^ "From @EmmaBarton "Working with June was like being part of an acting masterclass of dreams. The way she coloured every line, choreographed her movement to perfection, she knew exactly how she was going to deliver her scenes." 1/2". BBC EastEnders Press. 4 April 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022 – via Twitter.[non-primary source needed]
  43. ^ "From @ShonaBM "My first week at EastEnders I was so nervous but June invited me into her dressing room for a chat and she was so very encouraging." 1/5". BBC EastEnders Press. 4 April 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022 – via Twitter.[non-primary source needed]
  44. ^ "From @AdamWoodyatt "I'm lost for words, something June never was. So many memories, so much fun. Just purely and simply an incredible woman who had the most incredible life and career, I was fortunate to have shared a small part of it." 1/2". BBC EastEnders Press. 4 April 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022 – via Twitter.[non-primary source needed]
  45. ^ "From Letitia Dean "My beloved June, I truly loved you. Not just a phenomenal actress but a very dear friend. Oh the fun we have had over the years! I will never stop loving you, THANK YOU for your kindness and your generosity and for loving me the way you did."". BBC EastEnders Press. 4 April 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022.[non-primary source needed]
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