June Brown

June Brown

June Muriel Brown OBE (16 February 1927 – 3 April 2022) was an English actress and author. She was best known for her role as Dot Cotton on the BBC soap opera EastEnders (1985–1993; 1997–2020). In 2005, she won Best Actress at the Inside Soap Awards and received the Lifetime Achievement award at the British Soap Awards. Brown was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the...

Known For

Bean

as Delilah

Murder by Decree

as Annie Chapman

Ethel & Ernest

as Ernest's Step Mother (voice)

Cast Credits

The Lock-In

as Dot Cotton

Ethel & Ernest

as Ernest's Step Mother (voice)

Margery and Gladys

as Gladys Gladwell

Bean

as Delilah

Hospital!

as Cleaner

Bed

as Spinster

Misunderstood

as Mrs. Paley

Broken Glass

as Sheila Heron

Sorry

as June

Ladies

as Brenda

Nijinsky

as Maria Stepanova

Murder by Decree

as Annie Chapman

A Christmas Carol

as Mrs. Dilber

South Riding

as Lily Sawdon

Brenda

as Alice Penny

The 14

as The Mother

Psychomania

as Mrs. Pettibone

Horatio Bottomley

as Eliza Bottomley

Sitting Target

as Lomart's Neighbour

Straw Dogs

as Mrs. Hebden (uncredited)

Edna: The Inebriate Woman

as Clara, in Psychiatric Hospital

Sunday Bloody Sunday

as Woman Patient