June Brown | |
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.jpg) Brown in 2009 | |
| Born | June Muriel Brown 16 February 1927 Needham Market, Suffolk, England |
| Died | 3 April 2022 (aged 95) Surrey, England |
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| Years active | 1952–2021 |
| Known for | Role of Dot Cotton in EastEnders |
| Political party | Conservative |
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| Children | 6 |
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| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service | Royal Navy |
| Years of service | 1944–1945 |
| Unit | Women's Royal Naval Service |
| Battles / wars | Second 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.
- ^ TV, What's on (4 November 2008). "EastEnders' June Brown honoured with MBE | News | EastEnders". What's on TV. Retrieved 18 October 2020.