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June Brown

Feb 16, 1927 - Apr 03, 2022 (95 years old) in Needham Market, Suffolk, England, UK

June Muriel Brown OBE (16 February 1927 – 3 April 2022) was an English actress and author. She was best known for her role as Dot Cotton on the BBC soap opera EastEnders (1985–1993; 1997–2020). In 2005, she won Best Actress at the Inside Soap Awards and received the Lifetime Achievement award at the British Soap Awards. Brown was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2008 Birthday Honours for services to drama and to charity, and promoted OBE in the 2022 New Year Honours. In 2009, she was nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress, making her the second performer to receive a BAFTA nomination for their work in a soap opera, after Jean Alexander. In February 2020 she announced that she had left EastEnders permanently, at the age of 93.

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Known For

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EastEnders
Dot Cotton
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Doctor Who
Eleanor
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Play for Today
Hilda
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Would I Lie to You?
Self
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Strictly Come Dancing
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Who Do You Think You Are?
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The Terry and Gaby Show
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Minder
Joany
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Dixon of Dock Green
Brenda Walker
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Z-Cars

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