Biography
June Brown (1927–2022) was an English actress. She trained at the Old Vic Drama School and had a long career in theatre, television and film before and alongside her best-known role.
She played Dot Cotton (later Branning) in the BBC soap opera EastEnders from 1985 to 1993 and from 1997 to 2020. Other credits include appearances in Doctor Who (1973), Murder by Decree (1979) and Bean (1997).
Brown was appointed MBE in 2008 and promoted to OBE in 2022 for services to drama and charity. She received a BAFTA TV Award nomination for Best Actress in 2009 and won Best Actress at the Inside Soap Awards and a Lifetime Achievement award at the British Soap Awards in 2005.
