---
name: "June Brown"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/june-brown"
fi1m_id: "june-brown"
imdb_id: "nm0113942"
tmdb_id: 16481
wikidata_id: "Q6312230"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "16 February 1927"
died: "3 April 2022"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 65
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T12:28:40.316976+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# June Brown

## Identity

June Brown

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/june-brown
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** june-brown
- **IMDb ID:** nm0113942
- **TMDB ID:** 16481
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6312230
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_Brown, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6312230, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0113942/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/16481

Actor. Born 16 February 1927 in Needham Market, Suffolk, England, UK. Died 3 April 2022.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 16 February 1927, Needham Market, Suffolk, England, UK
- **Died:** 3 April 2022
- **Active:** 1985–1997
- **Also known as:** 六月布朗
- **Average Fi1m score:** 65, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 70 (1), 1990s 60 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_Brown, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6312230, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0113942/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/16481

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*EastEnders*](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md) (70)

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## 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.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, theguardian.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Bean* (1997), Fi1m 60, as Delilah — [page](https://film.one/film/bean.md)
- *EastEnders* (1985), Fi1m 70, as Dot Cotton — [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)

## Complete filmography (68)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Lock-In* (2022), as Dot Cotton
- *Spidarlings* (2016), as June
- *Ethel & Ernest* (2016), as Ernest's Step Mother (voice)
- *The Children's Party at the Palace* (2006), as Aunt Spiker (James and the Giant Peach)
- *Margery and Gladys* (2003), as Gladys Gladwell
- *EastEnders: Dot's Story* (2003), as Dot Cotton
- *Gormenghast* (2000), series, as Nannie Slagg
- *Toby the Square Boy* (1999), as (voice)
- *Verdict* (1998), series, as Amelia Sayers
- *Ain't Misbehavin'* (1997), series, as Mrs Jilkes
- *Bean* (1997), as Delilah — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/bean.md)
- *Hospital!* (1997), as Cleaner
- *Bed* (1995), as Spinster
- *Pirates* (1994), series, Actor
- *Performance* (1991), series, as Spinster
- *Behind The Screen* (1988), series, Actor
- *Oliver Twist* (1985), series, as Mrs Mann
- *EastEnders* (1985), series, as Dot Cotton, Dorothy Branning — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)
- *Lace* (1984), series, as Mrs. Trelawney
- *Misunderstood* (1983), as Mrs. Paley
- *Now And Then* (1983), series, as Aunt Sadie - Then
- *Shades of Darkness* (1983), series, as Emma Saxon
- *The Lady's Maid's Bell* (1983), as Emma Saxon
- *Broken Glass* (1982), as Sheila Heron
- *Saturday Night Thriller* (1982), series, as Sheila Heron
- *Sorry* (1981), as June
- *Ladies* (1980), as Brenda
- *Nijinsky* (1980), as Maria Stepanova
- *Instant Enlightenment Including VAT* (1979), as Melanie
- *Minder* (1979), series, as Joany — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/minder.md)
- *The Shining Pyramid* (1979), as Mrs. Joy
- *Border Country* (1979), series, as Mrs. Joy
- *Murder by Decree* (1979), as Annie Chapman
- *A Christmas Carol* (1977), as Mrs. Dilber
- *The Duchess of Duke Street* (1976), series, as Violet Leyton
- *The Prince and the Pauper* (1976), series, as Mother Canty
- *Shadows* (1975), series, as Mrs. Donn
- *Angels* (1975), series, Actor
- *Survivors* (1975), series, as Susan
- *The Sweeney* (1975), series, as Mrs. Martin — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-sweeney.md)
- *Churchill's People* (1974), series, as Agnes Paston
- *South Riding* (1974), as Lily Sawdon
- *Doctor Who: The Time Warrior* (1974), as Lady Eleanor
- *Brenda* (1973), as Alice Penny
- *Oranges and Lemons* (1973), series, as Alice Penny
- *The 14* (1973), as The Mother
- *Psychomania* (1973), as Mrs. Pettibone
- *Horatio Bottomley* (1972), as Eliza Bottomley
- *The Edwardians* (1972), series, as Eliza Bottomley
- *A Touch of the Victorians* (1972), as Ruth Preston
- *Sitting Target* (1972), as Lomart's Neighbour
- *New Scotland Yard* (1972), series, as Jean Strode
- *Home and Away* (1972), series, as Agnes
- *Straw Dogs* (1971), as Mrs. Hebden (uncredited)
- *Edna: The Inebriate Woman* (1971), as Clara, in Psychiatric Hospital
- *Sunday Bloody Sunday* (1971), as Woman Patient
- *Play for Today* (1970), series, as Hilda, Brenda, Clara, in Psychiatric Hospital, June, Melanie
- *Doomwatch* (1970), series, as Kit Pedler
- *ITV Saturday Night Theatre* (1969), series, as Dorothy, Mrs. Lowe
- *Inadmissible Evidence* (1968), as Dinner Guest
- *Way Off Beat* (1966), as Mrs. Wentworth
- *The Wednesday Play* (1964), series, as Emma, Mrs. Wentworth
- *Doctor Who* (1963), series, as Eleanor — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who.md)
- *Z-Cars* (1962), series, Actor
- *Armchair Mystery Theatre* (1960), series, as Linda
- *Armchair Theatre* (1956), series, as Ruth Preston
- *Dixon of Dock Green* (1955), series, as Brenda Walker
- *It Started in Paradise* (1952), as Announcer

## Gallery

- ![June Brown](https://film.one/media/person/3917585/gallery-2eee51aaaabe.jpg) June Brown — Joe Freeman, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/June_Brown_%282009%29.jpg/1280px-June_Brown_%282009%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![June Brown (left) at the funeral service for actress Wendy Richard at St Marylebone Parish Church. (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/3917585/gallery-56080f8d9fe2.jpg) June Brown (left) at the funeral service for actress Wendy Richard at St Marylebone Parish Church. (2009) — Garry Knight from London, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/June_Brown.jpg/1280px-June_Brown.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Officer of the Order of the British Empire 2022: Officer of the Order of the British Empire (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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