June Brown

June Brown played chain-smoking hypochondriac Dot Cotton for 35 years and was one of Albert Square's most beloved characters.

Taking a break from the BBC show between 1993 and 1997, she officially left the cast in 2020. It keeps me alive," she said. In December 2021 Brown was made an OBE in the New Year Honours, and she was previously made an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours in 2008, both for services to drama and charity. A very bright light has gone out at EastEnders today but we shall all be raising a sweet sherry in June's memory. I vote Conservative." The only soap actor to have single-handedly led an entire episode, she was nominated for a BAFTA for her performance in the 2008 half-an-hour special in which her character looked back on her life.

The actress died at her home in Surrey on Sunday with her family by her side. An EastEnders spokeswoman said: “We are deeply saddened to announce that our ...

before she left the show in 2020. A very bright light has gone out at EastEnders today but we shall all be raising a sweet sherry in June’s memory. The actress died at her home in Surrey on Sunday with her family by her side. The actress died at her home in Surrey on Sunday with her family by her side. EastEnders star June Brown, best known for her role as chain-smoking Dot Cotton, has died at the age of 95, the BBC has announced. EastEnders star June Brown, best known for her role as chain-smoking Dot Cotton, has died at the age of 95, the BBC has announced.

EastEnders bosses paid tribute to the star who they said was 'loved and adored by everyone' on set.

A very bright light has gone out at EastEnders today but we shall all be raising a sweet sherry in June’s memory. She was nominated for the Best Actress prize at the TV Baftas for her standalone episode of the soap in 2009. Previously, she had been made an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2008 for services to drama and charity. Recognised for her services to drama and to charity, Brown was made an OBE in the New Year Honours in December 2021. Over the years, she was nominated and bestowed with a number of glittering awards for her role as Dot Cotton including a lifetime achievement honour at the 2005 British Soap Awards. The actress was a fan favourite on EastEnders for three decades before she left in 2020.

The actress' death was announced by her family and by the BBC in a brief statement.

She was also previously made an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours in 2008 for services to drama and charity. In December 2021, Brown was made an OBE in the New Year Honours, as she was recognised for services to drama and to charity. before she left the show in 2020.

The actress became a cultural fixture for her long-running turn as the inimitable Dot Cotton.

She was previously made an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2008 for services to drama and charity. In December 2021 Brown was made an OBE in the New Year Honours, as she was recognised for services to drama and to charity. As Dot Cotton, also known as Dot Branning, in the long-running EastEnders, she provided Albert Square with one of its best-loved and most memorable characters. She had another four children and Arnold died in 2003 of Lewy body dementia, a progressive form of the brain disease. As Dot Cotton, also known as Dot Branning, in the long-running EastEnders, she provided Albert Square with one of its best-loved and most memorable characters. In an interview with the Guardian, she was asked if she voted Labour.

Dot Cotton, a chain-smoking, devoutly religious hypochondriac, may have been one of EastEnders' most eccentric characters, but BBC bosses trusted her with ...

Brown’s performance was widely praised and she earned a Bafta TV nomination for best actress. “I don’t think playing illness is productive at my age. Dot, played for 35 years by veteran actress June Brown, dealt with the killing of her son, the assisted suicide of a friend, and cancer. Dot, played for 35 years by veteran actress June Brown, dealt with the killing of her son, the assisted suicide of a friend, and cancer. Dot Cotton, a chain-smoking, devoutly religious hypochondriac, may have been one of EastEnders’ most eccentric characters, but BBC bosses trusted her with some of the soap’s heaviest storylines. Dot Cotton, a chain-smoking, devoutly religious hypochondriac, may have been one of EastEnders’ most eccentric characters, but BBC bosses trusted her with some of the soap’s heaviest storylines.

The actress died at her home in Surrey on Sunday with her family by her side. An EastEnders spokeswoman said: “We are deeply saddened to announce that our ...

before she left the show in 2020. A very bright light has gone out at EastEnders today but we shall all be raising a sweet sherry in June’s memory. The actress died at her home in Surrey on Sunday with her family by her side. The actress died at her home in Surrey on Sunday with her family by her side. EastEnders star June Brown, best known for her role as chain-smoking Dot Cotton, has died at the age of 95, the BBC has announced. EastEnders star June Brown, best known for her role as chain-smoking Dot Cotton, has died at the age of 95, the BBC has announced.

June Brown, known for her role as Dot Cotton on Eastenders has passed away, the BBC has announced.

A very bright light has gone out at EastEnders today but we shall all be raising a sweet sherry in June’s memory. Strong. Vulnerable. Lovely. A big light has gone out on British TV." Another said: "#JuneBrown was sublime - she perfectly captured a slice of all our lives.

Brown played the chain-smoking Dot Cotton in the BBC One soap for more than 30 years. Gillian Taylforth, who plays Kathy Beale in the show, hailed Brown as “an ...

Our thoughts are with her family and many friends.” You will always live on in the hearts of everybody you touched. “Oh the fun we have had over the years! There will never be anyone quite like June.” Members of the EastEnders cast have paid tribute to June Brown as “an incredible woman who had the most incredible life and career”, after her death aged 95. Members of the EastEnders cast have paid tribute to June Brown as “an incredible woman who had the most incredible life and career”, after her death aged 95.

The British soap giant has died aged 95, but her cultural contribution will live on.

Both in person and onscreen, Brown was beloved, and her death is a sad end to a wonderful chapter in British television. Photos of Brown smoking, partying, or even just rolling her eyes in character as Dot have proliferated across popular social media accounts like Love of Huns and Hunsnet for years (usually alongside captions like “Me as soon as anyone in work asks me to do anything”), to universal adoration from their followers. Best known for playing Dot Cotton (later Branning), the chain-smoking, Psalms-quoting manageress of the Albert Square launderette, Brown was a beloved figure on the soap and in British culture.

The actress died at her home in Surrey on Sunday with her family by her side. An EastEnders spokeswoman said: “We are deeply saddened to announce that our ...

before she left the show in 2020. A very bright light has gone out at EastEnders today but we shall all be raising a sweet sherry in June’s memory. The actress died at her home in Surrey on Sunday with her family by her side. The actress died at her home in Surrey on Sunday with her family by her side. EastEnders star June Brown, best known for her role as chain-smoking Dot Cotton, has died at the age of 95, the BBC has announced. EastEnders star June Brown, best known for her role as chain-smoking Dot Cotton, has died at the age of 95, the BBC has announced.

June Brown, the actor best known for portraying Dot Cotton in the BBC soap EastEnders, has died at 95. Brown, who played the chainsmoking Christian and ...

I shared many scenes with her over the years and she was always someone I looked up to and learnt from. She served in the Women’s Royal Naval Service during the second world war, before training as an actor at London’s Old Vic Theatre School. Early TV roles included appearances on Coronation Street, Doctor Who and Play For Today, before she joined the longrunning soap on the recommendation of Leslie Grantham, who played Den Watts. June Brown, the actor best known for portraying Dot Cotton in the BBC soap EastEnders, has died at 95.

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I shared many scenes with her over the years and she was always someone I looked up to and learnt from. Just purely and simply an incredible woman who had the most incredible life and career, I was fortunate to have shared a small part of it. it was a privilege to know her." A very bright light has gone out at EastEnders today but we shall all be raising a sweet sherry in June’s memory. before she left the show in 2020. Brown's 35-year run as the Albert Square mainstay began in 1985.

Fans couldn't stop talking about her unlikely friendship with Lady Gaga which blossomed on The Graham Norton Show. The Dot Cotton star and Born This Way singer ...

"She invited me to a private thing, unfortunately I was doing Piers Morgan the next day. I am honoured to be sitting next to you.” The House Of Gucci star told Brown: “I am a really big fan of yours.

Veteran stage and screen actor best known for playing Dot Cotton in the BBC's long-running soap EastEnders.

When she appeared in Calendar Girls in the West End in 2009, aged 82, she claimed she was the only one of the replacement cast who stripped completely naked for the photo call. Sipping from a large glass of red wine, she had the audience, and her fellow couch squatters, who included Jude Law, eating out of her hand for half an hour. She married the actor Robert Arnold in 1958. Small roles on TV followed in the 1960s in both Dixon of Dock Green and Z Cars, though by now she was up to her elbows in children. “And here’s a funny thing,” she said, quoting Max Miller, “when I was in hospital, having given birth to my first child, I did my ballet exercises every day at the end of my bed. Apart from anything else, she produced six children in seven and a half years with her second husband, all of them in her fourth decade.

'June created one of the most iconic characters in Dot Cotton, not just in soap but in British television, and having appeared in 2884 episodes, June's ...

The documentary, which aired in 2017, marked June’s 90th birthday and touches on why the actress believes she was cast as Dot Cotton. ‘June created one of the most iconic characters in Dot Cotton, not just in soap but in British television, and having appeared in 2884 episodes, June’s remarkable performances created some of EastEnders finest moments.’ ‘We are deeply saddened to announce that our beloved June Brown, OBE, MBE sadly passed away last night.

EastEnders legend June Brown, who grew up in Needham Market, Suffolk, has died aged 95, the BBC has announced.

In 2009, she was nominated for the best actress prize at the TV Baftas for her standalone episode of the soap. A very bright light has gone out at EastEnders today but we shall all be raising a sweet sherry in June’s memory. The actress died at her home in Surrey on Sunday with her family by her side.

The actress died at her home in Surrey on Sunday with her family by her side. An EastEnders spokeswoman said: “We are deeply saddened to announce that our ...

before she left the show in 2020. A very bright light has gone out at EastEnders today but we shall all be raising a sweet sherry in June’s memory. The actress died at her home in Surrey on Sunday with her family by her side. The actress died at her home in Surrey on Sunday with her family by her side. EastEnders star June Brown, best known for her role as chain-smoking Dot Cotton, has died at the age of 95, the BBC has announced. EastEnders star June Brown, best known for her role as chain-smoking Dot Cotton, has died at the age of 95, the BBC has announced.

The late EastEnders star June Brown was best known for her role as the legendary Dot Cotton - but it wasn't the actresses first experience on a British soap ...

She was previously made an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2008 for services to drama and charity. June announced the bombshell news of her exit from EastEnders in 2020 with little fanfare, revealing her decision on a podcast with a former co-star. But before her time in Albert Square, June had a stint on the cobbles. It was shared by the ITV soap as the veteran star celebrated her 90th birthday. Brown landed the role of Dot Cotton back in 1985 and her biggest storylines explored controversial issues such as euthanasia, cancer and homophobia, until her departure from Eastenders in 2020. The soap icon's family confirmed she died surrounded by her family at home in Surrey on Sunday (April 3).

The actress had a minor role in the ITV soap from 1970-71. June played the role of Mrs Parsons, who paid a visit to Ena Sharples after she took an interest in ...

A very bright light has gone out at EastEnders today but we shall all be raising a sweet sherry in June’s memory. The actress had a minor role in the ITV soap from 1970-71. June Brown is known for her role as Dot Cotton in BBC One’s EastEnders, but did you know she actually appeared in Coronation Street before she was cast as the chain-smoking laundrette owner?

Household favourite Brown, who died on Sunday aged 95, starred in the soap for more than three decades.

“Often in a soap, you know the character but you never know the actress. She had classical training, she had worked her way up and she expected you to do your job. “She was a dear friend, someone I could confide in, and probably my second mother, really. Both watching Dot and listening to June, I was absolutely mesmerised.” “She knew everything. Turner added: “She wasn’t like Dot so much at all.

Household favourite Brown, who died on Sunday aged 95, starred in the soap for more than three decades.

“Often in a soap, you know the character but you never know the actress. She had classical training, she had worked her way up and she expected you to do your job. “She was a dear friend, someone I could confide in, and probably my second mother, really. Both watching Dot and listening to June, I was absolutely mesmerised.” “She knew everything. Turner added: “She wasn’t like Dot so much at all.

The soap star passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, aged 95, after becoming a household name as chain-smoking Dot Cotton on the long-running soap, ...

The chain smoking, devout, gossiping Dot Cotton wasn't just familiar to EastEnders fans. Brown's character defined British television.

“But when I look back, I know that from that moment on, everything that I ever cared about I’ve lost.” She was, rightfully, nominated for a Bafta for Best Actress for her performance in the episode, making her the second actress nominated for work in a soap opera. “I know it is silly, remembering such a little thing,” Dot said, recalling the death of her uncle and the song he used to sing to her as a child as he tucked her in each night. An old school professional, she excelled in some of the soap’s most serious storylines. Or the time that she got into a fight with her Sat-Nav and drove the wrong way down a busy street. Who could forget the time she accidentally walked into a living room to see Jane Beale giving Ian Beale a pole dance? She had long since ascended to the wider British cultural consciousness.

Paul revealed EastEnders legend June Brown once called him and revealed she had just rescued two donkeys for him.

‘Here we are Donkeys years ago at The Kings Head in Islington watching Sally Lindsay in a play. ‘A great actress and a lovely human being. A very bright light has gone out at EastEnders today but we shall all be raising a sweet sherry in June’s memory.

The Dot Cotton actress loved to come to Scotland to visit friends and do her bit for charity but one trip left her with hearing issues.

June had also lost her sight around the same time saying: “I see things in my eyes now. I am straining here.” June later told The Sun her journey to a Glasgow charity event, caused her hearing loss, She explained: “Unfortunately it happened when I was going up to Glasgow for a charity,” “I thought it was a bit unkind given I was flying up for charity. June Brown who played chain-smoking Dot Cotton had hearing issues after flight to GlasgowEastEnders ' June Brown revealed she went deaf in Scotland after catching a flight here. June, who was always sprightly, revealed the news of her hearing issues caused by trip to Scotland in 2015, after she spoke at a Q and A session in London's BFI. She told fellow co-star Barbara Windsor at the time: "Are you talking to me Babs? Tell me, because I’m deaf you see and it’s very hard for me to hear so I don’t know what you’re talking about. The Dot Cotton legend, who passed away yesterday at the age of 95 after starring on the BBC soap for more than 30 years , revealed in 2015 that a journey to Glasgow had impacted on her hearing. June was a regular visitor to Scotland and would visit the Edinburgh Festival from time to time.

For all her quirks and strong character development, it was June Brown's performance that elevated Dot Cotton to greatness.

We saw her deal with storylines on her faith, euthanasia, and loneliness. In June’s hands, Dot was far from a caricature. Dot felt like more than just a soap character to me. She was the heart and soul of EastEnders, one of many important women that made soapland itself what it is today – and no one more than Dot deserved the ‘Look Out From the Back of a Cab’ treatment that has become synonymous with emotional departures from the soap. June Brown was so obviously a riot of fun and laughter to everyone who knew her, but worldly in a way that Dot wasn’t. Dot Cotton was a lot of things to a lot of people, but however people remember her best, the one thing we can agree on is that she was an icon.