Biography

June Brown served in the Wrens and was classically trained at the Old Vic Drama School. She enjoyed a long career in the theatre, television and the cinema. The actor Nigel Hawthorne described her as "one of the most beautiful creatures I've seen on stage" after seeing her performance as Ibsen's "Hedda Gabler." Aside from her EastEnders (1985) fame as Dot Cotton, she appeared as "Lady Macbeth" opposite Albert Finney and directed "Double D" at the 1993 Edinburgh Festival.

Actress

EastEnders(1985)as Dot, Dot Cotton, Dot Branning

Love is the Only Law(2017)as June Brown

Dead Lucky(2017)as Old Lady

Spidarlings(2016)as June

Ethel & Ernest(2016)as Ernest's Stepmother

Self

Soho Is...(2020)as Self

The One Show(2006)as Self, Self - Dot Cotton - Eastenders, Self - Guest

Loose Women(1999)as Self

Hard to Please OAPs(2019)as Self

100 Years Younger in 21 Days(2018)as Self

Archive Footage

EastEnders: 40 Years on the Square(2025)as Self - Dot Cotton

Morning Live(2020)as Self

The Noughties(2020)as Dot Cotton

Coronation Street: Compilations(2020)as Mrs. Parsons

EastEnders: Secrets from the Square(2020)as Dot Cotton, Dot Branning

Archive Sound

EastEnders(1985)as Dot Branning

Known for

EastEnders1985 · Actress Misunderstood1983 · Actress Sitting Target1972 · Actress The Prince and the Pauper1976 · Actress

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Jill Baker, June Brown, Sara Crowe, Jill Halfpenny, Jerry Hall, Jack Ryder, and Gemma Atkinson

Jill Baker, June Brown, Richenda Carey, Sara Crowe, Anita Dobson, Jill Halfpenny, Jerry Hall, Will Knightley, Delia Lindsay, Neil McCaul, Jack Ryder, and Gemma Atkinson

June Brown, Sara Crowe, Jerry Hall, and Hamish McColl

Jill Baker, June Brown, Richenda Carey, Sara Crowe, Anita Dobson, Jerry Hall, Will Knightley, and Gemma Atkinson

Credit Score: June Brown

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Coronation Street

Mrs. Parsons

Wed Dec 09 1970 – Wed May 06 2026

#	Name	Score	Year	Known	★	Wins	Noms	Votes
1	Coronation Street	19.00	1960	•	5.6	10	30	6613
2	EastEnders	16.00	1985	•	4.8	9	25	10025
3	The Duchess of Duke Street	12.50	1979	•	8.3	0	1	1704
4	Doctor Who	12.50	1963	•	8.4	0	2	41372
5	The Prince and the Pauper	4.88	1976	•	7.1	0	0	62
6	Bean	2.50	1997	•	6.5	0	0	116518
7	Murder by Decree	2.50	1979	•	6.8	0	0	7773
8	Sitting Target	2.50	1972	•	6.6	0	0	1717
9	Misunderstood	2.38	1984	•	5.9	0	0	653
10	Straw Dogs	1.50	1971		7.4	0	1	68266

June Brown