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Actor
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Birthplace
Needham Market, Suffolk, England, UK
Nationality
Political Party
Conservative Party
Languages
English
Education
Ipswich High School
Zodiac Sign
♒ Aquarius
Chinese Zodiac
兔 Rabbit
Name Origin
English < Proto-Indo-European (*h₂yéwHō)
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June Brown is known for acting.
Born in Needham Market, Suffolk, England, UK (died at age 95).
3 awards including British Soap Award for Outstanding Achievement.
June Brown has 3 credits in our database.
Studied at Array.
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Filmography (3)
AWARDS (3)
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire
2022
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British Soap Award for Outstanding Achievement
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Member of the Order of the British Empire
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Biography
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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June Brown was born in Needham Market, Suffolk, England, UK.
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June Brown has 3 credits in our database. Notable titles include Ethel & Ernest (2016), Margery and Gladys (2003), EastEnders (1985).
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