June Brown RIP (1927-2022)

[coyote]

Sad news, a much-loved lady who lived a very long llfe. Obituary at www.BBC.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-43476603

In Minder briefly of course as well as many other things before the role that came to define her career.

Will be forever synonymous with "Naaaaasty Nick" John Altman.

[AlanH]

I've never been a fan of EastEnders but June Brown was a remarkable presence whenever I saw episodes. A hugely respectable career both in the series and beyond it. RIP.

[brinylonshirt]

Dot Cotton/June Brown - a soap icon up there with Hilda Ogden/Jean Alexander. And she turns up in films on Talking Pictures TV once in a while. She had a long career before Eastenders. RIP

[jjmolloy]

A fine actress with a stellar career, and would have been the best in Eastenders I'm sure. One of the old school. Only saw her the other day in Minder's Hypnotising Rita. RIP June. 

[ontheslate]

Actress of long standing in many things over the years, a real old fashioned working class actress and very interesting to listen to in interviews. RIP

[McCann]

Of course June Brown is also in The Sweeney episode 1 'Ringer'. I think a lot of people watch it and think 'oh look it's a younger Dot Cotton'

She kept going to some age, still in Eastenders two years ago aged 93.
I read that she grew up in Suffolk and went to school in Ipswich. Just would have assumed she was Cockney born and bred.

[jjmolloy]

Some pictures.  June Brown: a life in pictures | Television & radio | The Guardian

[bodiesstuntdouble]

Worked with June several times on EastEnders and she was always charmingly courteous and welcoming - a credit to the profession and more importantly as a human being.

RIP Dear lady

[ltd]

Nice tribute from Wales Online:


www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/June-brown-obituary-family-tragedy-23589234

What a life she had.

[daz]

One of those people who you thought would go on forever.

RIP