About June Brown

June directed Double D at the Etcetera Theatre in Camden, the Edinburgh Festival and Kings Head Theatre in Islington.

June is president of the Michael Elliot Trust, which runs a donkey sanctuary in Derbyshire called Freshfields. It partners children with special needs with donkeys.

Although June now wears a wig to play Dot, originally it was her own hair re-styled.

Lesley Grantham (Den Watts) recommended June for the role of Dot Cotton.

Before finding fame as Dot Cotton, June's long career in TV included appearances in Coronation Street, Doctor Who, Angels, Churchill's People and The Duchess of Duke Street.

June appeared alongside ex-EastEnder Leslie Schofield (Brian Wicks & Jeff Healy) in the BBC's 1985 production of Oliver Twist.

June played Gladys in the ITV drama, Margery and Gladys. She starred alongside Penelope Keith who played Margery.

In 2000, during a break from EastEnders, June starred as Nanny Slagg in the BBC's drama Gormenghast

Her many theatre credits include The Lion In Winter, An Inspector Calls, Nightshade and Calendar Girls.

On the big screen, she's appeared in Bean: The Movie, Straw Dogs, Nijinski and Sunday Bloody Sunday, among others.