1. June Brown was born on 16 February 1927 in Needham Market, Suffolk, one of five children of Louisa Ann and Henry William Melton June Brown.
12 Facts About June Brown
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In 2006, June Brown appeared as Aunt Spiker at the Children's Party at the Palace, an all-star event to celebrate the Queen's 80th birthday.
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In 2010, June Brown took part in the annual Christmas special of Strictly Come Dancing.
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In July 2012, June Brown hosted a documentary for the BBC called Respect Your Elders, which looked at society's treatment and attitudes towards the elderly.
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In 2009, June Brown played Jessie in the West End production of Calendar Girls at the Noel Coward Theatre.
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June Brown played the role from 1985 to 2020, with a break between 1993 and 1997.
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On 31 January 2008, aged 80, June Brown became the first and, to date, only soap actor to carry an entire episode single-handed.
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In 2009, June Brown was nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress.
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On 30 April 2012, it was announced that June Brown was to take a six-month break from EastEnders and planned to write her autobiography during her time off.
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In May 2015, June Brown revealed that her eyesight was failing due to macular degeneration.
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On 20 February 2020, June Brown announced that she had left EastEnders.
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June Brown was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2008 Birthday Honours and Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2022 New Year Honours, both for services to drama and to charity.