June Brown has quit EastEnders as Dot Cotton

[Cal.]

EASTENDERS legend June Brown says she has quit after 35 years as chain-smoking hypochondriac Dot Cotton after being disappointed by her recent storylines.

The 93-year-old telly favourite said she turned down the chance of a retainer contract but admitted: “It’s almost as if I’ve been bereaved.”

Arguably the soap’s best-known remaining cast member, her character had not been since last month when she left a voicemail for Sonia Fowler, played by Natalie Cassidy, 36, saying she had moved to Ireland.

June has now said: “I don’t want a retainer for EastEnders, I’ve left. I’ve left for good.


“I’ve sent her off to Ireland where she’ll stay. I’ve left EastEnders. I did make up a limerick. It’s a bit dirty.

“I went back to do a good story. Alas and alack, when I got back it had gone up in smoke.

“I got a small part, a very small part. And that ended up as a big wet fart. Alas and alack, I will never go back.”

The veteran actress has been a regular in Albert Square since just after the BBC1 soap began in 1985, apart from a break between 1993 and 1997. She also took six months off in 2012 to pen her autobiography.

Don’t feel good about linking The Sun so I’ve removed the link but felt this was a big news story. Not giving the tabloids the clicks anymore!

[Cal.]

IM SCREECHING @ the limerick ending her time of 35 years that’s why I posted it here

[Marsh.]

Kate Oates - MURDERER!!!

[Marsh.]

A shame that of all the people to have been in the show, after all those years, not to get a final storyline.

[Greg!]

Omg I hope they can tempt her back with an amazing exit storyline :( legend who deserves nothing less

[Alf]

Ooo I say.

[Amy Jade]

In all honesty I think leaving Dot in Ireland is fine, I'd hate to see a Peggy rehash and watch Dot suffer, leaving her happy with family seems really nice after all she's been through.

[Kate!]

Good riddance. She was well past her sell by date.

[arista]

Good riddance. She was well past her sell by date.


Very True

[Ammi]

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[arista]

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The Old Smoker.....................

[MB.]

I'm hearing that she quit to have more time for The Masked Singer series two rehearsals

[Jessica.]

I think she is the right person for a peaceful exit like that. What was her last storyline?

[Jigs]

I don't think Dot needs an exit storyline tbh. With her being 93 irl it just makes sense that she moves away and dies offscreen since June is likely to follow suit shortly after. Killing her off would be too insensitive to the fact that June is so close to death herself~

[Denver]

I wouldnt say she is close to death

[Denver]

Good riddance. She was well past her sell by date.

No true Eastenders fan will ever say that

[Kazanne]

I love her character as Dot, but she probably wants to take it easy at her age and enjoy other things, will miss her though.

[Dogeatdog]

Haven’t watched EastEnders for a long time but it’s sad that she's leaving the show.

[Amy Jade]

With her being 93 irl it just makes sense that she moves away and dies offscreen since June is likely to follow suit shortly after
Bit harsh :laugh:

[Alf]

Just think, she's washed Phil Mitchell's dirty underpants.

[Liam-]

Thrown her toys out of the pram because she didn’t get a main storyline? Bye, she’s not needed anyway, she hasn’t been good since she bumped off Nick

[Kate!]

Thrown her toys out of the pram because she didn’t get a main storyline? Bye, she’s not needed anyway, she hasn’t been good since she bumped off Nick

Yes this exactly.

[Alf]

The disrespect for Dorothy Cotton is shameful.

She's been doing her thing as Dot, longer than most you have been alive.

[Redway]

Good riddance. She was well past her sell by date.

Ditto. She was no Pauline, Pat or even Peggy.

[Redway]

No true Eastenders fan will ever say that

And why’s that?

[Denver]

And why’s that?

Because she ie part of the furniture and has given the best part of her career to the show and is a good enough actress to carry on

[Marsh.]

It is a shame.

The show's last of that generation.

[Redway]

Because she ie part of the furniture and has given the best part of her career to the show and is a good enough actress to carry on

Doesn’t mean she’s been any more than a kindly supporting character for years and years. Indispensable she isn’t.

[Denver]

Doesn’t mean she’s been any more than a kindly supporting character for years and years. Indispensable she isn’t.

She is in her 90s what do you expect? Her to be getting pregnant by teenagers, jumping from cars, becoming a gangster and getting pissed and making a fool of herself?

[Jordan.]

She is in her 90s what do you expect? Her to be getting pregnant by teenagers, jumping from cars, becoming a gangster and getting pissed and making a fool of herself?

it doesn't stop Kat

[Alf]

it doesn't stop KatDot and Kat did great scenes together.

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[Redway]

She is in her 90s what do you expect? Her to be getting pregnant by teenagers, jumping from cars, becoming a gangster and getting pissed and making a fool of herself?

Longevity and status doesn’t put a character above criticism or personal preference.

[Beso]

Nick wins the lottery and gives it all to ma.

[Denver]

Longevity and status doesn’t put a character above criticism or personal preference.

Also I'm sure Insyrance will only allow her to do so many hours at her age

[Redway]

Also I'm sure Insyrance will only allow her to do so many hours at her age

What’s that got to do with what I said?

[Denver]

What’s that got to do with what I said?

Well if the insurance company say they will only insure her if she works on a certain contract it makes it even harder to be in every scene and every episode

[Redway]

Well if the insurance company say they will only insure her if she works on a certain contract it makes it even harder to be in every scene and every episode

Doesn’t mean she was unanimously liked even when she was more prominent. People are allowed to have their likes and dislikes.

[Denver]

Not like she has done anything to be hated

[Beso]

Not like she has done anything to be hated

She ****ing murdered ethel ffs.:fist::fist::fist:

[Alf]

She ****ing murdered ethel ffs.:fist::fist::fist:Very persuasive woman was Ethel. How could you say "no" to her?

[Marsh.]

Dot and Kat did great scenes together.

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The one playing Kat does the same voice for every impression.

Although her dwarf Peggy one is funny.

[Marsh.]

Doesn’t mean she’s been any more than a kindly supporting character for years and years. Indispensable she isn’t.

Nobody said she was indispensable. None of them are.

But she was always heavily involved in it, up until 2018.

[Alf]

The one playing Kat does the same voice for every impression.

Although her dwarf Peggy one is funny.Ronni Ancona. Not as good as our Debra Stephenson.

[Marsh.]

Although, having watched to the end she has Kat's "pushes her chin outwards when she talks" spot on. :joker: