A rare throwback clip of June Brown shows the late EastEnders icon appearing in Coronation Street more than 45 years ago.
While Brown was best known for appearing as Dot Cotton in the BBC's serial drama for over three decades, she had a minor role in the ITV soap in 1970 and 1971 as Mrs Parsons. To mark her 90th birthday in 2017, a short scene with Brown, on-screen son Tony Parsons (David Hill) and Weatherfield icon Ena Sharples (Violet Carson) was posted on the official Coronation Street Twitter account.
The accompanying tweet read: "Happy 90th birthday to soap legend June Brown. Before the @bbceastenders Square she graced the Street. Here's a look back to 1971. #Corrie." Brown made three appearances as Mrs Parsons, whose son Tony received harmonium lessons from long-running character Ena.
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She later went on to join the cast of EastEnders shortly after it began in 1985 and she has been a mainstay of the Walford-based soap ever since. June appeared in a staggering 2,884 episodes of the London-based soap.
On Monday, EastEnders confirmed she had died at the age of 95. No cause of death has yet been made known.
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