Iconic soap actress June Brown, who has died at the age of 95 , was a national heroine both on screen and off.
The veteran actor, who was known and loved for playing chain-smoking Dot Cotton on BBC soap Eastenders , spent her life fulfilling many unexpected roles – not least her stint in the forces during World War II.
The Suffolk-born telly icon was evacuated during the Second World War to the Welsh village of Pontyates in Carmarthenshire.
