June Whitfield

Dame June Rosemary Whitfield DBE (11 November 1925 – 28 December 2018) was an English actress.

Her breakthrough role was a lead in the radio comedy Take It from Here from 1953. Television soon followed, including appearances with Tony Hancock throughout his television career. In 1966, Whitfield played the leading role in the television sitcom Beggar My Neighbour which ran for three series. She also appeared in four Carry On films: Nurse (1959), Abroad (1972), Girls (1973) and Columbus (1992).

In 1968 June Whitfield and Terry Scott began their long television partnership, which peaked with roles as husband and wife in Happy Ever After (1974–78) and Terry and June (1979–87). From 1992 Whitfield appeared in Jennifer Saunders's sitcom Absolutely Fabulous playing Edina Monsoon's mother. She played a regular character in Last of the Summer Wine as well as a recurring character in The Green Green Grass. She also played Agatha Christie's Miss Marple on BBC Radio 4between 1993 and 2001.

Film and television

• The Passing Show (1951)
• Love from Judy (1953) – Sally McBride
• Fast and Loose (1955)
• Before Your Very Eyes (1955–1958) – various characters
• The Idiot Weekly, Price 2d (1956) – various characters
• The Straker Special (1956)
• The Tony Hancock Show (1956–1957)[9][32] – various characters
• Friday the 13th (1957)
• Hancock's Half Hour ("The Alpine Holiday", 1957) – Miss Dubois
• Yes, It's the Cathode-Ray Tube Show! (1957) – various characters (voice)
• Dixon of Dock Green (1958) – Marie
• My Pal Bob (1958)
• Whack-O! (1958–1959) – Edwina / Mrs Van Stuyvesant
• On With The Show (1958)
• Carry On Nurse (1959) – Meg
• Friends and Neighbours (1959) – Doris Holmes
• It's Saturday Night (1959)
• Arthur's Treasured Volumes (1960) – Enid Brown
• Hancock (1961)
  • "The Blood Donor" – Nurse
  • "The Succession - Son and Heir" – Veronica Stillwell
• The Arthur Askey Show (1961) – Emily Pilbeam
• The Benny Hill Show (1961–1968) – various characters
• Faces of Jim (1961–1963)[9] – various characters
• Christmas Night with the Stars (1962) – Eth
• Six More Faces of Jim (1962) – Eth
• The Rag Trade (1962) – Miss Rawlins
• The Telephone Call (1962) – Sandra Baxter
• More Faces of Jim (1963) – various characters
• A Child's Guide to Screenwriting (1964) – various characters (voice)
• Baxter On... (1964) – various characters
• How to be an Alien (1964) – (voice)
• The Big Noise (1964) – Dorothy Tozer
• Steptoe and Son (1964) – Madge
• Call It What You Like (1965) – various characters
• Six of the Best (1965) – Daffodil
• Frankie Howerd (1966) – Beryl Cuttlebunt
• Mild and Bitter (1966) – various characters
• The Spy with a Cold Nose (1966) – Elsie Farquhar
• Beggar My Neighbour (1967–1968) – Rose Garvey
• Christmas Night with the Stars (1967) – Rose Garvey
• Father, Dear Father (1968) – Mrs Parsons
• Frankie Howerd Meets the Bee Gees (1968)
• Never a Cross Word (1968)
• Scott On... (1968–1974) – various characters
• According to Dora (1969) – various characters
• Armchair Theatre: What's a Mother For? (1969) – Angela
• The Best Things in Life (1969–1970) – Mabel Pollard
• The Dick Emery Show (1969–1974) – various characters
• The Fossett Saga (1969) – Millie Goswick
• The Jimmy Logan Show (1969)
• The Undertakers (1969) – Housewife
• Do Me a Favour! (1971) – Mrs Dolly Hadleigh
• The Goodies (1971) – Penelope Fay
• The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins (1971) – Mildred
• Bless This House (film) (1972) – Vera Baines
• Carry On Abroad (1972) – Evelyn Blunt
• Tarbuck's Luck (1972)
• Bless This House (1973) – Odette
• Carry On Girls (1973) – Augusta Prodworthy / Paula Perkins (voice)
• Whoops Baghdad (1973) – Charisma
• Romance with a Double Bass (1974) – Prince Bibulov's Wife
• The Morecambe and Wise Show (1974) – Muriel
• The Pallisers (1974) – Mrs Bonteen
• Happy Ever After (1974–1979) – June Fletcher
• Not Now, Comrade (1976) – Janet Rimmington
• The Dick Emery Show: The Texas Connection(1977) – Jacqueline Clayton
• Cannon and Ball (1979) – The Manageress
• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1979) – Mrs Beaver
• Terry and June (1979–1987) – June Medford
• Bernie (1980)
• It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1980) – Captain Georgina Tollemache
• The Dick Emery Christmas Show: For Whom the Jingle Bells Toll (1980) – Colette
• Mike Yarwood In Persons (1981)
• It's Going to Be Alright (1984) – Margie Hansen
• Minder (1984) – Mrs Murdoch
• Sharing Time (1984) – April
• Rupert and the Frog Song (1985) – Rupert's Mother (voice)
• It's a Hudd Hudd World (1987)
• Cluedo (1990) – Mrs Blance White
• The Craig Ferguson Story (1991) – Mrs Ferguson
• Carry On Columbus (1992) – Queen Isabella
• The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends (1992) – Mrs Rabbit (voice)
• Absolutely Fabulous (1992–2012) – Mother
• Terry and Julian (1992) – Mrs Wilson
• Jude (1996) – Aunt Drusilla
• All Rise for Julian Clary (1997) – Auntie Jane
• Brambly Hedge (1997) – Mrs Apple
• Common as Muck (1997) – Irene
• Family Money (1997) – Ivy
• Out of Sight (1997) – Miss Stanbridge
• The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling (1997) – Mrs Whitfield
• Wyrd Sisters (1997) – Nanny Ogg (voice)
• Friends (1998) – The Housekeeper
• Rex the Runt (1998) – Judge Pikelet
• Days Like These (1999) – Grandma
• Faeries (1999) – Mrs Coombs
• Mirrorball (2000) – Dora Vermouth
• The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2000) – Annie
• The Secret (2000) – Mrs Birkstead
• Last of the Summer Wine (2001–2010) – Nelly / Delphi
• The Afternoon Play (2003) – Iris Rourke
• Bob the Builder (2005–2007) – Dot
• Dirty Tricks (2005) – Persian Cat
• Midsomer Murders (2005) – Peggy Alder
• The Royal (2005) – Esme
• Agatha Christie's Marple (2006) – Mrs Lancaster
• New Tricks (2007) – Pru Sanders
• The Green Green Grass (2007–2009) – Dora
• Harley Street (2008) – Betty
• Innocent (2009–2010) – Granny Rose
• Kingdom (2009) – Mrs Earnshaw
• Doctor Who (2009–2010) – Minnie Hooper
• Coronation Street (2010) – May Penn
• M. I. High (2011) – Beryl Bagshot
• Run for Your Wife (2012) – Lady in gym class
• Boomers (2014–2016) – Joan
• Jonathan Creek (2014) – Heidi Greeley / Laurel Greeley
• Midsomer Murders (2014) – Molly Darnley
• Topsy and Tim (2014) – Mrs Higley-Pigley
• Cider with Rosie (2015) – Granny Wallon
• You, Me and the Apocalypse (2015) – God
• EastEnders (2015–2016) – Sister Ruth
• Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016) – Mother

Books

• Whitfield, June (2000). ... and June Whitfield. Corgi Books. ISBN 0-593-04582-3. – (autobiography, with Christopher Douglas)