
June Whitfield
Known for Acting · 94 credits
- Born
- 1925-11-11
- Died
- 2018-12-28
- Place of birth
- Streatham, London, England, UK
Biography
Dame June Rosemary Whitfield DBE was an English radio, television and film actress. Her big break was a lead in the BBC Light Programme radio comedy Take It from Here from 1953. Television roles soon followed, including appearances with Tony Hancock throughout his television career.
Known For
TV Shows (55)

Midsomer Murders
1997
as Peggy Alder / Molly Darnley

Friends
1994
as Housekeeper

Minder
1979
as Mrs. Murdoch

Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Mrs. Lancaster

New Tricks
2004

An Audience with...
1978
as Self

Absolutely Fabulous
1992
as Mother

Last of the Summer Wine
1973
as Nelly

The Paul O'Grady Show
2004

The Sooty Show
1955
as Aunty

Jonathan Creek
1997
as Heidi Greeley / Laurel Greeley

Blankety Blank
1979
as Self

M.I. High
2007
as Beryl Bagshot

Dixon of Dock Green
1955
as Marie

The Goodies
1970
as Penelope Fay

Hancock's Half Hour
1956

Kingdom
2007
as Mrs. Earnshaw

Terry and June
1979
as June Medford

French & Saunders
1987
as Herself

The Afternoon Play
2003
as Iris Rourke

The Pallisers
1974
as Mrs Bonteen

You, Me and the Apocalypse
2015

Cluedo
1990
as Mrs. Blance White

Countdown
1982

Rex the Runt
1998
as Judge Pikelet (voice)

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
1992
as Mrs. Rabbit (voice)

The Green Green Grass
2005

3-2-1
1978
Star Turn
1976

The Cannon & Ball Show
1979
as The Manageress

The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
1997
as Mrs. Whitfield
Dirty Tricks
2005
as Cat (voice)

Happy Ever After
1974
as June Fletcher

Armchair Theatre
1956
as Angela

Wyrd Sisters
1997
as Nanny Ogg (voice)

The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge
1996
as Mrs Apple / Heather Vole / Thrift Saltapple (voice)
Before Your Very Eyes
1952
as Self
Faces of Jim
1961
as Tess / 2nd Colonel Downs / Nettie Winbourne / Prudence 'Prue' Abernathy / Sally / Hannah Pengallon / Julia Burke Adams / Eth / Mrs Craybrooke / Mrs Padgett / Rowena / Sophia Desire / Nadia / Madame Soo

Mike Yarwood In Persons
1976
Whoops Baghdad
1973
as Charisma

The Secret
2000
as Mrs. Birkstead

Terry and Julian
1992
as Mrs. Wilson

The Royal
2003
as Esme

Beggar My Neighbour
1967
The National Television Awards Backstage Live
2010
The Arthur Askey Show
1961
The Tony Hancock Show
1956
Hancock's
1967
The Fossett Saga
1969
as Millie Goswick
The Idiot Weekly, Price 2d
1956
Six More Faces of Jim
1961
Scott On...
as Various Characters
Mild And Bitter
1966
An Evening With Francis Howerd
1973
Call It What You Like
1965
Movies (39)

Jude
1996
as Aunt Drusilla

Carry On Nurse
1959
as Meg

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
2016
as Mother

Carry On Girls
1973
as Councillor Augusta Prodworthy

Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1
1957
as Miss Duboir

Carry On Columbus
1992
as Queen Isabella

Cider with Rosie
2015
as Granny Wallon

Carry On Abroad
1972
as Evelyn Blunt

The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
1971
as Mildred (segment "Envy")

Faeries
1999
as Mrs Coombs (voice)

Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
1996
as Mother

Bless This House
1972
as Vera Baines

Double Bunk
1961
as Eth (Uncredited/Voice)

Rupert and the Frog Song
1985
as Rupert's Mother (voice)

Run For Your Wife
2012
as Exercising Woman

That's Carry On!
1977
as Evelyn Blunt (archive footage)

Bob the Builder: The Knights of Can-A-Lot
2003
as Dot (voice)

What's a Carry On?
1998
as Self - Interviewee

Mirrorball
2000
as Dora Vermouth

Romance with a Double Bass
1974
as Prince Bibulov's wife

Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
2024
as Mother (archive footage)

How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
1995
as June "Gran" Monsoon (archive footage)
A Friend Indeed
1973
as Lady Maud Hibury

The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
2000
as Annie

Brambly Hedge: Autumn Story: Primrose's Stormy Night
1996
as Mrs. Apple

Oooh Er Missus! The Frankie Howerd Story
1990
as Self

Absolutely Fabulous: A Life
1998
as June "Gran" Monsoon

Not Now, Comrade
1976
as Janet Rimmington

The Spy with a Cold Nose
1966
as Elsie Farquhar

Heroes of Comedy: Arthur Askey
1998
as Self

Customers From Hell
1989

Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection
2004
as Mrs Apple / Heather Vole / Thrift Saltapple (Voice)

Friends and Neighbours
1959
as Doris Holmes

Hancock at the Royal Festival Hall
1966
as Self

Truly Miss Marple: The Curious Case of Margaret Rutherford
2012
as Self

Benny Hill: The Lost Years - Benny and the Jests
2000
as Various

On Location: The Carry Ons
2001
as Host

Awkward Customers
1975
as Awkward Customer: Mrs. Rabbit

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny
1992
as Mrs. Rabbit (voice)
About June Whitfield
Dame June Rosemary Whitfield DBE was an English radio, television and film actress. Her big break was a lead in the BBC Light Programme radio comedy Take It from Here from 1953. Television roles soon followed, including appearances with Tony Hancock throughout his television career. With 94 credits spanning from 1952 to 2024, June Whitfield has appeared in 39 films and 55 TV shows.
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Most Popular June Whitfield Movies
- Jude (1996) — as Aunt Drusilla
- Carry On Nurse (1959) — as Meg
- Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016) — as Mother
- Carry On Girls (1973) — as Councillor Augusta Prodworthy
- Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1 (1957) — as Miss Duboir
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