Dot Cotton
Dorothy "Dot" Branning (née Colwell; previously Cotton), played by June Brown, is the mother of original character Nick Cotton (John Altman). In a special episode entitled EastEnders: Dot's Story (2003) a young Dot is played by Tallulah Pitt-Brown in flashbacks. Dot first appears in EastEnders in July 1985, and has worked as a launderette assistant for most of that time along with original character Pauline Fowler (Wendy Richard). Dot moved away with her son and his family in 1993. In reality, June Brown left the show in 1993, unhappy with the direction of Dot's characterisation. Brown returned to the role in 1997, and Dot is shown moving back to Albert Square, and has continued since that time. However, in April 2012 it emerged that June Brown will take a six month break from the show to write her memoirs.
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