June Whitfield
Acting
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.
Born: November 11, 1925
Place of Birth: Streatham, London, England, UK
Known For
Absolutely Fabulous: A Life
During the filming of her very own documentary, 'A Day in My Life', Edina drops in on her mother who's working in a Help the Aged charity shop. There, she reminisces about the people and events which have made her what she is today.
Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection
Four stories featuring the mice of Brambly Hedge. In 'The Secret Staircase' Primrose and Wilfred set off looking for costumes for the Midwinter celebrations. Wilfred is determined to follow in the pawprints of his exploring hero in 'The High Hills'. In 'Sea Story' the mice run out of salt. And, living in the mill with three little babies is not easy for Poppy in 'Poppy's Babies'.
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
A star-studded retrospective reunites the lead cast for the first time since 2016 to rampage down memory lane revealing how the show was made, pay tribute to much-missed castmember June Whitfield, and celebrate its ground-breaking influence on female comedy.
Benny Hill: The Lost Years - Benny and the Jests
Part 2 of 3, featuring sketches never broadcast in America, this hilarious medley contains vintage material from Benny when his cheeky humor established him as one of England's funniest - and naughtiest - comedians. Filled with riotous musical send-ups, fractured fairy tales, wacky commercial spoofs and pitch-perfect impressions, this collection captures the vast range of one of England's most inspired comics!
Friends
Six young people from New York City, on their own and struggling to survive in the real world, find the companionship, comfort and support they get from each other to be the perfect antidote to the pressures of life.
Mirrorball
Vivienne Keill and Jackie Riviera are a couple of aging stage actresses who live in vertically adjacent flats. The two are of questionable talent, and their careers seem to be at a standstill. During the course of the pilot, Vivienne has the opportunity to be cast in a new show but delivers a horrifying rendition of the standard "Send in the Clowns", thanks in part to Jackie's off-kilter advice.
What's a Carry On?
Documentary commemorating the 40th anniversary of the 'Carry On' comedy film series. Archive clips and out-takes are mixed with interviews with the cast.
Agatha Christie's Marple
The adventures of Miss Jane Marple, an elderly spinster living in the quiet little village of St Mary Mead. During her many visits to friends and relatives in other villages, Miss Marple often stumbles upon mysterious murders which she helps solve. Although the police are sometimes reluctant to accept Miss Marple's help, her reputation and unparalleled powers of observation eventually win them over.
The Royal
Follows the staff and patients of a Yorkshire cottage hospital in the 60s, embroiled in tangled love lives and bitter power struggles.
Absolutely Fabulous
Set in the world of fashion and PR, immature fun-loving mother Edina Monsoon and her best friend Patsy drive Eddie's sensible daughter, Saffron, up the wall with their constant drug abuse and outrageous selfishness. Numerous in-jokes and heavy doses of cruel humour have made this series a cult hit in the UK and abroad.
Filmography
as Mother (archive footage)
as Mother
as Granny Wallon
as Exercising Woman
as Mrs. Earnshaw
as Cat (voice)
as Mrs. Lancaster
as Mrs Apple / Heather Vole / Thrift Saltapple (Voice)
as Dot (voice)
as Iris Rourke
as Esme
as Host
as Dora Vermouth
as Mrs. Birkstead
as Mrs Coombs (voice)
as Self - Interviewee
as Judge Pikelet (voice)
as June "Gran" Monsoon
as Mrs. Whitfield
as Nanny Ogg (voice)
as Heidi Greeley / Laurel Greeley
as Peggy Alder
as Molly Darnley
as Mrs Apple / Heather Vole / Thrift Saltapple (voice)
as Mrs. Apple
as Mother
as Aunt Drusilla
as June "Gran" Monsoon (archive footage)
as Housekeeper
as Mrs. Rabbit (voice)
as Mrs. Rabbit (voice)
as Mother
as Queen Isabella
as Mrs. Wilson
as Mrs. Blance White
as Herself
as Rupert's Mother (voice)
as Mrs. Murdoch
as June Medford
as The Manageress
as Self
as Self
as Evelyn Blunt (archive footage)
as Janet Rimmington
as Awkward Customer: Mrs. Rabbit
as June Fletcher
as Mrs Bonteen
as Prince Bibulov's wife
as Councillor Augusta Prodworthy
as Nelly
as Evelyn Blunt
as Vera Baines
as Mildred (segment "Envy")
as Penelope Fay
as Elsie Farquhar
as Eth (Uncredited/Voice)
as Meg
as Doris Holmes
as Miss Duboir
as Marie
as Aunty