Before The Year Dot - June Brown

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Details: At sixteen I was very interested in palmistry. The fate line on my right palm had a distinct break at the age of thirty. It broke into two parts that ran for a quarter of an inch on parallel tracks. I used to look at it & wonder, ' What will happen to me when I am thirty that will change my life?' Of course, it was Johnny's death. But, in fact, my life was changed twice by death. June Brown is an institution
- a classically trained actress & showbiz veteran, who has undoubtedly lived a full & fascinating life. One of the few national treasures left not to have told her story, she is much-loved for her role as the chain-smoking Dot Branning in the long-running BBC soap, East Enders, a character she has played with dedication & skill for over 25 years. Before the Year Dot traces her colourful childhood in Ipswich with her beloved sisters, through the war with the WRENS, to her days as a gifted stage actress trained by the likes of Laurence Olivier, Michel Saint-Denis & Glen Byam-Shaw. Her legendary tours of the Young & Old Vic Schools saw her play some of her most memorable parts & cement her acting credentials. In this hugely anticipated memoir, June recounts an enthralling early life. But it is also a life marked by two deaths that changed June forever
- once when she lost her beloved sister, Marise, & a second time with the loss of her adored husb&, Johnny. June Brown tells her colourful story with candour & skill, & in her own words. Ideal for: Fans of June Brown & If you like Dot Cotton. This paperback book has 296 pages & measures: 24 x 16 x 2.6cm