In 1950, Brown met and married actor John Garley; he suffered from depression and took his own life in 1957.
In 1958, she married actor Robert Arnold. They had six children in seven years, one of whom died in infancy. The couple was together for 45 years until he died in 2003 of Lewy-body dementia.
an English actress and author. She was best known for her role as Dot Cotton on the BBC soap opera EastEnders (1985–1993; 1997–2020).
In 2005, she won Best Actress at the Inside Soap Awards and received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the British Soap Awards. Brown was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2008 Birthday Honours for services to drama and to charity.
In 2009, she was nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress, making her the second performer to receive a BAFTA nomination for their work in a soap opera, after Jean Alexander.
It was announced in February 2020 that Brown had decided to leave EastEnders permanently, at the age of 93.
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