John Altman pays tribute to his screen mum June Brown
John Altman, who played Nick Cotton on EastEnders, has paid tribute to the generosity and spirit of June Brown who played his screen mum Dot on the BBC soap.
"She was a dear friend," the actor said on GMB, "Someone I could confide in, and probably my second mother, really. My real mother said she looked more like my mother than she did!”
Credit: Good Morning Britain weekdays from 6am on ITV and ITV Hub
Video transcript
JOHN ALTMAN: --probably about a month ago, yeah. - And how was she? JOHN ALTMAN: She was a bit-- she was tired. - Yeah. JOHN ALTMAN: Yeah. But my own mother, I think she-- you can see she was she slowed right down. And I would like to say so much thanks and God bless her family who've been fantastic, rallying around her. [INAUDIBLE] and all the rest of the family. They've taken great care of her. She didn't have to go into home or anything, so. - Excellent. JOHN ALTMAN: Spent the last days in her lovely home in the Surrey Hills there. - [INAUDIBLE] [WHOOSH]
