June Spencer
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June Spencer OBE
(born 1919 in Nottingham
, England
) is an English
actress best known for her role in the BBC Radio 4
soap opera The Archers
.
After leaving school she joined an amateur dramatic society and gained a London Guildhall School of Music and Drama certificate. She has played the role of Peggy Woolley (née Perkins, formerly Archer) over a period of nearly 60 years starting with the pilot episode in 1950 and is the only remaining member of the original cast. During that period she had a lengthy break from the show while she raised her children and another actress played her character.
She was the guest on Desert Island Discs
on 28th February 2010 and spoke about the long running Archers storyline about her husband's Alzheimer's disease
and about her real life late husband Roger who suffered from the disease.
She has also appeared on television on Songs of Praise
and in the drama Doctors.
Order of the British Empire
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(born 1919 in Nottingham
Nottingham
Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group...
, England
England
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) is an English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
actress best known for her role in the BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the...
soap opera The Archers
The Archers
The Archers is a long-running British soap opera broadcast on the BBC's main spoken-word channel, Radio 4. It was originally billed as "an everyday story of country folk", but is now described on its Radio 4 web site as "contemporary drama in a rural setting"...
.
After leaving school she joined an amateur dramatic society and gained a London Guildhall School of Music and Drama certificate. She has played the role of Peggy Woolley (née Perkins, formerly Archer) over a period of nearly 60 years starting with the pilot episode in 1950 and is the only remaining member of the original cast. During that period she had a lengthy break from the show while she raised her children and another actress played her character.
She was the guest on Desert Island Discs
Desert Island Discs
Desert Island Discs is a BBC Radio 4 programme first broadcast on 29 January 1942. It is the second longest-running radio programme , and is the longest-running factual programme in the history of radio...
on 28th February 2010 and spoke about the long running Archers storyline about her husband's Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease also known in medical literature as Alzheimer disease is the most common form of dementia. There is no cure for the disease, which worsens as it progresses, and eventually leads to death...
and about her real life late husband Roger who suffered from the disease.
She has also appeared on television on Songs of Praise
Songs of Praise
Songs of Praise is a BBC Television programme based around traditional Christian hymns. It is a widely watched and long-running religious television programme, one of the few peak-time free-to-air religious programmes in Europe Songs of Praise is a BBC Television programme based around traditional...
and in the drama Doctors.