Comedy veteran June Whitfield becomes an Absolutely Fabulous Dame at 91
By Sherna Noah
June 17, 2017, 12:07 am
June Whitfield, who has been made a Dame in the Queen's Birthday Honours List (Yui Mok/PA Wire)
ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS and Terry And June star June Whitfield said being made a dame was the “icing on the cake”.
The 91-year-old has been made a dame for services to drama and entertainment.
“It’s amazing and a great honour and the icing on the cake of life,” she said in a statement to the Press Association.
The veteran actress played Edina Monsoon’s mother in Absolutely Fabulous and reprised her role last year, in the spin-off movie.
She has worked with some of the biggest names in British comedy, including Tony Hancock, Morecambe and Wise and Frankie Howerd.
The London-born comedy star notched up credits on the West End and in radio before she became a household name in her long-running partnership with the late actor and comedian Terry Scott.
Their sitcom marriage in Happy Ever After, in 1974, later became Terry And June and Whitfield was also a regular in several Carry On films.
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