June Spencer

June Spencer

CBE
Spencer in 2009
Born
June Rosalind Spencer

(1919-06-14)14 June 1919
Nottingham, England
Died8 November 2024(2024-11-08) (aged 105)
Leatherhead, Surrey, England
OccupationActress
Years active1943[1]–2022
Known forThe Archers (1950–1953, 1956–1958 and 1961–2022)
Spouse
Roger Brocksom
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(m. 1942; died 2001)​
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Children2

June Rosalind Spencer, CBE (14 June 1919 – 8 November 2024) was an English actress. She was best known as the voice of Peggy Woolley in the BBC Radio 4 soap opera The Archers.

Spencer attended Mountford House preparatory school and Nottingham Girls' High School, which she left at the age of 15 to look after her mother. After joining an amateur dramatic society,[4] she earned a London Guildhall School of Music and Drama certificate. She also studied at Stockwin Music College from the age of 12.

Spencer turned 100 in June 2019.[5][6] She died on 8 November 2024 in Leatherhead, Surrey at the age of 105.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "BBC Radio 4 - The Archers - Peggy Woolley". bbc.co.uk. BBC. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  2. ↑ Spencer, June, The Road to Ambridge: My Life, Peggy and The Archers
  3. ↑ Greenfield, Patrick (6 February 2018). "Give us credits, actor June Spencer urges The Archers". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  4. ↑ Whitfield, David (11 June 2019). "June Spencer - better known as Peggy Archer - on growing up in Nottingham". Nottingham Post. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  5. ↑ Armitstead, Claire (12 June 2019). "The Archers' June Spencer on turning 100: 'If I close my eyes I can be any age'". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  6. ↑ "Longest serving UK radio actor retires from The Archers aged 103". www.careuk.com. Care UK. 9 August 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  7. ↑ Bushby, Helen (8 November 2024). "The Archers radio star June Spencer dies aged 105". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 8 November 2024.