Dot Cotton Dot Cotton Dorothy 'Dot' Branning (also Cotton) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera, "EastEnders", played by June Brown since 1985. Dot first appeared in "EastEnders" in July 1985 as the mother of criminal Nick Cotton (John Altman). The character has worked as a launderette assistant for most of that time along with original character Pauline Fowler (Wendy Richard). Dot moved away with her son and his family in 1993. In reality, Brown left the show in 1993, unhappy with the axing of her co star Peter Dean, who played Pete Beale from the shows first episode to
Johnny Allen (EastEnders) around the Square for years, ageing gracefully." Thus, Murray departed after "Get Johnny Week" when his character is imprisoned. Johnny is not seen until October 2006, when Ruby's new boyfriend Sean Slater (Robert Kazinsky) visits him in prison to taunt him. Furious, Johnny tries to arrange Sean's murder with Jake Moon (Joel Beckett). He fails and dies of a heart attack soon after. Johnny Allen (EastEnders) Johnny Allen is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera "EastEnders", played by Billy Murray. Johnny appears on the show from 4 January 2005 until 20 October 2006, when he suffers a fatal