Janet Brown On" actor Peter Butterworth from 1947 until his death in 1979. They had two children, a son, actor Tyler Butterworth and a daughter Emma, who died in 1996, aged 34. Brown never remarried, spending the rest of her life in Hove, until her death following a brief illness in a nursing home in May 2011, aged 87. She is buried alongside her husband Peter Butterworth in Danehill Cemetery, in East Sussex. Janet Brown Janet McLuckie Brown (14 December 192327 May 2011) was a Scottish actress, comedian and impressionist who gained considerable fame in the 1970s and 1980s for her impersonations
Peter Butterworth Connery, and the Alan Bennett play "Afternoon Off" (both 1979). These two productions were shown posthumously. Butterworth was introduced to actress and impressionist Janet Brown by Rothwell and the two married in 1946 at St Mary's, Bryanston Square, Marylebone. Brown later became known for her television impersonations of Margaret Thatcher during the 1970s and 1980s. Their son Tyler Butterworth is an actor and is married to the actress Janet Dibley. The couple also had a daughter, Emma (1962–1996), who died aged 34. In 1979, whilst "The First Great Train Robbery" was on general release, Butterworth was starring as Widow Twankey