June Whitfield of the Irving Berlin song "You're Just in Love" in "A Royal Night of One Hundred Stars". In 1982 she was made a Freeman of the City of London and was made an OBE in 1985. Having appeared in an episode of "French and Saunders" in 1988, from 1992 Whitfield played Mother/Gran in Jennifer Saunders' sitcom "Absolutely Fabulous". In 2000, she featured with the rest of the "Absolutely Fabulous" cast in the pilot "Mirrorball". From 1993 to 2001, she played Miss Marple in 12 radio adaptations of Agatha Christie's Miss Marple books. Since 1990, she has appeared in films such
June Whitfield as "Carry On Columbus" (1992), "Jude" (1996) and "Faeries" (1999), as the voice of Mrs. Combs. In 1998 Whitfield played the housekeeper in the London-set episode of "Friends" "The One with Ross's Wedding, Part Two" and voiced a character in an episode of the animated comedy series "Rex the Runt". In 1994, June Whitfield was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the British Comedy Awards, and, in 1998, she was promoted to CBE. Her autobiography "And June Whitfield" appeared in 2000, and was written with the help of Christopher Douglas. Whitfield's husband Tim Aitchison died in 2001. Since 2000, Whitfield