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
Dolls (2006 film) stay for the love of the puppets, or leave to escape the wrath of the puppeteer. Dolls (2006 film) Dolls is a British short film written and directed by Susan Luciani, narrated by Charles Dance and starring Joanna Lumley and Denis Lawson. Broadcast on BBC and Sky TV, the film was officially selected to play in International film festivals Spain, Italy, France, Cyprus, Africa and Japan and the United States. It was also shown at Roguerunner Screenings and at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival and was selected to feature as part of the British Society of Cinematographers' New Film Maker