Dot Cotton

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fictional character television character

Dot Cotton is a long-running, iconic character from the British soap opera EastEnders, known for her devout Christian faith, chain-smoking habit, and moral yet often troubled presence in Albert Square.

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Label Occurrences
Dot Cotton canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
television character ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Dot ⓘ
Dorothy Branning ⓘ
surface form: Dot Branning

Mrs Cotton ⓘ
appearsIn EastEnders ⓘ
characterTrait chain-smoker ⓘ
devout Christian faith ⓘ
gossiping ⓘ
loyal ⓘ
moralistic ⓘ
troubled ⓘ
child Nick Cotton ⓘ
closeFriend Ethel Skinner NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pauline Fowler ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
createdBy Julia Smith ⓘ
Tony Holland ⓘ
family Cotton family ⓘ
fictionalUniverse EastEnders ⓘ
surface form: EastEnders universe
firstAppearance EastEnders episode aired 1985-07-05 ⓘ
fullName Dorothy Branning ⓘ
genre soap opera character ⓘ
grandchild Charlie Cotton Jr ⓘ
introducedBy Julia Smith ⓘ
knownFor long-running presence in EastEnders ⓘ
religious monologues ⓘ
strong moral views ⓘ
language English ⓘ
nationalityInStory British ⓘ
network BBC One ⓘ
occupation cleaner ⓘ
launderette assistant ⓘ
personality judgmental yet compassionate ⓘ
pious ⓘ
portrayedBy June Brown ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
residence Albert Square ⓘ
Walford ⓘ
setting East London (fictional Walford) ⓘ
smokingStatus heavy smoker ⓘ
spouse Charlie Cotton ⓘ
Jim Branning ⓘ
stepFamily Branning family ⓘ
storyRole matriarchal figure ⓘ
moral conscience of Albert Square ⓘ
tvSeriesDebutYear 1985 ⓘ
worksAt Walford Launderette ⓘ
surface form: Walford launderette

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EastEnders → notableCharacter → Dot Cotton ⓘ