June Spencer

CBE
Spencer in 2009
Born
June Rosalind Spencer

(1919-06-14) 14 June 1919 (age 105)
Sherwood, Nottingham, England
NationalityEnglish
Other namesJune Brocksom
Education
  • Mountford House Preparatory School
  • Nottingham High School for Girls
Alma mater
  • Stockwin Music College
  • St Mary's Amateur Dramatic Society
OccupationActress
Years active1943–2022
EmployerBBC
Known forThe Archers (1950–53, 1956–58, 1961–2022)
Spouse
Roger Brocksom
​
​
(m. 1942; died 2001)​
Children2
Signature
File:June Spencer autograph.jpg

June Rosalind Brocksom CBE (née Spencer; born 14 June 1919)[1] is an English retired actress. She is best known as the voice of Peggy Woolley in the BBC Radio 4 soap opera The Archers.[2]

Spencer celebrated her 100th birthday in 2019.[3] She announced her retirement on 8 August 2022, at the age of 103, after 79 years in the industry.[4]

Early life

June Rosalind Spencer was born at 30 Bingham Road[5] in Sherwood, Nottingham, England on 14 June 1919.[1][6] She is the only child[7] of Rosalind Mary[8] (née Thorne),[9][10] a housewife, and William Spencer,[11][12] a salesman for Crawford's.[13] She was baptised on 3 August 1919 at St. John the Evangelist in nearby Carrington, Nottingham.[14]

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Spencer and her mother, 1919

Spencer attended Mountford House Preparatory School from 1924 to 1929.[15] She studied part-time at the Stockwin Music College from 1931.[16] She graduated from Nottingham High School for Girls in 1934, at the age of 15,[15] after being told: "Of course you know you can't expect to get anywhere without your School Certificate", by Miss Philips, the headmistress.[17] Spencer was a member of the Brownies.[18] She joined the St Mary's Amateur Dramatic Society in the Lace Market in 1942, where her drama teacher was the producer. She later gained her London Guildhall School of Music and Drama certificate.[19][20]

Spencer made her stage debut at the age of three, during a school performance of the King of the Land of Nod.[21] She took piano lessons for 11 years, starting at the age of five.[15] She later passed the Associated Board's Advanced Level.[22] Spencer also wrote and produced plays in her back garden to raise money for charity from the age of 12.[20] Her charity of choice was Dr Barnardo's.[23]

Spencer was taught to drive by her father at the age of 12, while she was underage and uninsured. He also taught her how to drive through water. Her lessons came to an abrupt stop when her father discovered that one of his friends had been reprimanded for teaching his schoolboy son. She failed her official driving test the first time for speeding. Spencer passed the second time.[24]

Spencer worked as a model, modelling teenage clothes in fashion shows for two local stores, earning "a few guineas". She also worked as a junior governess at a small private school, earning £40 per annum.[25] She held a lecture on the importance of speech at the Nottingham Technical College, where her father lectured on salesmanship. Spencer later lectured for two terms at the Mansfield Technical College, where her father also lectured.[19][26]

Career

1939–1942: Pre-career

Spencer first applied for auditions at the BBC's Midland region during the late summer of 1939, passing both her auditions for drama and review. World War II was declared shortly after and Midland region entertainment programmes closed.[27][28] Her first paid work was performing monologues at Freemasons' dinners in 1938.[20] Her earlier monologues were later published in a book by Samuel French, which was used to train students at RADA. Spencer was unaware of the books existance until much later in her career.[19][29]

1943–1949: Early roles and war work

Spencer reapplied four years later, passing both her auditions again.[30] She made her broadcasting debut in November 1943, when she was cast as a 12-year-old child in a 15-minute programme, Railways in Wartime.[31]

Spencer was contracted to complete a season in weekly rep theatre, with two shows a day for three guineas a week, as a reward for her debut performance. The arrangement broke down when she demanded a pay rise for taking the title role in a Christmas production of Alice in Wonderland, with her boss suggesting that she should be grateful to have war work. She immediately quit, telling her boss: "I had rather fill shells than work for you, Mr Wright! You'll have my notice on Friday."[32][33] Her first line on the professional stage was "What's your Will?" from A Midsummer Night's Dream.[34]

Spencer worked the telephone switchboards as a "Hello Girl", while volunteering with the Voluntary Entertainment company to perform in morale-raising shows for the forces in her spare time.[33]

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Spencer in 1946, aged 26-27

1950–1999: Breakthrough with The Archers and other work

Spencer joined the cast of the BBC Home Service radio soap opera The Archers for the pilot episode on 29 May 1950, as the voice of Margaret "Peggy" Perkins.[2] She did not have to audition for the role as she was already contracted to the BBC to star in a string of other radio plays.[35] She was originally paid £12 for five episodes - as an experienced actress - while others were paid between £8 and £10.[36] Spencer had publicly criticised the creator, Godfrey Baseley,[37] who had once threatened to sack her after she decided to not attend his party.[38] She left the serial in 1953 to raise her two children and the role of Peggy was recast to Thelma Rogers.[39] She rejoined the cast as Peggy in 1962.[20] Spencer voiced other characters including a Scottish maid and an Irish baker's assistant called Rita Flynn. She once played two of her characters in a single scene.[39] She also voiced Tony, as a child.[40] Spencer, under her married name, June Brocksom, voiced Mrs Spenlowe on nine episodes from 1969 to 1973.[41]

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Spencer as Rita Flynn

Spencer was approached to join the BBC's Repertory Company but was forced to decline as it was not possible to accommodate rep and The Archers at the same time.[42][43]

Spencer made her debut as a television actress in 1956, during the BBC miniseries Guilty Party, written by Edward J. Mason and Tony Shryane.[44]

Spencer appeared on, at least, five episodes of the BBC Television religious programme Songs of Praise from 1961.[45]

Spencer wrote a number of the "Odd Odes" which were performed by Cyril Fletcher on That's Life!. Her monologues were later published in a book by Reynolds & Co. Ltd, Odes and Oddities.[19]

2000–2021: Later work

Spencer - as Peggy - recorded episodes of The Archers at the Queen Mother's birthday pageant in the Horse Guards Parade in July 2000. She also recorded episodes at the Chelsea Flower Show in 2003, where she received the Ambridge Rose.[2] She gained widespread acclaim in 2005 for her part in a storyline that portrayed the slow submission of her character's husband, Jack Woolley, to Alzheimer's disease.[46][47][48] Spencer criticised the pay in 2011.[49] She urged The Archers to give the cast credits at the end of each episode in 2018.[50] She said one of her goals was to celebrate her 100th birthday[51] while still performing, a feat which she achieved.[52] Spencer and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall cut an Archers-themed cake during a reception at Clarence House to celebrate the show's 70th anniversary on 7 December 2021.[53]

Spencer portrayed Marian Hennessy in the 2 November 2000 episode of the BBC One medical soap opera Doctors.[54]

Spencer was the castaway on the 28 February 2010 episode of the BBC Radio 4 programme Desert Island Discs.[36] She was the subject on the 15 May 2011 episode of the BBC Radio 4 Extra programme Desert Island Discs Revisited.[55]

Spencer authored her autobiography, The Road to Ambridge: My Life, Peggy and The Archers (ISBN 9781907532252), which was published by JR Books Ltd in September 2010.[2]

2022: Final work and retirement

Spencer made her departure from The Archers in the episode broadcast on 31 July 2022, after 63 years in the role of Peggy Woolley. She appeared in 19,343+ episodes.[56][57] She was the sole survivor from the original cast.[58][59] Spencer was driven to and from her home in Leatherhead, Surrey and the BBC Birmingham recording studio on each recording day in her later years.[34]

Spencer announced her retirement on 8 August 2022, at the age of 103, after 79 years in the industry. She said: "In 1950, I helped to plant an acorn. It took root and in January 1951 it was planted out and called The Archers. Over the years it has thrived and become a splendid great tree with many branches. But now this old branch, known as Peggy, has become weak and unsafe so I decided it was high time she 'boughed' out, so I have duly lopped her."[4][60] She had been the longest serving radio actress in the United Kingdom.[61] Spencer had made previous attempts to retire. She said: "I've been trying to retire for at least a year. They didn't want to lose her character. Every time I tried to stop, they gave me more episodes."[62][63]

Spencer made her final television appearance during two episode of the BBC documentary How the BBC Began, broadcast in October 2022.[44]

Personal life

Spencer met Roger Sidney Brocksom, an engineer, while on holiday in Chapel-St-Leonards, Lincolnshire, both aged 17.[64] The couple got engaged with their banns read in Armagh Cathedral, while he was on leave from serving in Northern Ireland. The couple were married in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire on 27 May 1942,[65] by Bishop Neville Talbolt.[66] They adopted[20] two children, a son and a daughter.[67] Her husband died from a stroke with complications from Alzheimer's disease on 26 May 2001. He was 81.[68] Her son, David, died from alcoholism in Nuremberg, Germany on 2 November 2006. He was 55.[69]

File:June Spencer's wedding.jpg
From left to right: her father-in-law Sidney, her mother-in-law Gertrude, Captain Frank Ladner (best man), Brocksom, Spencer, her father William, her sister-in-law Beryl, her mother Rosalind, 1942

Spencer currently resides in a Care UK care home.[61] She owns a bungalow in Leatherhead, Surrey. Her bungalow was burgled while she was on holiday shortly after her 90th birthday.[70] Spencer purchased a second home, named Casa Ruisenor,[71] in Menorca, Spain, in April 1972.[72]

Spencer has been a patron of Alzheimer's Research UK since 2005.[73][74] She has volunteered for clinical trials in tests for Alzheimer's disease.[75]

Spencer founded a Scrabble club shortly after her husband died.[76]

Spencer is a Christian.[22] She said: "I'm not, sort of, deeply into religion, but I do have faith."[77] She has sponsored Ploy (b. 1998), who is from Thailand, since 2007. Ploy calls her 'Granny June'.[78]

Spencer celebrated her 100th birthday in 2019.[3]

Honours

Spencer was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1991 Birthday Honours for her services to performing arts.[79][80]

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Spencer at Buckingham Palace with her OBE, 1991

Spencer was given the Freedom of the City of London in June 2010.[81][82]

Spencer was awarded an honorary degree from the University of Nottingham as a Doctor of Letters for her services to broadcasting in July 2012.[83][84]

Spencer was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2017 Birthday Honours by Queen Elizabeth II[85] for her services to drama and charity.[86][74]

Spencer was awarded the GDST Exceptional Contribution award from Nottingham Girls' High School in July 2022.[87][88][89]

Commonwealth honours

Country Date Appointment Post-nominal letters Ref.
 United Kingdom 14 June 1991–16 June 2017 Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) OBE [79][80]
 United Kingdom 16 June 2017–present Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) CBE [85][86][74]

Freedom of the City

Honorary degree

Location Date School Degree Gave Commencement Address Ref.
 England 12 July 2012 University of Nottingham Doctor of Arts (D.Arts) Yes [83][84]

Scholastic

Location Date School Award Ref.
 England July 2022 Nottingham Girls' High School GDST Exceptional Contribution award [87][88][89]

Awards

Spencer won the Mental Health BAFTA for her part in Jack and Peggy's Alzheimer's story at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) in 2007. She shared the award with Arnold Peters, who voiced Jack Woolley, and The Archers.[90]

Spencer won the lifetime achievement award for 63 years of service at the BBC Audio Drama Awards in January 2014.[91][92][93]

Year Ceremony Award Notes Ref.
2007 British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Mental Health BAFTA Shared with Arnold Peters and The Archers [90]
2014 BBC Audio Drama Awards Lifetime Achievement Award [91][92][93]

Filmography

Radio

Year Title Station Role Notes Ref.
1943 Railways in Wartime Child [31]
1943 Home Town [94]
1944 The Window BBC Home Service Sister 1 episode [44]
1944–1960 Children's Hour BBC Home Service Various 30 episodes [44]
1946 Deity Disowns Me BBC Home Service Harriet Cowper 1 episode [44]
1946 Atlas of Snobbery BBC Home Service Psycho-analyst 1 episode [44]
1947 The Table on the Terrace BBC Home Service She 7 episodes [44]
1947 Kevenhüller BBC Third Programme A woman courtier 3 episodes [44]
1947–1948 Dick Barton - Special Agent BBC Light Programme Pat Crowther 4 episodes [44]
1948 The Old Wives' Tale BBC Home Service Aunt Harriet 3 episodes [44]
1948 Time Wasted BBC Home Service Wyn 1 episode [44]
1948 Nurse May BBC Home Service Miss Mennypence (as a young woman) 1 episode [44]
1949 Bartholomew Fair BBC Third Programme Grace, ward of the Overdos 2 episodes [44]
1949 Blood Wedding BBC Third Programme Young servant 2 episodes [44]
1949 The Rise and Decline of Johnny Godwin BBC Home Service Ivy Pearson 1 episode [44]
1949 Our Miss Gibbs BBC Home Service Herself 1 episode [44]
1949 The Card BBC Home Service Nellie Cotterill 10 episodes [44]
1950 Eleven Men and True BBC Light Programme June (his daughter) 1 episode [44]
1950–1953, 1956–1958, 1961–2022 The Archers BBC Home Service, BBC Light Programme, BBC Radio 4 Peggy Woolley, Rita Flynn, Mrs Spenlowe, Tony (as a child) 19,343+ episodes [44][41][40][56][59][95]
1950 A Song to David, and other poems BBC Third Programme Herself 1 episode [44]
1951 Mrs. Dale's Diary BBC Light Programme Chris Donovan 2 episodes [44]
1952 The Cradle Song BBC Home Service Sister Marcella 1 episode [44]
1952 The Regent BBC Light Programme Nellie Machin 5 episodes [44]
1953–1955 Uncle Silas BBC Hope Service Beauty 2 episodes [44]
1954–1962 Guilty Party BBC Home Service, BBC Light Television Various 36 episodes [44]
1954 As Young as He Feels BBC Home Service Marian 1 episode [44]
1957 The Song of the Shirt BBC Third Programme 2 episodes [44]
1960 Prelude to Finale BBC Home Service Eleanor von Breuning 1 episode [44]
1960 The Spanish Cave BBC Home Service Lola 1 episode [44]
1961 Chase a Phantom BBC Home Service Penny Paige 4 episodes [44]
1961 Strike-Pay BBC Home Service Maud 1 episode [44]
1961 Tickets Please BBC Home Service Nora 1 episode [44]
1961 The Little Dog Laughed BBC Home Service Mrs Dunnock 1 episode [44]
1962 The Bishopton Letter BBC Home Service Eleanor Woolf 5 episodes [44]
1962 Jennings at School BBC Home Service Mrs Plackett 1 episode [44]
1962 Faith of Our Fathers BBC Home Service Various 3 episodes [44]
1962 Shadow of Suspicion BBC Home Service Penny Paige 5 episodes [44]
1963 The Prisoner of Zenda BBC Home Service Antoinette de Mauban 3 episodes [44]
1963 Run for Cover BBC Home Service Penny Paige 6 episodes [44]
1963 The Good Lady of Scutari BBC Home Service Florence Nightingale 1 episode [44]
1963 For the Young: Polly and Oliver on Guard BBC Home Service Claudine de Fronzac 4 episodes [44]
1964 The Count of Monte Cristo BBC Home Service Julie Morrel 2 episodes [44]
1965 Norman and Henry Bones BBC Home Service Mrs Appleby 1 episode [44]
1965 Terminus BBC Light Programme Sheila Spooner 1 episode [44]
1965 More about Paddington BBC Home Service Mrs Brown 3 episodes [44]
1965 Agent X09 BBC Light Programme Madame Rostova 1 episode [44]
1965 Runway Two-Eight Right: 1: The Invisible Passenger BBC Light Programme Sally Fearnley 1 episode [44]
1965 Proof of Murder BBC Light Programme Mrs Hurst 1 episode [44]
1966 Captain Banstead BBC Home Service Sheila 1 episode [44]
1967 Paddington Helps Out BBC Home Service Mrs Brown 3 episodes [44]
1970 A Bachelor Confirmed Johannes Brahms BBC Radio 4 1 episode [44]
1971 Good Morning Mr Rainbird BBC Radio 4 Jean 1 episode [44]
1976–1977 Been a Funny Sort of Day BBC Radio 4 Eileen Taylor 2 episodes [44]
1977–1979 Where Heroes Tread BBC Radio 4 Mildred 2 episodes [44]
1982 A Name from the Backstreets BBC Radio 4 Eileen 1 episode [44]
1982–1983 The Kellys and the O'Kellys BBC Radio 4 Mrs O'Kelly 3 episodes [44]
1984 Shark BBC Radio 4 1 episode [44]
1986 The Hamburg Connection BBC Radio 4 Helen 1 episode [44]
1987 The Big House BBC Radio 4 Herself 1 episode [44]
1990 Waiting in the Wings BBC Radio 4 Dora 1 episode [44]
2005 Pick of the Week BBC Radio 4 Peggy Woolley 1 episode [44]
2005–2014 Woman's Hour BBC Radio 4 Herself 3 episodes [96][97][98]
2010 Desert Island Discs BBC Radio 4 Herself 1 episode [36]
2010 Judi Spiers Show BBC Radio Devon Herself 1 episode [99]
2011 Bernie Keith BBC Radio Northampton Herself 1 episode [100]
2011 Saturday Live BBC Radio 4 Herself 1 episode [101]
2011 Inheritance Tracks BBC Radio 4 Extra Herself 1 episode [102]
2011 Desert Island Discs Revisited BBC Radio 4 Extra Herself 1 episode [55]
2013 Last Word BBC Radio 4 Herself 1 episode [103]
2019 Living Memory BBC Radio 4 Herself 1 episode [104]
2019 Private Passions BBC Radio 3 Herself 1 episode [44]
2021 A Social History of The Archers BBC Radio 4 Herself 1 episode [44]
2021 Red For Danger BBC Radio 4 Extra Red 5 episodes [44]
2022 Soul Music BBC Radio 4 Herself 1 episode [44]

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1956 Guilty Party Joan Purdy Episode: "The Case of the Dead Uncle" [105]
1961–2022 Songs of Praise Herself 5+ episodes [45]
1972 Thirty-Minute Theatre Various Episode: "Bypass" [105]
1988 This Is Your Life Herself Episode: "Jane Rossington" [105]
2000 Doctors Marian Hennessy Episode: "They Can't Take That Away from Me" [105]
2022 How the BBC Began Herself 2 episodes [44]

Bibliography

See also

References

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  8. ↑ England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007: 24 FEB 1984 (aged 94) 17 346 SURREY – Rosalind Mary Spencer
  9. ↑ England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915: 1 OCT 1889 7b 191 BASFORD – Rosaland Mary Thorne
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  11. ↑ England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915: 22 APR 1890 7b 92 MANSFIELD – William Spencer
  12. ↑ England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007: OCT 1979 (aged 89) 17 0366 SURREY – William Spencer
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