Dot Cotton

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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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Dot Cotton canonical 3
Dot Cotton in EastEnders 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
television character ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Dot ⓘ
Dot Branning ⓘ
linked to: Dorothy Branning

Mrs Cotton ⓘ
appearsIn EastEnders ⓘ
characterTrait chain-smoker ⓘ
devout Christian faith ⓘ
gossiping ⓘ
loyal ⓘ
moralistic ⓘ
troubled ⓘ
child Nick Cotton ⓘ
closeFriend Ethel Skinner ⓘ
Pauline Fowler ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
createdBy Julia Smith ⓘ
Tony Holland ⓘ
family Cotton family ⓘ
fictionalUniverse EastEnders universe ⓘ
linked to: EastEnders
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 ⓘ
linked to: Walford Launderette

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

EastEnders → notableCharacter → Dot Cotton ⓘ
June Brown → notableRole → Dot Cotton ⓘ
June Brown → hasSignatureRole → Dot Cotton in EastEnders ⓘ
linked to: Dot Cotton
Charlie Cotton → hasRelative → Dot Cotton ⓘ