Janet Brown

For the historian of science see Janet Browne

Janet Brown (born December 1923, Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire) is a Scottish comedienne, actress, and impressionist.

She presented Picture Book on BBC Television in the 1950s and was celebrated in the 1980s for her impersonation of Margaret Thatcher on television, in radio show The News Huddlines, on record, and on film in the James Bond film For Your Eyes Only. She is occasionally confused with fellow actress and comedienne Faith Brown, due to the fact that they have the same surname and are both best remembered for their Margaret Thatcher impersonations.

She was married to the late Carry On actor Peter Butterworth, with whom she had a son, the actor Tyler Butterworth, and a daughter, now deceased. She lives alone in Hove.

Janet Brown continues to work on television and stage, and, as of September 2007, at the age of 83, is playing the character of Old Lady Squeamish on the London West End stage, in a production of William Wycherley's The Country Wife at the Theatre Royal Haymarket.

External links

• Janet Brown at IMDb