June Spencer

June Rosalind Spencer, CBE (14 June 1919 – 8 November 2024) was an English actress. She was best known as the voice of Peggy Woolley in the BBC Radio 4 soap opera The Archers.

June Spencer CBE
Spencer in 2009
Born	June Rosalind Spencer (1919-06-14)14 June 1919 Nottingham, England
Died	8 November 2024(2024-11-08) (aged 105) Leatherhead, Surrey, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1943[1]–2022
Known for	The Archers (1950–1953, 1956–1958 and 1961–2022)
Spouse	Roger Brocksom ​ ​ (m. 1942; died 2001)​ [2][3]
Children	2

Spencer attended Mountford House preparatory school and Nottingham Girls' High School, which she left at the age of 15 to look after her mother. After joining an amateur dramatic society,^[4] she earned a London Guildhall School of Music and Drama certificate. She also studied at Stockwin Music College from the age of 12.

Spencer turned 100 in June 2019.^[5][6] She died on 8 November 2024 in Leatherhead, Surrey at the age of 105.^[7]