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June Rosalind Spencer (14 June 1919 – 8 November 2024) was an English actress best known for her long-running role as Peggy Woolley in the BBC Radio 4 soap opera The Archers. Spencer played the character from 1950 to 1953, and again from 1962 to 2022.
Actor June Spencer, who delighted listeners to The Archers – including royalty – for decades with her role as strong-minded Peggy Woolley, has died at the age of 105.. She was the last ...
In 2018, Spencer said one of her goals was to celebrate her 100th birthday in June 2019, [1] while still performing in The Archers, a feat which she achieved. In December 2021, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall marked the 70th anniversary of The Archers , and helped Spencer, then 102 years old, cut the cake.
She featured in the first episode of the long-running soap in 1951.
The Archers is a British radio soap opera currently broadcast on BBC Radio 4, the corporation's main spoken-word channel.Broadcast since 1951, it was famously billed as "an everyday story of country folk" and is now promoted as "a contemporary drama in a rural setting".
The actress played matriarch Peggy Woolley in BBC Radio 4's long-running drama from 1951 until 2022.
Peggy Woolley, née Perkins, formerly Archer (born Margaret Perkins, 13 November 1924) (June Spencer, briefly played by Thelma Rogers) is the widow of Phil's elder brother, Jack Archer (d. 1972), and of Jack Woolley (d. 2014). When married to Jack Archer, they managed (and later owned) the Bull.
Spencer has played matriarch Peggy Woolley (formerly Archer) since 1951. June Spencer retiring from The Archers aged 103 after more than 70 years Skip to main content