Actress Janet Brown dies, aged 87

Janet Brown has died at the age of 87 after a short illness.

Brown's agent Susan Angel revealed that the actress passed away in her sleep at a nursing home in Hove, East Sussex, BBC News reports.

The comic was famous for her impersonations of Margaret Thatcher on The Mike Yarwood Show. She also played the prime minister in 1981 Bond movie For Your Eyes Only.

Angel said: "She was a delightful client and we will all miss her very much. Her knowledge of sport was second to none. We will miss the endless discussions about football and her fellow Scot, the tennis star Andy Murray."

Brown, who also appeared in episodes of Hotel Babylon, Midsomer Murders and Casualty, appeared as Old Lady Squeamish in William Wycherley's The Country Wife at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in 2007.

She is survived by her son - actor Tyler Butterworth - and a grandson. Brown married Carry On star Peter Butterworth in 1947 and they remained together until his death in 1979.