Next week June Whitfield, 89, is set to star in EastEnders.

So far, pictures show her dressed as a nun, comforting Kat Moon (Jessie Wallace), who goes to visit her at the convent.

Join us as we look at June through the years.

1. 1952

June Whitfield
Here’s June pictured in 1952, when her star was on the rise (PA Wire)

2. 1973

June Whitfield
In 1972 she made her first appearance in Carry On Abroad, which was followed by another stint in 1973, in Carry On Girls (PA)

3. 1976

June Whitfield
Here she is pictured with actor Terry Scott – the two starred in Bless This House together in 1972 (PA)

4. 1998

June Whitfield
Was this 1998 photo with Barbara Windsor, Jack Douglas, Norman Wisdom, Leslie Phillips and June a sign of things to come much later on? EastEnders won’t be her first foray into soaps as she starred briefly in Coronation Street in 2010 (John Stillwell/PA Wire )

5. 1998

June Whitfield
She is probably best known and loved for her role as Edina’s mother in Absolutely Fabulous

6. 2006

June Whitfield
Here she is pictured with Terry Wogan (left) and Richard Briers (right), meeting the Queen in 2006 (PA)

7. 2013

June Whitfield
In this 2013 picture, June is seen catching up with The Railway Children star and fellow actor Bernard Cribbins (Jonathan Brady/PA)