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Barbara Windsor
Actress
Female
Born
Aug 6, 1937
Age
75
Hometown
Shoreditch
Other Names
Deeks, Barbara Ann
Barbara Ann Windsor, MBE, better known by her stage name Barbara Windsor, is an English actress. Her best known roles are in the Carry On films and as Peggy Mitchell in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. Born in Shoreditch, London in 1937, Windsor was the… Read More
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Romance
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Scott MitchellMarried 2000 - Present
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Stephen HollingsMarried 1986 - 1995
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Ronnie KnightMarried 1964 - 1985
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Reginald KrayDated
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Barbara Windsor
Age 75
parents
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John DeeksFather
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Rose DeeksMother
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Review: First Class Italian Food Served In A Relaxed, Friendly AtmosphereBucks Free Press - Oct 07, 2012
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Agent: Victor Spinetti, Actor Who Appeared In Several Beatles Movies, Dies At 82Fox News - Jun 19, 2012
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Mo D Armed Forces Day Preparations UnderwayDe Havilland - May 11, 2012
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A Career With The StarsHartlepool Mail - May 04, 2012
Timeline
Learn about the memorable moments in the evolution of Barbara Windsor.
CHILDHOOD
1937
Birth
Born in Shoreditch, London in 1937, Windsor was the only child of John Deeks, a costermonger, and his wife, formerly Rose Ellis, a dressmaker.
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TEENAGE
1952
14 Years Old
Her mother paid for her to have elocution lessons, and she trained at the Aida Foster School in Golders Green, making her stage debut at 13 and her West End debut in 1952 in the chorus of the musical Love From Judy.
1954
16 Years Old
Her first film role was in The Belles of St Trinian's in 1954.
TWENTIES
1963
25 Years Old
She joined Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop at the Theatre Royal, Stratford East, coming to prominence in their stage production Fings Ain't Wot They Used to Be and Littlewood's film Sparrers Can't Sing in 1963, achieving a BAFTA nomination for Best British Film Actress.
She also appeared in the 1964 film comedy Crooks in Cloisters, the 1968 film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and in the sitcoms The Rag Trade and Wild, Wild Women.
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1965
27 Years Old
She also starred on Broadway in the Theatre Workshop's Oh, What a Lovely War! and received a 1965 Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.
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THIRTIES
1970
32 Years Old
In 1970 she landed the role of music hall legend Marie Lloyd in the musical-biopic Sing A Rude Song.
1972
34 Years Old
In 1972 she appeared in the West End in Tony Richardson's The Threepenny Opera with his then wife, Vanessa Redgrave.
1975
37 Years Old
In 1975, she toured the UK, New Zealand and South Africa in her own show, Carry On Barbara!, and followed this with the role of Maria in Twelfth Night at the Chichester Festival Theatre.
FORTIES
1981
43 Years Old
In 1981 she played sex-mad landlady Kath in Joe Orton's black comedy Entertaining Mr Sloane at the Lyric Hammersmith, directed by her friend Kenneth Williams.
FIFTIES
1994
56 Years Old
By 1994 this policy was relaxed, and Windsor was cast in the series.
LATE ADULTHOOD
1999
61 Years Old
She took over the role Peggy Mitchell (previously played by Jo Warne in 1991), for which she received the Best Actress award at the British Soap Awards in 1999 and a Lifetime Achievement award from the same source in 2009.
2003
65 Years Old
A debilitating case of the Epstein-Barr virus forced a two-year absence from the role between 2003 to 2005., although Windsor was able to make a two episode appearance in 2004.
2005
67 Years Old
She rejoined the cast in mid-2005, initially on a one-year contract, though this was later extended.
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The Doctor Who episode "Army of Ghosts" broadcast on 1 July 2006 included a specially recorded clip featuring her appearing in character.
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Windsor provided the voice of the Dormouse in Walt Disney's 2010 live action adaptation of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, directed by Tim Burton.
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2011
73 Years Old
In January 2011 she appeared as herself in series 1, episode 4 of BBC comedy series Come Fly With Me, where she was insulted by the character Moses played by David Walliams.
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