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{{Short description|English actress (1937β2020)}} {{Use British English|date=October 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}} {{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = Dame<!-- do not link per MOS:OVERLINK --> | name = <!-- defaults to article title when left blank --> | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|DBE}} | image = Barbara Windsor Maryebone Tree.JPG | caption = Windsor in 2010 | birth_name = Barbara Ann Deeks | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1937|8|6}} | birth_place = [[Shoreditch]], [[London]], England | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2020|12|10|1937|8|6}} | death_place = [[Stanmore]], London, England | resting_place = [[Golders Green Crematorium]] | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1950β2017<ref name="Alzheimers decline">{{cite magazine |last=Rigney |first=Catriona |date=10 January 2019 |title=EastEnders legend Barbara Windsor needs 24/7 care as star's husband reveals her health has taken a rapid decline |url=https://www.ok.co.uk/tv/1538281/eastenders-barbara-windsor-24-hour-care-dementia-alzheimers-health-rapid-decline-husband |magazine=[[OK!]] |access-date=25 January 2019 |archive-date=25 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190125183306/https://www.ok.co.uk/tv/1538281/eastenders-barbara-windsor-24-hour-care-dementia-alzheimers-health-rapid-decline-husband |url-status=live }}</ref> | net_worth = | height = | spouse = {{plainlist}} * {{marriage|[[Ronnie Knight]]|1964|1985|reason=divorce}} * {{marriage|Stephen Hollings|1986|1995|reason=divorce}} * {{marriage|Scott Mitchell|2000}} {{endplainlist}} | module = {{Listen| embed=yes |filename = Barbara Windsor voice.ogg |title =Windsor's voice |type = speech |description = recorded in 2012, as part of an [[:File:Barbara Windsor, audio description of Theatre Royal Stratford East.ogg|audio description of the Theatre Royal Stratford East]] for [[VocalEyes]]}} }} '''Dame Barbara Windsor''' (born '''Barbara Ann Deeks'''; 6 August 1937{{spnd}}10 December 2020)<ref name=bbcobit>{{cite web|title=Dame Barbara Windsor: Carry On and EastEnders actress dies aged 83|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55269649|website=BBC News|date=11 December 2020|access-date=11 December 2020|archive-date=11 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211005123/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55269649|url-status=live}}</ref> was an English actress, known for her roles in the [[Carry On (franchise)|''Carry On'' films]] and for playing [[Peggy Mitchell]] in the [[BBC One]] soap opera ''[[EastEnders]]''.<ref name="digitalspy">[http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/a58186/ten-things-you-never-knew-about-barbara-windsor.html " Ten Things You Never Knew About Barbara Windsor"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070621113741/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/a58186/ten-things-you-never-knew-about-barbara-windsor.html |date=21 June 2007 }} ''Digital Spy'' 23 May 2007</ref> She joined the cast of ''EastEnders'' in 1994 and won the 1999 [[British Soap Award for Best Actress]], before leaving the show in 2016 when her character was [[killed off]]. Windsor began her career on stage in 1950 at the age of 13, and made her film debut as a schoolgirl in ''[[The Belles of St. Trinian's]]'' (1954) while studying shipping management at Bow Technical College.<ref name="tele1">[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/05/10/career-highlights-barbara-windsor/ "Career highlights: Barbara Windsor"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610215626/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/05/10/career-highlights-barbara-windsor/ |date=10 June 2016 }} ''The Telegraph'' 10 May 2016</ref> She received a [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|BAFTA Award]] nomination for the film ''[[Sparrows Can't Sing]]'' (1963), and a [[Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical|Tony Award]] nomination for the 1964 [[Broadway (theatre)|Broadway]] production of ''[[Oh, What a Lovely War!]]''. In 1972, she starred opposite [[Vanessa Redgrave]] in the [[West End theatre|West End]] production of ''[[The Threepenny Opera]]''. Between 1964 and 1974, she appeared in nine Carry On films, including ''[[Carry On Spying]]'' (1964), ''[[Carry On Doctor]]'' (1967), ''[[Carry On Camping]]'' (1969), ''[[Carry On Henry]]'' (1971), and ''[[Carry On Abroad]]'' (1972). She also co-presented the 1977 Carry On compilation ''[[That's Carry On!]]''. Windsor also starred in all four "[[Carry On Christmas]]" Thames TV specials, and appeared in both series of the 1975 ATV sitcom "[[Carry On Laughing]]". Outside of Carry On, her other film roles included ''[[A Study in Terror]]'' (1965), ''[[Chitty Chitty Bang Bang]]'' (1968), and as the voice of [[Dormouse (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)|Mallymkun, the Dormouse]] in ''[[Alice in Wonderland (2010 film)|Alice in Wonderland]]'' (2010) and ''[[Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016 film)|Alice Through the Looking Glass]]'' (2016). Windsor was made a Dame (DBE) in the [[2016 New Year Honours]] for services to charity and entertainment. She was awarded the [[British Soap Award for Outstanding Achievement]] in 2010, as well as the [[Freedom of the City of London]] in 2010.
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