Editing Barbara Windsor

{{Short description|English actress (1937–2020)}}
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| birth_name         = Barbara Ann Deeks
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'''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.

==Early life==
Windsor was born in [[Shoreditch]], London, in 1937 (though her birth was registered in [[Stepney]]),<ref>GRO Register of Births: SEP 1937 1a 176 STEPNEY – Barbara A. Windsor, mmn = Ellis</ref> the only child of John Deeks, a bus driver, and his wife, Rose (''[[née]]'' Ellis), a dressmaker.<ref name="Guardian Obit"/> The family lived on Angela Street. Her maternal great-grandmother was the daughter of [[Irish migration to Great Britain|Irish immigrants]] who fled to [[Great Britain]] from [[Ireland]] between 1846 and 1851 in order to escape the [[Great Famine (Ireland)|Great Famine]].<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/whodoyouthinkyouare/past-stories/barbara-windsor.shtml Who Do You Think You Are? – Past Stories – Barbara Windsor] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191104070202/http://www.bbc.co.uk/whodoyouthinkyouare/past-stories/barbara-windsor.shtml |date=4 November 2019 }}, BBC. Retrieved 30 December 2015.</ref> 

In 1939, at the start of [[World War II]], Windsor's father was called up for the war, so Windsor and her mother went to live with her mother's family in Yoakley Road, [[Stoke Newington]], where Windsor attended St Mary's Infants' School in nearby Lordship Road.<ref name="Guardian Obit"/><ref name="St Mary's">{{Cite news |last=Brooke |first=Mike |date=11 December 2020 |title=Barbara Windsor, Queen of the real East End, dies aged 83 |work=[[East London Advertiser]] |url=https://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/news/obituaries/east-ender-dame-barbara-windsor-dies-6687064 |access-date=14 December 2020}}</ref> 

Windsor's mother initially refused to let her be evacuated, but conceded after one of Windsor's school friends was killed by a bomb during an [[Airstrike|air raid]].{{sfn|Windsor|2000|p=2}} Aged six, Windsor was evacuated to [[Blackpool]] to live with a couple, but they attempted to [[Child sexual abuse|sexually abuse]] her.<ref name="Guardian Obit" /> A neighbour heard Windsor's screams and alerted the authorities. The couple were arrested and were found to not be married, but to be brother and sister.{{sfn|Windsor|2000|p=3}} 

Windsor moved in with a schoolfriend and her parents, although they struggled to cope with her loud behaviour. They sent Windsor to dancing school, which sparked her interest in performing, although one night after a class, Windsor found her friend's father kissing another woman in a bus shelter.{{sfn|Windsor|2000|p=5}} Humiliated by this, Windsor was sent back to London in 1944 along with a note from her dance teacher which read: "Barbara is a born show-off who loves to perform."<ref name="Guardian Obit"/>

Impressed by this, Windsor's mother sent her to Madame Behenna's Juvenile Jollities, a drama school at which she appeared in several charity concerts and pantomimes. After the war, she passed her [[Eleven-plus|11-plus]] exams, gaining the top mark in North London, and earned a [[scholarship]] for a place at [[Our Lady's Catholic High School, Stamford Hill]],<ref name="Guardian Obit">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/dec/11/dame-barbara-windsor-obituary|title=Dame Barbara Windsor obituary|work=The Guardian|date=11 December 2020 |access-date=11 December 2020|archive-date=11 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211134803/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/dec/11/dame-barbara-windsor-obituary|url-status=live}}</ref> although she was expelled because she argued with the [[Abbess|reverend mother]] after the latter refused to let Windsor have time off to appear in a pantomime.{{sfn|Windsor|2000|p=22}} 

Windsor moved to the [[Aida Foster Theatre School|Aida Foster School]], [[Golders Green]], and took [[Elocution|elocution lessons]]. When Windsor's father came to watch a performance, she was ridiculed by the others as her father had begun working as a [[Trolleybus|trolley bus]] conductor and had come in his uniform. Enraged, Windsor covered the girls in theatrical face powder, throwing more over the chaperone who tried to stop her.{{sfn|Windsor|2000|p=30}} Despite this, Windsor was chosen to appear in the chorus of the successful musical ''[[Love From Judy]]'' in the [[West End theatre|West End]] in 1952, which ran for two years.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/05/10/career-highlights-barbara-windsor/|title= Career highlights: Barbara Windsor |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=10 May 2016|access-date=13 December 2020}}</ref> Her stage name of "Windsor" was inspired by the [[Coronation of Elizabeth II]] in 1953.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/1999/mar/15/features11.g21|title=Barbara Windsor: Body of evidence|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=15 March 1999|access-date=17 July 2019|location=London, UK|archive-date=13 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613184401/https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/1999/mar/15/features11.g21|url-status=live}}</ref> By the time she was 16, Windsor's parents divorced, and she was unwillingly made to testify against her father in court. Awarded to her mother, following the divorce, Windsor's father ceased all contact with Windsor, and would ignore her if he saw her in the street for many years afterwards.{{sfn|Windsor|2000|pp=47-48}}

==Career==
Windsor made her film debut as an uncredited extra in 1954 playing a schoolgirl in ''[[The Belles of St. Trinian's|The Belles of St. Trinians]]'';<ref name=":0" /> she followed this with several other uncredited roles until she appeared in ''[[Too Hot to Handle (1960 film)|Too Hot to Handle]]'' (1960) with [[Jayne Mansfield]]. According to Windsor, Mansfield demanded that she appear at the back of the scene they shared, as she was worried Windsor's blonde hair and large chest would overshadow her own.{{sfn|Windsor|2000|p=94}} After this, Windsor made her television debut when [[Johnny Brandon]], with whom Windsor had starred in ''Love from Judy'', asked her to appear in his television series ''Dreamer's Highway''. Windsor later appeared in musical shows ''Variety Parade'', ''The Jack Jackson Show'', and ''[[Six-Five Special]]'', regularly singing with bands. She then became a regular cabaret act at [[Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club]] in Soho, and went on to do the same at the Winston's club alongside [[Danny La Rue]] and [[Amanda Barrie]].<ref name="Guardian Obit"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.its-behind-you.com/spotlightbarbarawindsor.html|title=Spotlight on Barbara Windsor|publisher=It's Behind You|access-date=11 December 2020|archive-date=12 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201212081554/http://www.its-behind-you.com/spotlightbarbarawindsor.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

After joining [[Joan Littlewood]]'s [[Theatre Workshop]] at the Theatre Royal, Stratford East,<ref name="Billington">{{cite news |last1=Billington |first1=Michael |title=Barbara Windsor: a priceless and mischievous stage sensation |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/dec/11/barbara-windsor-a-priceless-and-mischievous-stage-sensation |access-date=13 December 2020 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=11 December 2020 |archive-date=12 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201212151322/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/dec/11/barbara-windsor-a-priceless-and-mischievous-stage-sensation |url-status=live }}</ref> she came to prominence in their 1959 stage production ''[[Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be]]''<ref name="Billington"/> and Littlewood's film ''[[Sparrows Can't Sing]]'' (1963), achieving a BAFTA nomination for [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|Best British Film Actress]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Film {{!}} British Actress in 1964|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1964/film/british-actress|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930185719/http://awards.bafta.org/award/1964/film/british-actress|archive-date=30 September 2020|access-date=13 December 2020|website=BAFTA Awards}}</ref> She also appeared in the comedy films ''[[Crooks in Cloisters]]'' (1964) and ''[[San Ferry Ann]]'' (1965),<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hayward|first=Anthony|date=26 December 2016|title=Jeremy Summers obituary|url=http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/dec/26/jeremy-summers-obituary|url-status=live|access-date=13 December 2020|website=[[The Guardian]]|archive-date=8 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108125024/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/dec/26/jeremy-summers-obituary}}</ref> the thriller film ''[[A Study in Terror]]'' (1965), the fantasy film ''[[Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (film)|Chitty Chitty Bang Bang]]'' (1968) and [[Ken Russell]]'s musical film ''[[The Boy Friend (1971 film)|The Boy Friend]]'' (1971), and the TV sitcoms ''[[The Rag Trade]]'' and ''[[Wild, Wild Women]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Eleanor Bley|first=Griffiths|date=11 December 2020|title=How accurate is BBC drama Babs? Everything you need to know about the real Dame Barbara Windsor|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/soaps/eastenders/2020-12-11/how-accurate-is-babs-barbara-windsor/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201213161931/https://www.radiotimes.com/news/soaps/eastenders/2020-12-11/how-accurate-is-babs-barbara-windsor/|archive-date=13 December 2020|access-date=13 December 2020|website=Radio Times|language=en}}</ref>

===''Carry On''===
{{Main|Carry On (franchise)|l1=Carry On films}}
Windsor came to prominence with her portrayals of a "good-time girl"<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/barbara-windsor-s-career-highlights-from-carry-on-to-eastenders-a3835171.html|first=Jennifer|last=Ruby|work=[[Evening Standard]]|title=Barbara Windsor's career highlights: From Carry On to EastEnders|access-date=20 April 2020|date=10 May 2018|archive-date=14 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614200135/https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/barbara-windsor-s-career-highlights-from-carry-on-to-eastenders-a3835171.html|url-status=live}}</ref> in nine [[Carry On (franchise)|Carry On films]]. Her first was ''[[Carry On Spying]]'' in 1964 and her final one was ''[[Carry On Dick]]'' in 1974.<ref>{{Cite web|date=12 December 2020|title='Bubbly Babs' star of nine Carry On films|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/bubbly-babs-star-of-nine-carry-on-films-20201212-p56mxd.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201212191043/https://www.smh.com.au/national/bubbly-babs-star-of-nine-carry-on-films-20201212-p56mxd.html|archive-date=12 December 2020|access-date=13 December 2020|website=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|language=en}}</ref> She also appeared in several ''Carry On...'' television and compilation specials between 1964 and 1977.<ref name="BFI" />

One of her best known scenes was in ''[[Carry On Camping]]'' (1969), where her bikini top flew off during outdoor aerobic exercises. In typical Carry On style, exposure is implied, but little is, in fact, seen.<ref name=Ross2002 >{{citation | last1=Ross | first1=Robert | year=2002 | title=The Carry on companion | last2=Collins | first2=Phil | edition=40 | publisher=Batsford | isbn=978-0-7134-8771-8  | page=80}}</ref>

From 1973 to 1975, she appeared with several of the [[List of Carry On films cast members|Carry On team]] in the West End revue ''Carry On London!''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.carryon.org.uk/london.htm|title=Carry On London|publisher=Carryon.org|access-date=11 December 2020|archive-date=19 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160719134949/http://www.carryon.org.uk/london.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

She was strongly identified with the Carry On films for many years, which restricted the roles she was offered later in her career.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/people/obituary-dame-barbara-windsor-beloved-actress-famous-roles-carry-films-and-eastenders-3064800|title=Obituary: Dame Barbara Windsor, beloved actress famous for roles in Carry On films and EastEnders|publisher=The Scotsman|access-date=11 December 2020|archive-date=13 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201213162003/https://www.scotsman.com/news/people/obituary-dame-barbara-windsor-beloved-actress-famous-roles-carry-films-and-eastenders-3064800|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Theatre===
Windsor starred on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in the [[Theatre Workshop]]'s ''[[Oh, What a Lovely War!]]'' and received a 1965 [[Tony Award]] nomination for [[Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical|Best Featured Actress in a Musical]].<ref name="Guardian Obit"/> She also appeared in several stage productions including [[Lionel Bart]]'s musical flop ''[[Twang!!]]'' (1965) (directed by [[Joan Littlewood]]), ''[[The Beggar's Opera]]'' (1967), ''Come Spy with Me'' (1966–67) with [[Danny La Rue]] and in 30 pantomimes between 1950 and 2011.<ref name="Guardian Obit"/>

In 1970, she landed the role of music hall legend [[Marie Lloyd]] in the musical-biopic ''Sing A Rude Song''. In 1972, she appeared in the West End in [[Tony Richardson]]'s ''The Threepenny Opera'' with Vanessa Redgrave. 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]].<ref name="Guardian Obit"/>

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]]. She reprised the role for a national tour with the [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre]] in 1993 co-starring [[John Challis]]  of ''[[Only Fools and Horses]]'' fame.<ref>{{cite web|title=Entertaining Mr. Sloane|url=http://www.paulferris.org/productions/entertaining-mr-sloane/|publisher=PaulFerris.org|access-date=25 May 2017|archive-date=15 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171015094852/http://www.paulferris.org/productions/entertaining-mr-sloane/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===''EastEnders''===
{{Main|Peggy Mitchell}}
[[File:Peggy Mitchell Waxwork.png|thumb|upright|Waxwork of Windsor as [[Peggy Mitchell]] displayed in [[Blackpool]]]]
When ''[[EastEnders]]'' was launched in 1985, the producers said they would not cast well-known actors (although [[Wendy Richard]] was a rare exception). Windsor has said that she would have liked to have been part of the original cast.<ref>Hibbin, Sally and Nina Hibbin. ''What a Carry On: The Official Story of the Carry On Film series'', Hamlyn, 1988. {{ISBN|0-600-55819-3}} p. 43</ref> By 1994, this policy was relaxed, and Windsor accepted an offer to join ''EastEnders''. She took over the role of [[Peggy Mitchell]] (who was previously a minor character played by [[Jo Warne]] in 1991). Peggy was the widowed mother of established key characters Phil and Grant Mitchell, and younger sister Samantha. For this role, she received the [[British Soap Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] award at the [[1999 British Soap Awards]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.whatsontv.co.uk/british-soap-awards/party-like-its-1999-recalling-the-first-british-soap-awards-320379/|title=Party like it's 1999 – Recalling the first British Soap Awards|work=[[What's on TV]]|access-date=25 January 2020|archive-date=25 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200125211255/https://www.whatsontv.co.uk/british-soap-awards/party-like-its-1999-recalling-the-first-british-soap-awards-320379/|url-status=live}}</ref> and a [[British Soap Award for Outstanding Achievement|Lifetime Achievement Award]] at the [[2009 British Soap Awards]].<ref name="Guardian Obit"/>

A debilitating case of the [[Epstein–Barr virus]] forced a two-year absence from the role between 2003 and 2005, although Windsor was able to make a two-episode guest appearance in 2004. She rejoined the cast full-time in the summer of 2005. In October 2009, Windsor announced she was to leave her role as Peggy Mitchell, saying she wanted to spend more time with her husband.<ref name="Barbara Windsor Quits EastEnders">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8329637.stm|title=Actress Windsor Quits EastEnders|work=BBC News|access-date=3 December 2009|location=United Kingdom | date=28 October 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091110012110/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8329637.stm| archive-date= 10 November 2009 | url-status=live}}</ref> On 10 September 2010, her character left [[Albert Square]] after a fire destroyed [[the Queen Victoria]] pub, of which she was the owner.<ref>{{cite news|title=EastEnders' Peggy bowing out with explosive plot|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11241857|work=BBC News|date=9 September 2010|access-date=17 July 2019|archive-date=21 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721112014/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11241857|url-status=live}}</ref>

In July 2013, it was announced that Windsor was to return for one episode, which aired on 20 September 2013.<ref>{{cite news|title=Barbara Windsor in EastEnders 'special episode' return|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23229356|work=BBC News|date=9 July 2013|access-date=9 July 2013|archive-date=29 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181029082251/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23229356|url-status=live}}</ref> She again returned for a single episode on 25 September 2014,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2014-09-25/eastenders-spoilers-peggy-mitchell-returns---i-hope-it-was-a-nice-surprise-says-barbara-windsor|title=EastEnders spoilers: Peggy Mitchell returns – "I hope it was a nice surprise," says Barbara Windsor|work=Radio Times|date=25 September 2014|access-date=25 September 2014|archive-date=29 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140929160312/http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2014-09-25/eastenders-spoilers-peggy-mitchell-returns---i-hope-it-was-a-nice-surprise-says-barbara-windsor|url-status=live}}</ref> and made a further appearance for ''EastEnders'' 30th anniversary on 17 February 2015.<ref name="anniversary">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30377626|title=BBC News Barbara Windsor to return for EastEnders 30th anniversary|date=8 December 2014|publisher=[[BBC]]|access-date=22 January 2015|archive-date=28 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128121316/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30377626|url-status=live}}</ref> In February 2015, Windsor, along with [[Pam St Clement]] ([[Pat Butcher|Pat Evans]]), took part in ''EastEnders: Back to Ours'' to celebrate 30 years of ''EastEnders''. Windsor and St. Clement looked back on some of their characters' most dramatic moments.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05p9mwb|title=BBC Three – eastEnders:Back To Ours|publisher=BBC|access-date=11 December 2020|archive-date=3 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203202015/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05p9mwb|url-status=live}}</ref>

In November 2015, Windsor secretly filmed a return to ''EastEnders'', which was shown in January 2016. After this,  the character was confirmed to be killed off later in the year. This was Windsor's decision, as she said that she would always be open to a return to the show unless bosses decided to kill the character off.<ref name="EastEnders return">{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35330329 | title=Dame Barbara Windsor to leave EastEnders for good | publisher=[[BBC]] | date=16 January 2016 | access-date=16 January 2016 | archive-date=16 January 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116005736/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35330329 | url-status=live }}</ref> Her last appearance aired on [[BBC One]] on 17 May 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/tvfilm/peggy-mitchell-s-finest-eastenders-moments-from-the-slaps-and-scraps-to-the-queen-vic-burning-down-a3250341.html|title=Peggy Mitchell's finest EastEnders moments: the best slaps and scraps|first=Ben Travis, Daniel|last=Orton|date=17 May 2016|website=www.standard.co.uk|access-date=11 December 2020|archive-date=13 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201213161958/https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/tvfilm/peggy-mitchell-s-finest-eastenders-moments-from-the-slaps-and-scraps-to-the-queen-vic-burning-down-a3250341.html|url-status=live}}</ref> On 25 January 2022, by which time Windsor had died, an episode aired in which Peggy's son [[Phil Mitchell]] ([[Steve McFadden]]) hears his mother's voice giving him advice. The scene was made using archived audio from previous episodes.<ref name="OK">{{cite news|url=https://www.ok.co.uk/tv/eastenders-viewers-fight-back-tears-26053135|title=EastEnders viewers fight back tears as Peggy Mitchell 'returns' to BBC soap|last=Ison|first=Rianne|date=January 26, 2022|work=[[OK!]]|access-date=January 26, 2022}}</ref>

==Later life==
Windsor hosted two series of the BBC documentary ''Disaster Masters'' in 2005.<ref name="Disaster Masters Episodes">{{Cite web |title=Disaster Masters: Episode Guide |year=2012 |url=http://www.locatetv.com/tv/disaster-masters/55305/episode-guide |access-date=17 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324054955/http://www.locatetv.com/tv/disaster-masters/55305/episode-guide |archive-date=24 March 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> She provided the voice of the Dormouse in Walt Disney's live-action adaptation of [[Lewis Carroll]]'s ''[[Alice in Wonderland (2010 film)|Alice in Wonderland]]'' (2010), directed by [[Tim Burton]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/entertainment/newsid_8113000/8113588.stm New Alice in Wonderland images] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090626033438/http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/entertainment/newsid_8113000/8113588.stm |date=26 June 2009 }}, BBC Newsbeat</ref> Windsor appeared in the pantomime ''[[Dick Whittington]]'' at the [[Bristol Hippodrome]] over the Christmas/New Year period of 2010/2011.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8596696.stm|work=BBC News|title=Barbara Windsor signs on to panto|date=31 March 2010|access-date=3 December 2010|archive-date=21 July 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120721034907/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8596696.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> In September 2010, it was announced that Windsor would be fronting a TV campaign for online bingo site Jackpotjoy as the Queen of Bingo.<ref>[http://www.jackpotjoy.com Barbara Windsor to Front Jackpotjoy Bingo TV Ad Campaign] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031190612/https://www.jackpotjoy.com/ |date=31 October 2020 }}, jackpotjoy.com. Retrieved 28 December 2015.</ref> She appeared as herself in one episode of ''[[Come Fly with Me (2010 TV series)|Come Fly with Me]]'' in January 2011.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/news/barbara-windsor-on-come-fly-with-me-28581699.html|title=Barbara Windsor on Come Fly With Me|newspaper=Belfasttelegraph |publisher=Belfast Telegraph|access-date=11 December 2020|archive-date=13 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201213161959/https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/news/barbara-windsor-on-come-fly-with-me-28581699.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:Barbara Windsor.jpg|thumb|upright|Windsor in 2009]]

From 2011 onwards, she regularly did presenting work for [[BBC Radio 2]] music and showbusiness history programmes, and also was a regular stand in for [[Elaine Paige]] on ''[[Elaine Paige on Sunday]]''. She reprised her voice role of the Dormouse in the film ''[[Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016 film)|Alice Through the Looking Glass]]'' (2016).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://uk.eonline.com/news/566153/alice-in-wonderland-through-the-looking-glass-is-a-go-find-out-which-actors-will-reprise-their-roles |work=E |title=Alice in Wonderland |date=5 August 2014 |access-date=12 February 2015 |archive-date=13 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201213161941/https://www.eonline.com/news/566153/alice-in-wonderland-through-the-looking-glass-is-a-go-find-out-which-actors-will-reprise-their-roles |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2016, Windsor was invited to switch on the [[Blackpool Illuminations]] 57 years after her co-star in the film ''[[Too Hot to Handle (1960 film)|Too Hot to Handle]]'', [[Jayne Mansfield]], had performed the task during a break in filming.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-lancashire-37262023 | title=Dame Barbara turns on Blackpool lights | work=BBC News }}</ref>

In May 2017, Windsor appeared in a cameo role as herself in [[BBC Television]]'s [[biopic]] about her life, ''[[Babs (2017 film)|Babs]]'', written by ''EastEnders'' scriptwriter [[Tony Jordan]]. It showed Windsor in the 1990s as she prepared to go on stage, and recalled events from her life, including her childhood, marriage to gangster [[Ronnie Knight]], and her roles in the Carry On films.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36387442 |title=Barbara Windsor story set for BBC drama |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=26 May 2016 |access-date=26 May 2016 |archive-date=26 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160526122000/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36387442 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Personal life==
Windsor was married three times, and had no children. She was married to:

# [[Ronnie Knight]], (married 2 March 1964,<ref>GRO Register of Marriages: MAR 1964 5e 828 EDMONTON – Ronald P. Knight = Barbara A. Windsor</ref> divorced January 1985)
# Stephen Hollings, chef/restaurateur (married 12 April 1986 in [[Jamaica]],<ref>{{cite book|title=All of Me: My Extraordinary Life|last=Windsor|first=Barbara|year=2000|publisher=Headline Book Publishing|isbn=978-0-7472-7007-2}}</ref> divorced 1995)
# Scott Mitchell, former actor and recruitment consultant (married 8 April 2000)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mitchell |first=Scott |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_CRsEAAAQBAJ |title=By Your Side: My Life Loving Barbara Windsor |date=2022-10-13 |publisher=Orion |isbn=978-1-3996-0285-3 |language=en}}</ref>

Prior to her marriage to Knight, Windsor had a [[one-night stand]] with [[East End]] criminal [[Kray twins|Reggie Kray]], and a longer relationship with his older brother [[Charlie Kray]].<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/mar/25/ameliahill.theobserver Kray's deathbed secrets revealed"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202011000/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/mar/25/ameliahill.theobserver |date=2 December 2016 }}, ''[[The Guardian]]'', 25 March 2001.</ref> During the time of making her later ''Carry On'' films, she had a well-publicised affair with her fellow actor and co-star [[Sid James]], which lasted three years, until 1976.<ref name=bbcobit/> Windsor was initially uninterested in James, 24 years her senior, but later stated that she thought she would have sex with him once, and then he would leave her alone;{{sfn|Windsor|2000|p=208}} however, James reportedly became obsessed with Windsor and suffocatingly possessive of her, to the extent that during the ''Carry On London!'' stage show, he shouted at [[Bernard Bresslaw]] because he had helped Windsor off the stage, the only reason being that Bresslaw had touched Windsor.{{sfn|Windsor|2000|p=219}}

James, who, like Windsor, was also already married, would send her a dozen red roses with a note attached with the words "Love Romeo", and even arranged to see her in Australia during her ''Carry On Barbara'' one-woman show, as he could not bear to be without her.{{sfn|Windsor|2000|p=224}} He would also state his love for her in public and to Windsor's friends, but after the affair began damaging Windsor's mental health, she ended it. Devastated by her decision, James became depressed and started to drink [[whisky]]; he died soon afterwards from a [[heart attack]].{{sfn|Windsor|2000|p=240}}

Another of Windsor's ''Carry On'' co-stars, [[Kenneth Williams]], accompanied Windsor and Knight on their honeymoon, also bringing his mother and sister with him.<ref>Stevens, Christopher. ''Born Brilliant: The Life of Kenneth Williams'', John Murray Publishers, Hachette UK Company, London, 2010; {{ISBN|978-1-84854-197-9}}.</ref>

Windsor also dated [[Gary Crosby (actor)|Gary Crosby]] in the 1960s{{sfn|Windsor|2000|p=71}} and had brief sexual encounters with [[Victor Mature]],{{sfn|Windsor|2000|p=71}} [[Anthony Newley]],{{sfn|Windsor|2000|p=74}} [[Ronnie Scott]],{{sfn|Windsor|2000|p=65}} [[James Booth]],{{sfn|Windsor|2000|p=107}} [[George Best]]{{sfn|Windsor|2000|p=196}} and [[Maurice Gibb]],{{sfn|Windsor|2000|p=173}} the latter two while she was still married. In the late 1950s, Windsor became engaged to singer Cliff Lawrence, but he physically beat her.{{sfn|Windsor|2000|p=71}} In her autobiography, ''All of Me'', Windsor stated that she often turned up at Winston's, the club where she sang, with a black eye, and detailed one occasion when Lawrence dragged her down the street by her hair.{{sfn|Windsor|2000|p=71}} Windsor ended the relationship, and then started dating Knight. Windsor said that Lawrence would spy on her and Knight from [[telephone boxes]], only leaving them alone after Knight threatened him.{{sfn|Windsor|2000|p=89}}

In her autobiography, Windsor discussed her five [[abortion]]s: three in her 20s, and the last at the age of 42. She said that she never wanted children as a result of her father rejecting her after her parents' divorce.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/1999/mar/15/features11.g21|title=Barbara Windsor: Body of evidence|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=15 March 1999|access-date=14 August 2008|location=London, UK|archive-date=8 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508032554/http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/1999/mar/15/features11.g21|url-status=live}}</ref>

Windsor was best friends with fellow actress [[Anna Karen]], whom she met while filming ''Carry On Camping'' and who later went on to play [[Peggy Mitchell]]'s sister [[Aunt Sal]] in ''EastEnders'' on and off for 20 years.{{sfn|Windsor|2000|p=165}}

Windsor was friends with [[Amy Winehouse]], and in 2012 became a patron of the [[Amy Winehouse Foundation]].<ref>[http://amywinehouseforever.org/509/news/barbara-windsor-and-amy-winehouse-had-a-secret-friendship "Barbara Windsor And Amy Winehouse Had A Secret Friendship"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120712083315/http://amywinehouseforever.org/509/news/barbara-windsor-and-amy-winehouse-had-a-secret-friendship/ |date=12 July 2012 }}, Amy Winehouse official website. Retrieved 28 January 2013.</ref> In 2014, Windsor unveiled a statue of Winehouse in [[Camden Market]].

===Health problems===
In April 2014, Windsor was diagnosed with [[Alzheimer's disease]]. She chose not to make news of the condition public, but it was known to her friends and colleagues. On 10 May 2018, Windsor's husband, Scott Mitchell, publicly revealed her condition.<ref>{{cite news|title=EastEnders star Barbara Windsor diagnosed with Alzheimer's|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44062921|work=[[BBC News]]|date=10 May 2018|access-date=10 May 2018|archive-date=10 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180510002450/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44062921|url-status=live}}</ref> In January 2019, Mitchell and some of Windsor's former co-stars from ''EastEnders'' announced that they would be running the [[London Marathon]] in aid of a [[dementia]] campaign.<ref name="London Marathon">{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46794236 |title=EastEnders stars to run marathon for Dame Barbara Windsor |date=8 January 2019 |work=[[BBC News]] |access-date=8 January 2019 |archive-date=8 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190108202320/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46794236 |url-status=live }}</ref> Mitchell said that Windsor's health and mental state had been deteriorating, and she had  moments when she no longer recognised him.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.itv.com/news/2019-01-08/dame-barbara-windsor-dementia/|title=Dame Barbara Windsor's husband describes the heartbreaking moment when she didn't recognise him|publisher=ITV|date=7 January 2019|access-date=8 January 2019|archive-date=9 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190109062934/https://www.itv.com/news/2019-01-08/dame-barbara-windsor-dementia/|url-status=live}}</ref>

On Windsor's 82nd birthday in August 2019, she and Mitchell became ambassadors for the [[Alzheimer's Society]]. On the same day, Mitchell and Windsor appeared in a video for the charity, in which Windsor said, "Unite with me, against dementia". Mitchell highlighted the problems many face with the disease, and urged viewers to sign a letter to [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] [[Boris Johnson]], saying he "urgently needs to address these challenges."<ref name="Alzheimer's Society">{{cite web|url=https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/barbara|title=Barbara Windsor and Scott Mitchell become Alzheimer's Society Ambassadors|date=8 August 2019|work=[[YouTube]]|access-date=1 September 2019|archive-date=1 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190901200718/https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/barbara|url-status=live}}</ref> In August 2020, [[BBC News Online|BBC News]] reported that Windsor had been moved into a [[nursing home|care home]] in London.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-53635317|title=Dame Barbara Windsor moves to care home|work=BBC News|date=3 August 2020|access-date=18 August 2020|archive-date=28 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200828185928/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-53635317|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Death==
Windsor died at Anita Dorfman House, a [[Jewish Care]] home in [[Stanmore]], north London, on 10 December 2020, aged 83.<ref name="death">{{Cite news |date=11 December 2020 |title=Dame Barbara Windsor: Beloved actress best known for her roles in EastEnders and the Carry On films dies aged 83 |work=[[Sky News]] |url=https://news.sky.com/story/dame-barbara-windsor-star-of-eastenders-for-decades-dies-aged-83-12157621 |access-date=11 December 2020 |archive-date=11 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211000835/http://news.sky.com/story/dame-barbara-windsor-star-of-eastenders-for-decades-dies-aged-83-12157621 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="death1">{{Cite news |date=11 December 2020 |title=Dame Barbara Windsor: Carry On and EastEnders actress dies aged 83 |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-55269649 |access-date=11 December 2020 |archive-date=11 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211002954/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-55269649 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Grant |first=Brigit |title=Dame Barbara Windsor's 'Carry On' Jewish Romance |url=https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/dame-barbara-windsors-carry-on-jewish-romance/ |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=[[Jewish News]] |date=5 April 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref>

The next episode of ''EastEnders'', broadcast on 11 December 2020, was dedicated to Windsor's memory. As well as this, the 2017 biopic ''Babs'', which documented Windsor's life, was also broadcast.<ref>{{cite web|last=Houghton|first=Rianne|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a34941135/eastenders-barbara-windsor-death-bbc-one-schedule-change/|title=EastEnders legend Barbara Windsor to be celebrated with special BBC One schedule following her death|work=[[Digital Spy]]|date=11 December 2020|access-date=12 December 2020|archive-date=11 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211135636/https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a34941135/eastenders-barbara-windsor-death-bbc-one-schedule-change/|url-status=live}}</ref> Among those who paid tributes to her were her ''EastEnders'' co-stars, entertainers, politicians including then Prime Minister Boris Johnson, former Prime Minister [[David Cameron]], the then [[Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)|Leader of the Opposition]] [[Keir Starmer]] and members of the [[British royal family|Royal family]], [[William, Prince of Wales|Prince William, Duke of Cambridge]] – who described Windsor as "a true national treasure ... a giant of the entertainment world" – and [[Charles III|Charles, Prince of Wales]] with his wife [[Queen Camilla|Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.sky.com/story/dame-barbara-windsor-dies-tributes-pour-in-for-eastenders-and-carry-on-star-rest-in-peace-babs-12157804|title=Dame Barbara Windsor dies: Tributes pour in for 'national treasure' and star of EastEnders and Carry On movies|work=[[Sky News]]|date=11 December 2020|access-date=12 December 2020|archive-date=11 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211134251/https://news.sky.com/story/dame-barbara-windsor-dies-tributes-pour-in-for-eastenders-and-carry-on-star-rest-in-peace-babs-12157804|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Samhan|first=Jamie|url=https://etcanada.com/news/724304/prince-william-prince-charles-and-more-pay-tribute-to-dame-barbara-windsor-after-her-death/|title=Prince William, Prince Charles And More Pay Tribute To Dame Barbara Windsor After Her Death|work=[[Entertainment Tonight Canada]]|date=12 December 2020|access-date=12 December 2020|archive-date=12 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201212013316/https://etcanada.com/news/724304/prince-william-prince-charles-and-more-pay-tribute-to-dame-barbara-windsor-after-her-death/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Alexander|first=Susannah|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a34939612/eastenders-dame-barbara-windsor-death-cast-tributes/|title=EastEnders cast lead emotional tributes to Dame Barbara Windsor after she dies aged 83|work=[[Digital Spy]]|date=11 December 2020|access-date=12 December 2020|archive-date=11 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211140157/https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a34939612/eastenders-dame-barbara-windsor-death-cast-tributes/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Windsor's funeral took place on 8 January 2021. Her body was cremated at [[Golders Green Crematorium]]. The service was attended by [[Anna Karen]], [[Christopher Biggins]], [[Ross Kemp]], [[David Walliams]] and [[Matt Lucas]], among others. Floral decorations on Windsor's coffin spelled out the words "The Dame", "Saucy" (Windsor's catchphrase in the ''Carry On'' films) and "The Queen Peggy". Windsor's funeral programme featured the famous photo of her in ''Carry On Camping'', a photo that she said "will follow me right to the end".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-55589987|title=Dame Barbara Windsor's funeral held with 'Queen Peggy' tribute|work=[[BBC News]]|date= 8 January 2021|access-date=8 January 2021}}</ref>

==In popular culture==
Windsor was played by [[Samantha Spiro]] in [[Terry Johnson (dramatist)|Terry Johnson]]'s play ''[[Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick]]'', which premiered at the [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre]] in 1998.<ref name="The Times 23 September 1998">{{Cite news|last1=Nightingale |first1=Benedict |author1-link=Benedict Nightingale |title=Infamy, infamy! And how |date=23 September 1998 |work=[[The Times]] |department=Arts and Sports |page=36 |location=London |language=en |issn=0140-0460 |issue=66314 |id={{Gale|IF0500445212}}}}</ref> Rachel Clarke took over the role of Windsor in the touring production of the play in 2001.<ref name="The Stage 31 May 2001">{{Cite news|last1=Edgeley |first1=Emma |date=31 May 2001 |title=Newcastle-under-Lyme: Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick |work=[[The Stage]] |page=14 |location=London |language=en |issn=0038-9099 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]] |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001637/20010531/166/0014 |access-date=9 April 2021 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> Spiro reprised the role in the subsequent TV film adaptation, ''[[Cor, Blimey!]]'' (2000). The latter also featured a cameo appearance from Windsor, playing herself.{{sfn|Windsor|2000|p=410}}

In the 2006 BBC television film ''[[Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!]]'', Windsor was again played by Rachel Clarke.<ref name="Radio Times Fantabulosa">{{Cite web|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=June 2017|title=Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! |website=[[Radio Times]] |location=London |language=en |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/sbqt/kenneth-williams-fantabulosa/ |access-date=9 April 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170610115816/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/sbqt/kenneth-williams-fantabulosa/ |archive-date=10 June 2017}}</ref> Spiro reprised her role as Windsor in the TV biopic ''[[Babs (2017 film)|Babs]]'' in 2017, with [[Jaime Winstone]] and [[Honor Kneafsey]] playing younger versions of Windsor.<ref name="Radio Times Babs">{{Cite web|last1=Pavey |first1=Harriet |date=December 2020 |title=Meet the cast of the BBC's Barbara Windsor biopic Babs |website=[[Radio Times]] |location=London |language=en |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/barbara-windsor-biopic-babs-cast/ |access-date=9 April 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210409064845/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/barbara-windsor-biopic-babs-cast/ |archive-date=9 April 2021}}</ref>

==Honours==
Windsor was appointed [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]] (MBE) in the [[2000 New Year Honours]], and in  the same year she was the first person to be inducted into the newly created BBC Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web
|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2000/may/08/tvandradio.television3
|title=A cheeky little vintage
|last=Smith
|first=Rupert
|date=8 May 2000
|work=The Guardian
|publisher=Guardian News & Media Limited
|access-date=9 April 2021}}</ref> In August 2010 she was given the [[Freedom of the City of London]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-10866207|work=BBC News|title=Barbara Windsor given freedom of the City of London|date=4 August 2010|access-date=21 June 2018|archive-date=30 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171130141111/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-10866207|url-status=live}}</ref> and in November 2010 she was honoured by the [[City of Westminster]] at a tree-planting and plaque ceremony.<ref>[http://www.marylebone.org/news/environment/99-news/300-tree-planting-weymouth-street Barbara Windsor completes the planting of new trees on Weymouth Street] Marylebone Association web site, Thursday, 11 November 2010 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312071514/http://www.marylebone.org/news/environment/99-news/300-tree-planting-weymouth-street |date=12 March 2012 }}</ref>

She was inducted into the [[Hackney Empire]] Walk of Fame on 25 May 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.sky.com/story/dame-barbara-windsor-the-carry-on-star-who-left-little-to-the-imagination-12157623|title=Dame Barbara Windsor: Away from her roles on TV, the star's own life was just as colourful|website=Sky News|access-date=11 December 2020|archive-date=11 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211055904/https://news.sky.com/story/dame-barbara-windsor-the-carry-on-star-who-left-little-to-the-imagination-12157623|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lovingdalston.co.uk/2017/05/take-a-walk-on-the-fame-side-dame-barbara-windsor-sets-hackney-empire-on-a-new-path-and-what-a-touristic-carry-on/|title=Take a walk on the fame side: Dame Barbara Windsor sets Hackney Empire on a new path|first=Loving|last=Dalston|access-date=11 December 2020|archive-date=20 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920151824/https://lovingdalston.co.uk/2017/05/take-a-walk-on-the-fame-side-dame-barbara-windsor-sets-hackney-empire-on-a-new-path-and-what-a-touristic-carry-on/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Windsor was appointed [[Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (DBE) in the [[2016 New Year Honours]] for services to charity and entertainment.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{London Gazette|issue=61450 |supp=y|page=N8|date=30 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=New Year's Honours 2016|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-years-honours-2016|publisher=Government of the United Kingdom|access-date=30 December 2015|date=30 December 2015|archive-date=30 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151230235040/https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-years-honours-2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

In November 2014, she was awarded an honorary doctorate from the [[University of East London]].<ref name="Babbage">{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/s2/eastenders/news/a611490/barbara-windsor-one-day-ill-say-yes-to-eastenders-return.html#~oWcD0qLww5qOa9|title=Barbara Windsor: 'One day I'll say yes to EastEnders return'|last=Babbage|first=Rachel|date=20 November 2014|work=[[Digital Spy]]|access-date=21 November 2014|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924082224/http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/s2/eastenders/news/a611490/barbara-windsor-one-day-ill-say-yes-to-eastenders-return.html#~oWcD0qLww5qOa9|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Commonwealth honours===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%"
! style="width:20%;"| Country
! style="width:20%;"| Date
! style="width:55%;"| Appointment
! style="width:5%;"| Post-nominal letters
|-
| {{Flagu|United Kingdom}} || '''2000–2016''' || [[Order of the British Empire|Member of Order of the British Empire]] (Civil Division) || MBE
|-
| {{Flagu|United Kingdom}} || '''2016–10 December 2020''' || [[Order of the British Empire|Dame Commander of Order of the British Empire]] (Civil Division) || DBE
|-
|}

===Scholastic===
; Chancellor, visitor, governor, rector and fellowships
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%"
! style="width:20%;"| Location
! style="width:20%;"| Date
! style="width:40%;"| School
! style="width:20%;"| Position
|-
| {{Flagu|England}} || '''2015{{ndash}}10 December 2020''' || [[Royal Central School of Speech and Drama]] || Honorary Fellow<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cssd.ac.uk/content/honorary-fellows-honorary-phds|title=Honorary Fellows & Honorary PhDs &#124; The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama|website=www.cssd.ac.uk|access-date=11 December 2020|archive-date=28 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170628124914/http://www.cssd.ac.uk/content/honorary-fellows-honorary-phds|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|}

{{Incomplete list|date=December 2020}}

===Honorary degrees===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%"
! style="width:20%;"| Location
! style="width:20%;"| Date
! style="width:40%;"| School
! style="width:20%;"| Degree
! style="width:20%;"| Gave Commencement Address
|-
| {{Flagu|England}} || '''20 November 2014''' || [[University of East London]] || [[Doctor of Arts]] (D.Arts)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/entertainment-arts-30112433|title=Carry on at college for Dr Babs|work=BBC News |access-date=11 December 2020|archive-date=13 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201213162003/https://www.bbc.com/news/av/entertainment-arts-30112433|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkdKavgvMVk |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/PkdKavgvMVk| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|title=Barbara Windsor ahead of collecting her honorary degree|last=University of East London|date=11 October 2021|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> || Yes<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDy2UwN9sak |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/pDy2UwN9sak| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|title=Barbara Windsor Receives Honorary Degree 20.11.14|last=punkrocksal|date=11 October 2021|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
|-
|}

{{Incomplete list|date=December 2020}}

===Freedom of the City===
{{Incomplete list|date=December 2020}}

* {{flagicon|England}} '''4 August 2010''': [[City of London|London]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-10866207|title=Barbara Windsor given freedom of the City of London|work=BBC News|date=4 August 2010|access-date=11 December 2020|archive-date=21 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921023013/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-10866207|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable"'' style="empty-cells:show"
|-
!style="background:#efefef;"|Year
!style="background:#efefef;"|Title
!style="background:#efefef;"|Role
!style="background:#efefef;"|Notes
! {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
|1954 || ''[[The Belles of St Trinian's]]'' || Schoolgirl || rowspan=3|Uncredited ||<ref name=":0">{{cite news |last1=Whitmore |first1=Greg |title=Barbara Windsor: a life in pictures |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/gallery/2020/dec/11/barbara-windsor-a-life-in-pictures |access-date=12 December 2020 |work=The Guardian |date=11 December 2020 |archive-date=12 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201212024735/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/gallery/2020/dec/11/barbara-windsor-a-life-in-pictures |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Dame Barbara Windsor dies at 83 |url=https://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2020/12/11/47460/dame_barbara_windsor_dies_at_83 |access-date=12 December 2020 |work=Chortle.co.uk |date=11 December 2020 |archive-date=11 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211085912/https://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2020/12/11/47460/dame_barbara_windsor_dies_at_83 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|1956 || ''[[Lost (1956 film)|Lost]]'' || Young Girl in Chemist ||<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|1959 || ''[[Make Mine a Million]]'' || Switchboard Operator ||<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|1960 || ''[[Too Hot to Handle (1960 film)|Too Hot to Handle]]'' || Ponytail || ||<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|rowspan=2|1961 || ''[[Flame in the Streets]]'' || Girlfriend || Uncredited ||<ref>{{Cite book|last=Mayer|first=Geoff|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jSrBZt_S50wC&q=barbara+windsor+%22flame+in+the+streets%22&pg=PA201|title=Roy Ward Baker|date=2004|publisher=Manchester University Press|isbn=978-0-7190-6354-1|pages=201|access-date=13 December 2020|archive-date=13 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201213162000/https://books.google.co.id/books?id=jSrBZt_S50wC&pg=PA201&lpg=PA201&dq=barbara+windsor+%22flame+in+the+streets%22&source=bl&ots=4fR24LhfAS&sig=ACfU3U0StHG_x-NQZba9YApL8b1uzy0QVQ&hl=id&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiZn_mensrtAhUBbisKHd6ZDi04HhDoATAHegQIBxAC#v=onepage&q=barbara%20windsor%20%22flame%20in%20the%20streets%22&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|''[[On the Fiddle]]'' || Mavis || ||<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|rowspan=2|1962 || ''[[Hair of the Dog (film)|Hair of the Dog]]'' || Elsie Grumble || ||<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|''[[Death Trap (film)|Death Trap]]'' || Babs Newton || ||<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|1963 || ''[[Sparrows Can't Sing]]'' || Maggie || ||<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|rowspan=2|1964 || ''[[Carry On Spying]]'' || Daphne Honeybutt || ||<ref name="BFI">{{cite web |title=Barbara Windsor |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f591c4e |website=British Film Institute |access-date=11 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=20 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120144456/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f591c4e |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|| ''[[Crooks in Cloisters]]'' || Bikini || ||<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|rowspan=2|1965 || ''[[San Ferry Ann]]'' || Hiker Girl || ||<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|''[[A Study in Terror]]'' || [[Annie Chapman]] || ||<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|1967 || ''[[Carry On Doctor]]'' || Nurse Sandra May || ||<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|1968 || ''[[Chitty Chitty Bang Bang]]'' || Blonde || ||<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|rowspan=2|1969 || ''[[Carry On Camping]]'' || Babs || ||<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|''[[Carry On Again Doctor]]'' || Goldie Locks || ||<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|rowspan=2|1971 || ''[[Carry On Henry]]'' || Bettina || ||<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|| ''[[The Boy Friend (1971 film)|The Boy Friend]]'' || Hortense || ||<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|rowspan=2|1972 || ''[[Carry On Matron]]'' || Nurse Susan Ball || ||<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|''[[Carry On Abroad]]'' || Sadie Tomkins || ||<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|rowspan=2|1973 || ''[[Not Now, Darling (film)|Not Now, Darling]]'' || Sue Lawson || ||<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|| ''[[Carry On Girls]]'' || Hope Springs || ||<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|1974 || ''[[Carry On Dick]]'' || Harriet || ||<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|1977 || ''[[That's Carry On!]]'' || Barbara Windsor || ||<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|1986 || ''[[Comrades (1986 film)|Comrades]]'' || Mrs Wetham || ||<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Cloarec|first1=Nicole|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EAWQCwAAQBAJ&q=barbara+windsor+comrades+mrs.+wetham&pg=PA162|title=Social Class on British and American Screens: Essays on Cinema and Television|last2=Haigron|first2=David|last3=Letort|first3=Delphine|date=15 March 2016|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1-4766-2312-2|pages=162|language=en|access-date=12 December 2020|archive-date=13 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201213162013/https://books.google.co.id/books?id=EAWQCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA162&lpg=PA162&dq=barbara+windsor+comrades+mrs.+wetham&source=bl&ots=QMJ2NO68wJ&sig=ACfU3U1ls42CBTlRRllXhWDRCf65ec87Tg&hl=id&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiTsKWopcjtAhVT83MBHSWmAqEQ6AEwEnoECBAQAg#v=onepage&q=barbara%20windsor%20comrades%20mrs.%20wetham&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|1987 || ''[[It Couldn't Happen Here]]'' || Seaside landlady / Neil's mother || ||<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|1994 || ''[[Pussy in Boots]]'' || Wandawoman || ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/mike-reid-pussy-in-boots-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0zmdm5ota|title=Mike Reid – Pussy in Boots|publisher=BBFC|access-date=12 December 2020|archive-date=13 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201213162000/https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/mike-reid-pussy-in-boots-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0zmdm5ota|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|2001 || ''[[Second Star To The Left]]'' || Babs || rowspan=3|Voice ||<ref>{{Cite web|title=Second Star to the Left|url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/second-star-to-the-left/cast/504451|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201213162000/https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/second-star-to-the-left/cast/504451/|archive-date=13 December 2020|access-date=12 December 2020|website=TV Guide|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|2010 || ''[[Alice in Wonderland (2010 film)|Alice in Wonderland]]'' || rowspan=2|Mallymkun  ||<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|2016 || ''[[Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016 film)|Alice Through the Looking Glass]]'' ||<ref name="BFI"/>
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable"
! Years !! Title !! Role !! Notes !! {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
|1954–1955 || ''Dreamer's Highway'' || Unknown || 2 episodes  ||<ref name="Shroud">{{cite web|url=http://mercurie.blogspot.com/2020/12/godspeed-dame-barbara-windsor.html|title=Godspeed Dame Barbara Windsor|date=11 December 2020|publisher=A Shroud of Thoughts|access-date=12 December 2020|archive-date=12 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201212003156/https://mercurie.blogspot.com/2020/12/godspeed-dame-barbara-windsor.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|1961–1963 || ''[[The Rag Trade]]'' || Gloria || 15 episodes ||<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|rowspan=2|1962 || ''[[The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre]]'' || Babs Newton || Episode: "Death Trap" ||<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
| ''A Christmas Night with the Stars'' || Gloria || ''The Rag Trade'' segment ||<ref>{{cite book |title=The Kaleidoscope British Christmas Television Guide 1937–2013 |author=Chris Perry |date=3 February 2016 |edition=2nd |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IJQACAAAQBAJ |publisher=[[Kaleidoscope Publishing]] |isbn=978-1900203609 |pages=129–135 |access-date=12 December 2020 |archive-date=13 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201213162007/https://books.google.com/books?id=IJQACAAAQBAJ&hl=en |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2|1963 || ''[[The Plane Makers]]'' || Marlene || Episode: "Any More for the Skylark?" ||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wymark.org.uk/planemakers.html|title=Planemakers|publisher=wymark.org.uk|access-date=12 December 2020|archive-date=3 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003222642/http://wymark.org.uk/planemakers.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[The Rag Trade]]'' || Judy || 8 episodes ||<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|rowspan=2|1964 || ''[[Comedy Playhouse]]'' || Cynthia Spooner || Episode: "The Hen House" ||<ref name="Comedy">{{cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/barbara_windsor/#credits|title=Barabra Windsor – British Comedy Guide|publisher=Comedy.co.uk|access-date=12 December 2020|archive-date=28 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928023218/https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/barbara_windsor/#credits|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| ''Two Plus Two'' || Louella ||  <sup>Episode: "A Funny Thing Happened To Me on My Way To the Altar"</sup>||<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|1965 || ''[[The Des O'Connor Show]]'' || Nurse || Episode: #2.1 ||<ref name="Comedy"/>
|-
|1967 || ''[[Before the Fringe]]'' || Various || 2 episodes ||<ref name="Comedy"/>
|-
| rowspan="2" |1968 || ''[[Dad's Army]]'' || Laura la Plaz || Episode: "Shooting Pains"  ||<ref name="BFI" />
|-
| ''[[Ooh La La! (TV series)|Ooh La La!]]'' || Chiquette/Giboulette || 2 episodes ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/c24f4b01bc8d4b68ae5f9fbe407e1ce8|title=Poh La La!:Above Reproach|date=11 August 1969 |publisher=BBC|access-date=12 December 2020|archive-date=13 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201213162022/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/c24f4b01bc8d4b68ae5f9fbe407e1ce8|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/6c9490bb608e486493eaf4829887a84f|title=Poh La La!:Above Reproach|date=September 1969 |publisher=BBC|access-date=12 December 2020|archive-date=27 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170627054012/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/6c9490bb608e486493eaf4829887a84f|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|1968–1969 || ''[[Wild, Wild Women]]'' || Millie || All 7 episodes ||<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|rowspan=2|1969 || ''The Rolf Harris Show'' || Maid Marion || Episode #3.12 ||<ref name="Shroud"/>
|-
| ''[[Carry On Christmas#Carry on Christmas (1969)|Carry On Christmas]]'' || Various || TV film ||<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|rowspan=3|1970 || ''[[Comedy Playhouse]]'' || Polly || Episode: "Meter Maids" ||<ref name="Comedy"/>
|-
| ''[[Up Pompeii!]]'' || Nymphia || Episode: "Guess Who's Coming to Sin'Er Nymphia" ||<ref name="Comedy"/>
|-
| ''[[Carry On Christmas#Carry on Christmas (1970)|Carry On Christmas]]'' || Jim Hawkins || TV film ||<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|1972 || ''[[Carry On Christmas#Carry on Christmas (1972)|Carry On Christmas]]'' || Various || TV film ||<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
| rowspan="5" |1973 || ''[[Ooh La La! (TV series)|Ooh La La!]]'' || The Shrimp || Episode: "The Lady from Maxims" ||<ref name="Shroud"/>
|-
| ''The Bob Monkhouse Offensive'' || Stripper || TV film ||<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
| ''[[Carry On Christmas#Carry on Christmas (1973)|Carry On Christmas]]'' || Various || TV film ||<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
| ''The Punch Review''|| Various || Episode: #1.3 ||<ref name="Shroud" />
|-
| Whodunnit? || Panelist
| TV Game Show
|<ref name="BFI" />
|-
| rowspan="7" |1975|| rowspan="7" |''[[Carry On Laughing]]'' || Vera Basket || Episode: "The Prisoner of Spenda" ||<ref name="BFI" />
|-
|Marie || Episode: "The Baron Outlook" ||<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|Sarah || Episode: "The Sobbing Cavalier" ||<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|Lady Miranda || Episode: "Orgy and Bess" ||<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|Maisie || Episode: "The Nine Old Cobblers" ||<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|Lottie || Episode: "Who Needs Kitchener?" ||<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|Lady Mary || Episode: "Lamp-Posts of the Empire" ||<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|1976 || ''[[Mike Reid (actor)|The Mike Reid Show]]'' || Various || Episode: #1.0 ||<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|rowspan=2|1980 || ''Both Ends Meet'' || Doris White || TV pilot ||<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
| ''[[Worzel Gummidge (TV series)|Worzel Gummidge]]'' || Saucy Nancy || 4 episodes ||<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|1983 || ''[[Carry on Laughing|Carry On Laughing's Christmas Classics]]'' || Barbara Windsor || TV film ||<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|rowspan=3|1987 || ''[[Filthy Rich & Catflap]]'' || Mum || Episode #1.1 ||<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
| ''[[Super Gran]]'' || Ethel || Episode: "Supergran and the Heir Apparent" ||<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
| ''[[The Grand Knockout Tournament]]'' || Lady Knock of Alton || [[Television special]] ||<ref>{{cite news|last=Shufflebotham|first=Bethan|date=25 March 2021|title=Sir Tom Jones among the celebrities at the It's A Royal Knockout event at Alton Towers in 1987|url=https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/gallery/21-photos-celebrities-alton-towers-5175217|work=[[The Sentinel (Staffordshire)|The Sentinel]]|access-date=21 October 2021}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2|1988 || ''The Nephew'' || Aunty Vicky || 3 episodes ||<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
| ''Terry in Pantoland'' || Various || TV film ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbcone/london/1988-12-21|title=BBC One London – 21 December 1988|publisher=BBC|access-date=12 December 2020|archive-date=18 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200318213824/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbcone/london/1988-12-21|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2|1989 || ''[[Norbert Smith: A Life]]'' || Greenham Women's Leader || TV film ||<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
| ''[[Bluebirds (TV series)|Bluebirds]]'' || Mabel Fletcher || 6 episodes ||<ref>{{cite web |url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbcone/london/1989-10-05 |title=BBC One London – 5 October 1989 – BBC Genome |publisher=Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk |access-date=10 August 2015 |archive-date=25 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925205819/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbcone/london/1989-10-05 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|1990 || ''[[Family Fortunes]]'' || Fairy || Episode: "Celebrity Christmas Special 2" ||<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|1991 || ''[[You Rang, M'Lord?]]'' || Myrtle || 2 episodes ||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/yourangmlord/|title=Comedy – You Rang, M'Lord?|publisher=BBC|access-date=12 December 2020|archive-date=17 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190917181705/http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/yourangmlord/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|1992 || ''[[Double Vision (1992 film)|Double Vision]]'' || Snow Queen Boss || TV film ||<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|rowspan=2|1993|| ''Frank Stubbs'' || Barbara Windsor || Episode: "Starlet"
|-
| ''The Great Bong'' || Mabel || Voice ||<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|1994–2010 <br> 2013–2016 || ''[[EastEnders]]'' || [[Peggy Mitchell]] || Series regular, 1,671 episodes ||<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|1995 || ''[[One Foot in the Grave]]'' || Millicent || Episode: "The Affair of the Hollow Lady" ||<ref name="Shroud"/>
|-
|1999 || ''[[The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything]]'' || Highwayman Robbery Victim || TV film ||<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|2000 || ''[[Cor, Blimey!]]'' || Barbara Windsor || TV film ||<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|2001 || ''Second Star to the Left'' || Babs || Voice ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00794hr|title=Second Star to the Left|publisher=BBC|access-date=12 December 2020|archive-date=10 January 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090110154003/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00794hr|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|2006 || ''[[Doctor Who]]'' || Peggy Mitchell || Episode: "Army of Ghosts" ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbcamerica.com/blogs/doctor-who-10-things-you-may-not-know-about-army-of-ghosts--17859|title=Doctor Who:10 Things You May Not Know About Army of Ghosts|publisher=BBC America|access-date=12 December 2020|archive-date=13 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201213162006/https://www.bbcamerica.com/blogs/doctor-who-10-things-you-may-not-know-about-army-of-ghosts--17859|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|2009 || ''[[Walk on the Wild Side (TV series)|Walk on the Wild Side]]'' || Mouse || Voice; Episode: #1.3 ||<ref name="Comedy"/>
|-
|rowspan=2|2011 || ''[[Little Crackers]]'' || Shop Assistant || Episode: "My First Brassiere" ||<ref name="Comedy"/>
|-
| ''[[Come Fly with Me (2010 TV series)|Come Fly With Me]]'' || rowspan=2|Barbara Windsor || Episode: #1.4 ||<ref>{{cite news |title=Barbara Windsor on Come Fly With Me |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/news/barbara-windsor-on-come-fly-with-me-28581699.html |access-date=14 December 2020 |work=[[Belfast Telegraph]] |date=13 January 2011}}</ref>
|-
|2015 || ''[[Children in Need]]'' || ''[[Star Wars]]'' sketch ||<ref name="Comedy"/>
|-
||2016 || ''The Tube: Going Underground'' || Herself || Documentary ||<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.channel5.com/show/the-tube-going-underground/season-1/episode-6 |title=The Tube: Going Underground |website=My5 |access-date=15 May 2023}}</ref>
|-
|2017 || ''[[Babs (2017 film)|Babs]]'' || TV film ||<ref name="Shroud"/>
|}

==References==
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