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Barbara Windsor starred in a total of 10 Carry On films (Image: GETTY)
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Dame Barbara was born in Shoreditch, East Lindon on August 6 1937, the daughter of a fruit and veg street seller and a dressmaker.
She went on to carve out a career as an actress with her big break when she joined Joan Littlewood’s company and starred in Fings Ain t Wot They Used To Be.
Barbara earned a Bafta nomination for her role in Littlewood s 1963 film Sparrers Can t Sing as Maggie Gooding.
In 1964 she was cast in Carry On Spying, the ninth film in the successful franchise.
I will miss you always : Barbara Windsor s EastEnders son Ross Kemp pays tribute to the woman who always had time for everybody following her death aged 83
Dame Barbara Windsor starred on EastEnders as pub landlady Peggy Mitchell on and off from 1994 to 2016
She was famous for her catchphrase: Get outta ma pub!
The beloved entertainment star died aged 83 at 8.35pm on Thursday at a London care home, her husband Scott Mitchell said
Scott, 57, described his wife s final weeks as typical of how she lived her life and full of humour, drama and a fighting spirit until the end
Dame Barbara was diagnosed with Alzheimer s disease in 2014 and made the news public in 2018