Barbara Windsor was once threatened to be killed by the Kray twins while filming a movie in the East End of London in the Sixties.
The actress, who passed away in December, aged 83, was shooting scenes for her 1963 film Sparrows Can’t Sing when the notorious London gangsters showed up.
According to a new BritBox documentary, Secrets Of The Krays, which is released on Thursday, Ronnie and Reggie Kray threatened to kill the movie s cast and crew as they didn t have their permission to shoot the film.
Life threat: Dame Barbara Windsor was once threatened to be killed by the Kray twins while filming a movie in the Sixties (Reggie Kray, right, at a film premiere with Barbara and her husband Ronnie Knight around 1969)
Sex secrets of The Krays and the day they threatened to kill Barbara Windsor
Mike Ridley
Updated: May 7 2021, 20:03 ET
Mike Ridley
AS tough landlady Peggy Mitchell in EastEnders, Barbara Windsor was the queen of Albert Square.
But the first time she filmed in the real East End, the Kray twins threatened to KILL the movie’s cast and crew.
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Barbara Windsor with Ronnie Knight and Reggie Kray - who, along with twin Ronnie, had previously threatened to kill her and the cast of a movie she was makingCredit: Hulton Picture Company
New documentary Secrets Of The Krays reveals how notorious London gangsters Ronnie and Reggie were upset that the hit Sixties movie was taking over their manor.
A clip from the upcoming documentary series Secrets of The Krays, which airs on streaming platform BritBox, shows Reggie s personal scrapbook (pictured) for the first time.
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When Barbara Windsor died in December aged 83, precious little of her raucous life and times was spared examination. She wouldn t have minded.
In life, the irrepressible national treasure with the famous wiggle and throaty laugh was an open book, always ready with an eye-popping story normally involving the men in her life. So why would death be any different?
The name of Bob Dunn was, however, notably absent from the extravagant obituaries. Perhaps that is not altogether surprising, since his 20-year relationship with Barbara was a closely guarded secret.
At the time, it suited him fine but Bob, 75, now feels that events and individuals have conspired to airbrush him from Barbara s history entirely. And it s about time that changed, he says in an interview with The Mail on Sunday.