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Dame Barbara Windsor, who is best known for her role as Peggy Mitchell in EastEnders, died on December 10 after a battle with Alzheimer s disease. The legendary actress has since been praised by her colleagues after spending more than two decades in the BBC soap.
Former soap boss Dominic Treadwell-Collins has hailed Barbara Windsor as the best executive producer EastEnders never had over her no-nonsense attitude behind the camera.
Ex-EastEnders boss says Barbara Windsor kept the other cast members in check pressandjournal.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from pressandjournal.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Updated / Monday, 28 Dec 2020
11:03
A former
EastEnders boss has hailed Barbara Windsor s influence on the soap and revealed she once took co-star June Brown to task for criticising the writers.
Windsor, who joined the long-running soap in 1994 before becoming its biggest star, died earlier this month aged 83.
Barbara Windsor pictures with EastEnders cast
She played Peggy Mitchell on the show and former executive producer, Dominic Treadwell-Collins, described her as the ultimate professional.
Speaking to the
Radio Times, he revealed that Windsor once confronted Brown, another of EastEnders’ biggest stars, who played Dot Cotton, after she criticised the writers. Barbara was the best executive producer
Dame Barbara Windsor became EastEnders’ best-known star (Jonathan Brady/PA)
He told the Radio Times she once confronted Brown – another of EastEnders’ biggest stars and who played Dot Cotton – after she criticised the writers.
“Barbara was the best executive producer EastEnders never had,” Treadwell-Collins said.
“She was so sharp, she knew the audience, and kept actors young and old in check. Once, June Brown shouted at us from her dressing room window, ‘Your storylines are shit.’ Barbara grabbed her, brought her upstairs and told her to apologise.”
Dame Barbara, who died after being diagnosed with dementia, also admonished Samantha Womack and Rita Simons.