Here are the best quotes from her nearly seven decades in film and TV.
– Peggy Mitchell’s famous catchphrase on EastEnders
“Get outta my pub!”
– On growing old in the film and TV industry
“The beautiful thing is that ageism just doesn’t exist on EastEnders. The show saved me.”
Dame Barbara Windsor on the set of EastEnders (Jack Barnes/BBC/PA)
– On the 1963 premiere of the film Sparrows Can’t Sing which earned her a Bafta nomination
“There were thousands of people lining the Mile End Road, cheering and waving flags. Evidently Ronnie and Reggie (Kray) had turned them all out of their houses, saying: ‘Let’s welcome our little lady. Let’s show royalty how we are. ”
With her irresistible chuckling laugh and signature crop of bright blonde hair, Dame Barbara Windsor was as much as a part of the nation’s landscape as Big Ben and tea and biscuits.
One of Britain’s favourite entertainment stars, cockney heroine Dame Barbara first become famous for her appearances as a buxom blonde in the Carry On films.
Successfully crossing the generational divide, she later became just as revered for her role as Peggy Mitchell, the Queen Vic’s battle-axe landlady in EastEnders who was known for yelling at rogue drinkers to “get outta my pub!”.
Sid James and Barbara Windsor in 1963 (EMPICS UK/PA)