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The 83-year-old cockney heroine Dame Barbara Windsor died on Thursday evening at a London care home
With her irresistible chuckling laugh, she became one the nation s stars as a buxom blonde in Carry On films
Successfully crossing the generational divide, she later became just as revered for her role as Peggy Mitchell in EastEnders as the Queen Victoria landlady who often yelled at rogue drinkers get outta my pub
Born Barbara Ann Deeks on Aug. 6 1937 in East End to father John, a barrow boy, and dressmaker mother Rose
A Cockney icon decades before she set foot in Albert Square, three-times married Dame Barbara Windsor s off-screen life was as colourful as that of any of the characters she portrayed.
The Plough, in Winchmore Hill, near Amersham, was once owned by EastEnders star Dame Barbara Windsor
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Barbara Windsor once revealed she hated her role in EastEnders controversial HIV storyline
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How Peggy Mitchell saved Barbara Windsor – and EastEnders – from the gloom
As terrifying as she was tender, the Queen Vic s steely landlady showed us another side of the Carry On star – one rooted in her real life
The late Barbara Windsor as Peggy Mitchell
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London’s East End, both real and fictional, is in mourning following news of Dame Barbara Windsor’s death, aged 83. From saucy Carry On infamy to cosy EastEnders familiarity, she was one of our best-loved and most quintessentially British actresses.
Shoreditch-born Barbara Deeks, a real-life East Ender, took the stage name Windsor in 1953, inspired by the Queen’s coronation. She went onto become screen royalty herself. The cultural landscape is a duller, greyer place without her irrepressible personality and immense talent.
Prince William calls Dame Barbara Windsor a true national treasure as he hails EastEnders and Carry On icon in moving speech to Christmas pantomime audience after her death aged 83
Prince William delivered a tribute on the stage of the West End s London Palladium ahead of Pantoland show
Barbara Windsor became a household name as buxom blonde in Carry On films and later joined EastEnders
Dame Barbara was diagnosed with Alzheimer s disease in 2014 and made the news public in 2018
Died at 8.35pm on Thursday at a London care home and her final weeks were typical of how she lived her life