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Before the sexpot: Barbara Windsor s pre-Carry On life as a ingénue

Barbara Windsor with Lionel Bart during rehearsals for Twang! in 1965! Credit: Getty The career of Barbara Windsor, who has died aged 83, likely brings to mind one of two popular images: her bikini top flying off in Carry on Camping; or throwing people out of her pub as EastEnders’ Peggy Mitchell, the embodiment of her transition to national treasure – from dollybird to matriarch. But Barbara Windsor was more than the famous bust. She was an accomplished star of stage and screen before she became Carry On’s favourite brassy, bubbly sexpot. “She was eaten whole and swallowed by the Carry On machine,” said Tony Jordan, the EastEnders head writer who also wrote the 2017 TV biopic Babs. Not sure she’s ever said that out loud, but you could argue that, if anything, it spoilt her. Barbara Windsor should not be defined by the Carry On films.” 

An East End legend: How 4ft 10in Babs towered over British showbusiness for more than 60 years

comments 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

The Plough, in Winchmore Hill, near Amersham, was once owned by EastEnders star Dame Barbara Windsor
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Prince William calls Dame Barbara Windsor a national treasure as he hails EastEnders icon

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

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