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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,...

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  Credit: BBC 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 stag...

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 li...

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 Barba...

Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Carroll O’Connor, and Sally Struthers in “All in the Family.” Photo: CBS/Pinterest Archie Bunker was a bigot. Whether bemoaning the Black family who lived next door or refusing to accept his friend is gay or his casual misogyny or his frequent attempts at — to borrow a phrase from the modern right — “own the libs,” he was a deeply flawed and prejudiced man. Yet, half a century since he first appeared on our screens, singing an off-key ode to Herbert Hoover and life before the New Deal, he remains a crucial and iconic pop culture f...