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	==Honours==		==Honours==
			Windsor was appointed [[w:Member of the Order of the British Empire\|Member of the Order of the British Empire]] (MBE) in the [[w:2000 New Year Honours\|2000 New Year Honours]], and in the same year, she was the first person to be inducted into the newly created BBC Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web
	Windsor was appointed [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]] (MBE) in the [[2000 New Year Honours]], and in the same year, she was the first person to be inducted into the newly created BBC Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web
	\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2000/may/08/tvandradio.television3		\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2000/may/08/tvandradio.television3
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	\|publisher=Guardian News & Media Limited		\|publisher=Guardian News & Media Limited
	\|access-date=9 April 2021}}</ref> In August 2010, she was given the [[Freedom of the City of London]],<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-10866207\|work=BBC News\|title=Barbara Windsor given freedom of the City of London\|date=4 August 2010\|access-date=21 June 2018\|archive-date=30 November 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171130141111/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-10866207\|url-status=live}}</ref> and in November 2010, she was honoured by the [[City of Westminster]] at a tree planting and plaque ceremony.<ref>[http://www.marylebone.org/news/environment/99-news/300-tree-planting-weymouth-street Barbara Windsor completes the planting of new trees on Weymouth Street] Marylebone Association web site, Thursday, 11 November 2010 {{webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312071514/http://www.marylebone.org/news/environment/99-news/300-tree-planting-weymouth-street \|date=12 March 2012 }}</ref>		\|access-date=9 April 2021}}</ref> In August 2010, she was given the [[w:Freedom of the City of London\|Freedom of the City of London]],<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-10866207\|work=BBC News\|title=Barbara Windsor given freedom of the City of London\|date=4 August 2010\|access-date=21 June 2018\|archive-date=30 November 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171130141111/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-10866207\|url-status=live}}</ref> and in November 2010, she was honoured by the [[w:City of Westminster\|City of Westminster]] at a tree planting and plaque ceremony.<ref>[http://www.marylebone.org/news/environment/99-news/300-tree-planting-weymouth-street Barbara Windsor completes the planting of new trees on Weymouth Street] Marylebone Association web site, Thursday, 11 November 2010 {{webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312071514/http://www.marylebone.org/news/environment/99-news/300-tree-planting-weymouth-street \|date=12 March 2012 }}</ref>

	She was inducted into the [[Hackney Empire]] Walk of Fame on 25 May 2017.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://news.sky.com/story/dame-barbara-windsor-the-carry-on-star-who-left-little-to-the-imagination-12157623\|title=Dame Barbara Windsor: Away from her roles on TV, the star's own life was just as colourful\|website=Sky News\|access-date=11 December 2020\|archive-date=11 December 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211055904/https://news.sky.com/story/dame-barbara-windsor-the-carry-on-star-who-left-little-to-the-imagination-12157623\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://lovingdalston.co.uk/2017/05/take-a-walk-on-the-fame-side-dame-barbara-windsor-sets-hackney-empire-on-a-new-path-and-what-a-touristic-carry-on/\|title=Take a walk on the fame side: Dame Barbara Windsor sets Hackney Empire on a new path\|first=Loving\|last=Dalston\|access-date=11 December 2020\|archive-date=20 September 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920151824/https://lovingdalston.co.uk/2017/05/take-a-walk-on-the-fame-side-dame-barbara-windsor-sets-hackney-empire-on-a-new-path-and-what-a-touristic-carry-on/\|url-status=live}}</ref>		She was inducted into the [[w:Hackney Empire\|Hackney Empire]] Walk of Fame on 25 May 2017.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://news.sky.com/story/dame-barbara-windsor-the-carry-on-star-who-left-little-to-the-imagination-12157623\|title=Dame Barbara Windsor: Away from her roles on TV, the star's own life was just as colourful\|website=Sky News\|access-date=11 December 2020\|archive-date=11 December 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211055904/https://news.sky.com/story/dame-barbara-windsor-the-carry-on-star-who-left-little-to-the-imagination-12157623\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://lovingdalston.co.uk/2017/05/take-a-walk-on-the-fame-side-dame-barbara-windsor-sets-hackney-empire-on-a-new-path-and-what-a-touristic-carry-on/\|title=Take a walk on the fame side: Dame Barbara Windsor sets Hackney Empire on a new path\|first=Loving\|last=Dalston\|access-date=11 December 2020\|archive-date=20 September 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920151824/https://lovingdalston.co.uk/2017/05/take-a-walk-on-the-fame-side-dame-barbara-windsor-sets-hackney-empire-on-a-new-path-and-what-a-touristic-carry-on/\|url-status=live}}</ref>

	She was appointed [[Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (DBE) in the [[2016 New Year Honours]] for services to charity and entertainment.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{London Gazette\|issue=61450 \|supp=y\|page=N8\|date=30 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=New Year's Honours 2016\|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-years-honours-2016\|publisher=Government of the United Kingdom\|access-date=30 December 2015\|date=30 December 2015\|archive-date=30 December 2015\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151230235040/https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-years-honours-2016\|url-status=live}}</ref>		She was appointed [[w:Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire\|Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (DBE) in the [[w:2016 New Year Honours\|2016 New Year Honours]] for services to charity and entertainment.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{London Gazette\|issue=61450 \|supp=y\|page=N8\|date=30 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=New Year's Honours 2016\|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-years-honours-2016\|publisher=Government of the United Kingdom\|access-date=30 December 2015\|date=30 December 2015\|archive-date=30 December 2015\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151230235040/https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-years-honours-2016\|url-status=live}}</ref>

	In November 2014, she was awarded an honorary doctorate from the [[University of East London]].<ref name="Babbage">{{cite web\|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/s2/eastenders/news/a611490/barbara-windsor-one-day-ill-say-yes-to-eastenders-return.html#~oWcD0qLww5qOa9\|title=Barbara Windsor: 'One day I'll say yes to EastEnders return'\|last=Babbage\|first=Rachel\|date=20 November 2014\|work=[[Digital Spy]]\|access-date=21 November 2014\|archive-date=24 September 2015\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924082224/http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/s2/eastenders/news/a611490/barbara-windsor-one-day-ill-say-yes-to-eastenders-return.html#~oWcD0qLww5qOa9\|url-status=live}}</ref>		In November 2014, she was awarded an honorary doctorate from the [[w:University of East London\|University of East London]].<ref name="Babbage">{{cite web\|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/s2/eastenders/news/a611490/barbara-windsor-one-day-ill-say-yes-to-eastenders-return.html#~oWcD0qLww5qOa9\|title=Barbara Windsor: 'One day I'll say yes to EastEnders return'\|last=Babbage\|first=Rachel\|date=20 November 2014\|work=[[w:Digital Spy\|Digital Spy]]\|access-date=21 November 2014\|archive-date=24 September 2015\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924082224/http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/s2/eastenders/news/a611490/barbara-windsor-one-day-ill-say-yes-to-eastenders-return.html#~oWcD0qLww5qOa9\|url-status=live}}</ref>

	===Commonwealth honours===		===Commonwealth honours===

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	\| {{Flagu\|United Kingdom}} \|\| '''2000–2016''' \|\| [[Order of the British Empire\|Member of Order of the British Empire]] (Civil Division) \|\| MBE		\| {{Flagu\|United Kingdom}} \|\| '''2000–2016''' \|\| [[w:Order of the British Empire\|Member of Order of the British Empire]] (Civil Division) \|\| MBE
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	\| {{Flagu\|United Kingdom}} \|\| '''2016–10 December 2020''' \|\| [[Order of the British Empire\|Dame Commander of Order of the British Empire]] (Civil Division) \|\| DBE		\| {{Flagu\|United Kingdom}} \|\| '''2016–10 December 2020''' \|\| [[w:Order of the British Empire\|Dame Commander of Order of the British Empire]] (Civil Division) \|\| DBE
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	===Scholastic===		===Scholastic===

	; Chancellor, visitor, governor, rector and fellowships		; Chancellor, visitor, governor, rector and fellowships
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	\| {{Flagu\|England}} \|\| '''2015{{ndash}}10 December 2020''' \|\| [[Royal Central School of Speech and Drama]] \|\| Honorary Fellow<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.cssd.ac.uk/content/honorary-fellows-honorary-phds\|title=Honorary Fellows & Honorary PhDs \| The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama\|website=www.cssd.ac.uk\|access-date=11 December 2020\|archive-date=28 June 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170628124914/http://www.cssd.ac.uk/content/honorary-fellows-honorary-phds\|url-status=live}}</ref>		\| {{Flagu\|England}} \|\| '''2015{{ndash}}10 December 2020''' \|\| [[w:Royal Central School of Speech and Drama\|Royal Central School of Speech and Drama]] \|\| Honorary Fellow<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.cssd.ac.uk/content/honorary-fellows-honorary-phds\|title=Honorary Fellows & Honorary PhDs \| The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama\|website=www.cssd.ac.uk\|access-date=11 December 2020\|archive-date=28 June 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170628124914/http://www.cssd.ac.uk/content/honorary-fellows-honorary-phds\|url-status=live}}</ref>
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	~~{{Incomplete list\|date=December 2020}}~~

	===Honorary degrees===		===Honorary degrees===

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	\| {{Flagu\|England}} \|\| '''20 November 2014''' \|\| [[University of East London]] \|\| [[Doctor of Arts]] (D.Arts)<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/entertainment-arts-30112433\|title=Carry on at college for Dr Babs\|work=BBC News \|access-date=11 December 2020\|archive-date=13 December 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201213162003/https://www.bbc.com/news/av/entertainment-arts-30112433\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkdKavgvMVk \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/PkdKavgvMVk\| archive-date=2021-12-11 \|url-status=live\|title=Barbara Windsor ahead of collecting her honorary degree\|last=University of East London\|date=11 October 2021\|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> \|\| Yes<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDy2UwN9sak \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/pDy2UwN9sak\| archive-date=2021-12-11 \|url-status=live\|title=Barbara Windsor Receives Honorary Degree 20.11.14\|last=punkrocksal\|date=11 October 2021\|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>		\| {{Flagu\|England}} \|\| '''20 November 2014''' \|\| [[w:University of East London\|University of East London]] \|\| [[w:Doctor of Arts\|Doctor of Arts]] (D.Arts)<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/entertainment-arts-30112433\|title=Carry on at college for Dr Babs\|work=BBC News \|access-date=11 December 2020\|archive-date=13 December 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201213162003/https://www.bbc.com/news/av/entertainment-arts-30112433\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkdKavgvMVk \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/PkdKavgvMVk\| archive-date=2021-12-11 \|url-status=live\|title=Barbara Windsor ahead of collecting her honorary degree\|last=University of East London\|date=11 October 2021\|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> \|\| Yes<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDy2UwN9sak \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/pDy2UwN9sak\| archive-date=2021-12-11 \|url-status=live\|title=Barbara Windsor Receives Honorary Degree 20.11.14\|last=punkrocksal\|date=11 October 2021\|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
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	~~{{Incomplete list\|date=December 2020}}~~

	===Freedom of the City===		===Freedom of the City===
	~~{{Incomplete list\|date=December 2020}}~~		* {{flagicon\|England}} '''4 August 2010''': [[w:City of London\|London]].<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-10866207\|title=Barbara Windsor given freedom of the City of London\|work=BBC News\|date=4 August 2010\|access-date=11 December 2020\|archive-date=21 September 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921023013/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-10866207\|url-status=live}}</ref>

	* {{flagicon\|England}} '''4 August 2010''': [[City of London\|London]].<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-10866207\|title=Barbara Windsor given freedom of the City of London\|work=BBC News\|date=4 August 2010\|access-date=11 December 2020\|archive-date=21 September 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921023013/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-10866207\|url-status=live}}</ref>

	==Filmography==		==Filmography==

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In popular culture

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	==In popular culture==		==In popular culture==
	Windsor was played by [[Samantha Spiro]] in [[Terry Johnson (dramatist)\|Terry Johnson]]'s play ''[[Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick]]'', which premiered at the [[Royal National Theatre\|National Theatre]] in 1998.<ref name="The Times 23 September 1998">{{Cite news\|last1=Nightingale \|first1=Benedict \|author1-link=Benedict Nightingale \|title=Infamy, infamy! And how \|date=23 September 1998 \|work=[[The Times]] \|department=Arts and Sports \|page=36 \|location=London \|language=en \|issn=0140-0460 \|issue=66314 \|id={{Gale\|IF0500445212}}}}</ref> Rachel Clarke took over the role of Windsor in the touring production of the play in 2001.<ref name="The Stage 31 May 2001">{{Cite news\|last1=Edgeley \|first1=Emma \|date=31 May 2001 \|title=Newcastle-under-Lyme: Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick \|work=[[The Stage]] \|page=14 \|location=London \|language=en \|issn=0038-9099 \|via=[[British Newspaper Archive]] \|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001637/20010531/166/0014 \|access-date=9 April 2021 \|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Spiro reprised the role in the subsequent film adaptation, ''[[Cor, Blimey!]]''. The latter also featured a cameo appearance from Windsor, playing herself.{{sfn\|Windsor\|2000\|p=410}}		Windsor was played by [[w:Samantha Spiro\|Samantha Spiro]] in [[w:Terry Johnson (dramatist)\|Terry Johnson]]'s play ''[[w:Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick\|Cleo]]'', which premiered at the [[w:Royal National Theatre\|National Theatre]] in 1998.<ref name="The Times 23 September 1998">{{Cite news\|last1=Nightingale \|first1=Benedict \|author1-link=w:Benedict Nightingale \|title=Infamy, infamy! And how \|date=23 September 1998 \|work=[[w:The Times\|The Times]] \|department=Arts and Sports \|page=36 \|location=London \|language=en \|issn=0140-0460 \|issue=66314 \|id={{Gale\|IF0500445212}}}}</ref> Rachel Clarke took over the role of Windsor in the touring production of the play in 2001.<ref name="The Stage 31 May 2001">{{Cite news\|last1=Edgeley \|first1=Emma \|date=31 May 2001 \|title=Newcastle-under-Lyme: Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick \|work=[[w:The Stage\|The Stage]] \|page=14 \|location=London \|language=en \|issn=0038-9099 \|via=[[w:British Newspaper Archive\|British Newspaper Archive]] \|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001637/20010531/166/0014 \|access-date=9 April 2021 \|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Spiro reprised the role in the subsequent film adaptation, ''[[w:Cor, Blimey!\|Cor]]''. The latter also featured a cameo appearance from Windsor, playing herself.{{sfn\|Windsor\|2000\|p=410}}

	In the 2006 BBC television film ''[[Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!]]'', Windsor was again played by Rachel Clarke.<ref name="Radio Times Fantabulosa">{{Cite web\|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> \|date=June 2017\|title=Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! \|website=[[Radio Times]] \|location=London \|language=en \|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/sbqt/kenneth-williams-fantabulosa/ \|access-date=9 April 2021 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170610115816/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/sbqt/kenneth-williams-fantabulosa/ \|archive-date=10 June 2017}}</ref> Spiro reprised her role as Windsor in the biopic ''[[Babs (2017 film)\|Babs]]'' in 2017, with [[Jaime Winstone]] and [[Honor Kneafsey]] playing younger versions of Windsor.<ref name="Radio Times Babs">{{Cite web\|last1=Pavey \|first1=Harriet \|date=December 2020 \|title=Meet the cast of the BBC's Barbara Windsor biopic Babs \|website=[[Radio Times]] \|location=London \|language=en \|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/barbara-windsor-biopic-babs-cast/ \|access-date=9 April 2021 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210409064845/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/barbara-windsor-biopic-babs-cast/ \|archive-date=9 April 2021}}</ref>		In the 2006 BBC television film ''[[w:Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!\|Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!]]'', Windsor was again played by Rachel Clarke.<ref name="Radio Times Fantabulosa">{{Cite web\|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> \|date=June 2017\|title=Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! \|website=[[w:Radio Times\|Radio Times]] \|location=London \|language=en \|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/sbqt/kenneth-williams-fantabulosa/ \|access-date=9 April 2021 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170610115816/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/sbqt/kenneth-williams-fantabulosa/ \|archive-date=10 June 2017}}</ref> Spiro reprised her role as Windsor in the biopic ''[[w:Babs (2017 film)\|Babs]]'' in 2017, with [[w:Jaime Winstone\|Jaime Winstone]] and [[w:Honor Kneafsey\|Honor Kneafsey]] playing younger versions of Windsor.<ref name="Radio Times Babs">{{Cite web\|last1=Pavey \|first1=Harriet \|date=December 2020 \|title=Meet the cast of the BBC's Barbara Windsor biopic Babs \|website=[[w:Radio Times\|Radio Times]] \|location=London \|language=en \|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/barbara-windsor-biopic-babs-cast/ \|access-date=9 April 2021 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210409064845/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/barbara-windsor-biopic-babs-cast/ \|archive-date=9 April 2021}}</ref>

	==Honours==		==Honours==

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Personal life

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Later years

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	==Later years==		==Later years==
	Windsor hosted two series of the BBC documentary ''Disaster Masters'' in 2005.<ref name="Disaster Masters Episodes">{{Cite web \|title=Disaster Masters: Episode Guide \|year=2012 \|url=http://www.locatetv.com/tv/disaster-masters/55305/episode-guide \|access-date=17 July 2010 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324054955/http://www.locatetv.com/tv/disaster-masters/55305/episode-guide \|archive-date=24 March 2012 \|url-status=dead}}</ref>
	Windsor provided the voice of the Dormouse in Walt Disney's live-action adaptation of [[Lewis Carroll]]'s ''[[Alice in Wonderland (2010 film)\|Alice in Wonderland]]'' (2010), directed by [[Tim Burton]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/entertainment/newsid_8113000/8113588.stm New Alice in Wonderland images] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090626033438/http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/entertainment/newsid_8113000/8113588.stm \|date=26 June 2009 }}, BBC Newsbeat</ref> Windsor appeared in the pantomime ''[[Dick Whittington]]'' at the [[Bristol Hippodrome]] over the Christmas/New Year period of 2010/2011.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8596696.stm\|work=BBC News\|title=Barbara Windsor signs on to panto\|date=31 March 2010\|access-date=3 December 2010\|archive-date=21 July 2012\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120721034907/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8596696.stm\|url-status=live}}</ref> In September 2010, it was announced that Windsor would be fronting a TV campaign for online bingo site Jackpotjoy as the Queen of Bingo.<ref>[http://www.jackpotjoy.com Barbara Windsor to Front Jackpotjoy Bingo TV Ad Campaign] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031190612/https://www.jackpotjoy.com/ \|date=31 October 2020 }}, jackpotjoy.com. Retrieved 28 December 2015.</ref> She appeared as herself in one episode of ''[[Come Fly with Me (2010 TV series)\|Come Fly with Me]]'' in January 2011.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/news/barbara-windsor-on-come-fly-with-me-28581699.html\|title=Barbara Windsor on Come Fly With Me\|newspaper=Belfasttelegraph \|publisher=Belfast Telegraph\|access-date=11 December 2020\|archive-date=13 December 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201213161959/https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/news/barbara-windsor-on-come-fly-with-me-28581699.html\|url-status=live}}</ref>
	[[File:Barbara Windsor.jpg\|thumb\|upright\|Windsor in 2009]]		[[File:Barbara Windsor.jpg\|thumb\|upright\|Windsor in 2009]]
			Windsor hosted two series of the BBC documentary ''Disaster Masters'' in 2005.

	~~From 2011 onwards, she regularly did presenting work for~~ [[~~BBC Radio 2~~]] ~~music and showbusiness history programmes, and also was a regular stand in for~~ [[~~Elaine Paige~~]] on ''[[~~Elaine Paige on Sunday~~]]''. ~~She reprised her voice role of the Dormouse~~ in the ~~film~~ ''[[~~Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016 film)~~\|~~Alice Through the Looking Glass~~]]'' ~~(2016)~~.<ref>{{cite ~~web~~ \|url=http://uk.~~eonline~~.~~com~~/~~news~~/~~566153~~/~~alice~~-in-~~wonderland~~-~~through~~-the-~~looking~~-~~glass~~-is-a-go-~~find~~-~~out-which-actors-will-reprise-their-roles~~ \|~~work~~=E \|~~title~~=~~Alice in Wonderland~~ \|~~date~~=~~5 August 2014~~ \|access-date=~~12 February 2015~~ \|archive-date=13 December 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/~~20201213161941~~/https://www.~~eonline~~.~~com~~/news/~~566153/alice~~-in-~~wonderland~~-~~through~~-~~the~~-~~looking~~-~~glass~~-~~is-a-go-find-out-which-actors-will-reprise-their-roles~~ \|url-status=live }}</ref>		Windsor provided the voice of the Dormouse in Walt Disney's live-action adaptation of [[w:Lewis Carroll\|Lewis Carroll]]'s ''[[w:Alice in Wonderland (2010 film)\|Alice in Wonderland]]'' (2010), directed by [[w:Tim Burton\|Tim Burton]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/entertainment/newsid_8113000/8113588.stm New Alice in Wonderland images] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090626033438/http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/entertainment/newsid_8113000/8113588.stm \|date=26 June 2009 }}, BBC Newsbeat</ref> Windsor appeared in the pantomime ''[[w:Dick Whittington\|Dick Whittington]]'' at the [[w:Bristol Hippodrome\|Bristol Hippodrome]] over the Christmas/New Year period of 2010/2011.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8596696.stm\|work=BBC News\|title=Barbara Windsor signs on to panto\|date=31 March 2010\|access-date=3 December 2010\|archive-date=21 July 2012\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120721034907/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8596696.stm\|url-status=live}}</ref> In September 2010, it was announced that Windsor would be fronting a TV campaign for online bingo site Jackpotjoy as the Queen of Bingo.<ref>[http://www.jackpotjoy.com Barbara Windsor to Front Jackpotjoy Bingo TV Ad Campaign] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031190612/https://www.jackpotjoy.com/ \|date=31 October 2020 }}, jackpotjoy.com. Retrieved 28 December 2015.</ref> She appeared as herself in one episode of ''[[w:Come Fly with Me (2010 TV series)\|Come Fly with Me]]'' in January 2011.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/news/barbara-windsor-on-come-fly-with-me-28581699.html\|title=Barbara Windsor on Come Fly With Me\|newspaper=Belfasttelegraph \|publisher=Belfast Telegraph\|access-date=11 December 2020\|archive-date=13 December 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201213161959/https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/news/barbara-windsor-on-come-fly-with-me-28581699.html\|url-status=live}}</ref>

	In May 2017, Windsor appeared in a cameo role as herself in [[BBC Television]]'s [[biopic]] about her life, ''[[Babs (2017 film)\|Babs]]'', written by ''EastEnders'' scriptwriter [[Tony Jordan]]. It showed Windsor in the 1990s as she prepared to go on stage, and recalled events from her life, including her childhood, marriage to gangster [[Ronnie Knight]], and her roles in the ''Carry On'' films.<ref>{{cite news \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36387442 \|title=Barbara Windsor story set for BBC drama \|work=BBC News \|publisher=BBC \|date=26 May 2016 \|access-date=26 May 2016 \|archive-date=26 May 2016 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160526122000/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36387442 \|url-status=live }}</ref>		From 2011 onwards, she regularly did presenting work for [[w:BBC Radio 2\|BBC Radio 2]] music and showbusiness history programmes, and also was a regular stand in for [[w:Elaine Paige\|Elaine Paige]] on ''[[w:Elaine Paige on Sunday\|Elaine Paige on Sunday]]''. She reprised her voice role of the Dormouse in the film ''[[w:Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016 film)\|Alice Through the Looking Glass]]'' (2016).<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://uk.eonline.com/news/566153/alice-in-wonderland-through-the-looking-glass-is-a-go-find-out-which-actors-will-reprise-their-roles \|work=E \|title=Alice in Wonderland \|date=5 August 2014 \|access-date=12 February 2015 \|archive-date=13 December 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201213161941/https://www.eonline.com/news/566153/alice-in-wonderland-through-the-looking-glass-is-a-go-find-out-which-actors-will-reprise-their-roles \|url-status=live }}</ref>

			In May 2017, Windsor appeared in a cameo role as herself in [[w:BBC Television]]'s [[w:biopic\|biopic]] about her life, ''[[w:Babs (2017 film)\|Babs]]'', written by ''EastEnders'' scriptwriter [[w:Tony Jordan\|Tony Jordan]]. It showed Windsor in the 1990s as she prepared to go on stage, and recalled events from her life, including her childhood, marriage to gangster [[w:Ronnie Knight\|Ronnie Knight]], and her roles in the ''Carry On'' films.<ref>{{cite news \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36387442 \|title=Barbara Windsor story set for BBC drama \|work=BBC News \|publisher=BBC \|date=26 May 2016 \|access-date=26 May 2016 \|archive-date=26 May 2016 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160526122000/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36387442 \|url-status=live }}</ref>

	==Personal life==		==Personal life==

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	Windsor was born in [[w:Shoreditch\|Shoreditch]], London, in 1937 (her birth was registered in [[w:Stepney\|Stepney]]),<ref>GRO Register of Births: SEP 1937 1a 176 STEPNEY – Barbara A. Windsor, mmn = Ellis</ref> the only child of John Deeks, a [[w:costermonger\|costermonger]], and his wife, Rose (''{{nee}}'' Ellis), a dressmaker.<ref name="Guardian Obit"/> The family lived on Angela Street. One of her maternal great-grandmothers, Mary, was the daughter of [[w:Irish migration to Great Britain\|Irish immigrants]] who fled [[w:Ireland\|Ireland]] to [[w:Great Britain\|Great Britain]] between 1846 and 1851 to escape the [[w:Great Famine (Ireland)\|Great Famine]] of Ireland.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/whodoyouthinkyouare/past-stories/barbara-windsor.shtml Who Do You Think You Are? – Past Stories – Barbara Windsor] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191104070202/http://www.bbc.co.uk/whodoyouthinkyouare/past-stories/barbara-windsor.shtml \|date=4 November 2019 }}, BBC. Retrieved 30 December 2015.</ref> In 1939 at the start of [[w:World War II\|World War II]], Windsor's father was called up for the war, so Windsor and her mother went to live with her mother's family in Yoakley Road, [[w:Stoke Newington\|Stoke Newington]], where Windsor attended St Mary's Infants' School in nearby Lordship Road.<ref name="Guardian Obit"/><ref name="St Mary's">{{Cite news \|last=Brooke \|first=Mike \|date=11 December 2020 \|title=Barbara Windsor, Queen of the real East End, dies aged 83 \|work=[[w:East London Advertiser\|East London Advertiser]] \|url=https://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/news/obituaries/east-ender-dame-barbara-windsor-dies-6687064 \|access-date=14 December 2020}}</ref> Windsor's mother initially refused to let her be evacuated, but conceded after one of Windsor's school friends was killed by a bomb during an [[w:Airstrike\|air raid]].{{sfn\|Windsor\|2000\|p=2}} Aged six, Windsor was evacuated to [[w:Blackpool\|Blackpool]] to live with a married couple, but they [[w:sexually abused\|sexually abused]] her. A neighbour heard Windsor's screams and alerted the authorities and the couple were arrested and were found to not be married, but to be brother and sister.{{sfn\|Windsor\|2000\|p=3}} Windsor moved in with a schoolfriend and her parents, although they struggled to cope with her loud behaviour. They sent Windsor to dancing school, which sparked her interest in performing, although one night after a class, Windsor found her friend's father kissing another woman in a bus shelter.{{sfn\|Windsor\|2000\|p=5}} Humiliated by this, Windsor was sent back to London in 1944 along with a note from her dance teacher which read: "Barbara is a born show-off who loves to perform."<ref name="Guardian Obit"/>		Windsor was born in [[w:Shoreditch\|Shoreditch]], London, in 1937 (her birth was registered in [[w:Stepney\|Stepney]]),<ref>GRO Register of Births: SEP 1937 1a 176 STEPNEY – Barbara A. Windsor, mmn = Ellis</ref> the only child of John Deeks, a [[w:costermonger\|costermonger]], and his wife, Rose (''{{nee}}'' Ellis), a dressmaker.<ref name="Guardian Obit"/> The family lived on Angela Street. One of her maternal great-grandmothers, Mary, was the daughter of [[w:Irish migration to Great Britain\|Irish immigrants]] who fled [[w:Ireland\|Ireland]] to [[w:Great Britain\|Great Britain]] between 1846 and 1851 to escape the [[w:Great Famine (Ireland)\|Great Famine]] of Ireland.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/whodoyouthinkyouare/past-stories/barbara-windsor.shtml Who Do You Think You Are? – Past Stories – Barbara Windsor] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191104070202/http://www.bbc.co.uk/whodoyouthinkyouare/past-stories/barbara-windsor.shtml \|date=4 November 2019 }}, BBC. Retrieved 30 December 2015.</ref> In 1939 at the start of [[w:World War II\|World War II]], Windsor's father was called up for the war, so Windsor and her mother went to live with her mother's family in Yoakley Road, [[w:Stoke Newington\|Stoke Newington]], where Windsor attended St Mary's Infants' School in nearby Lordship Road.<ref name="Guardian Obit"/><ref name="St Mary's">{{Cite news \|last=Brooke \|first=Mike \|date=11 December 2020 \|title=Barbara Windsor, Queen of the real East End, dies aged 83 \|work=[[w:East London Advertiser\|East London Advertiser]] \|url=https://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/news/obituaries/east-ender-dame-barbara-windsor-dies-6687064 \|access-date=14 December 2020}}</ref> Windsor's mother initially refused to let her be evacuated, but conceded after one of Windsor's school friends was killed by a bomb during an [[w:Airstrike\|air raid]].{{sfn\|Windsor\|2000\|p=2}} Aged six, Windsor was evacuated to [[w:Blackpool\|Blackpool]] to live with a married couple, but they [[w:sexually abused\|sexually abused]] her. A neighbour heard Windsor's screams and alerted the authorities and the couple were arrested and were found to not be married, but to be brother and sister.{{sfn\|Windsor\|2000\|p=3}} Windsor moved in with a schoolfriend and her parents, although they struggled to cope with her loud behaviour. They sent Windsor to dancing school, which sparked her interest in performing, although one night after a class, Windsor found her friend's father kissing another woman in a bus shelter.{{sfn\|Windsor\|2000\|p=5}} Humiliated by this, Windsor was sent back to London in 1944 along with a note from her dance teacher which read: "Barbara is a born show-off who loves to perform."<ref name="Guardian Obit"/>

	Impressed by this, Windsor's mother sent her to Madame Behenna's Juvenile Jollities, a drama school at which she appeared in several charity concerts and pantomimes. After the war, she passed her [[w:Eleven-plus\|11-plus]] exams, gaining the top mark in North London, and earned a [[w:scholarship\|scholarship]] for a place at [[w:Our Lady's Catholic High School, Stamford Hill\|Our Lady's Convent]] in [[w:Stamford Hill\|Stamford Hill]]<ref name="Guardian Obit">{{cite web\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/dec/11/dame-barbara-windsor-obituary\|title=Dame Barbara Windsor obituary\|work=The Guardian\|date=11 December 2020 \|access-date=11 December 2020\|archive-date=11 December 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211134803/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/dec/11/dame-barbara-windsor-obituary\|url-status=live}}</ref> although she was expelled because she argued with the [[w:Abbess\|reverend mother]] after she refused to let her have time off to appear in a pantomime.{{sfn\|Windsor\|2000\|p=22}} Instead, Windsor moved to the [[w:Aida Foster Theatre School\|Aida Foster School]], [[w:Golders Green\|Golders Green]], and took [[w:Elocution\|elocution lessons]]. When Windsor's father came to watch a performance, she was ridiculed by the others as her father had begun working as a [[w:Trolleybus\|trolley bus]] conductor and had come in his uniform. Enraged, Windsor covered the girls in theatrical face powder, throwing more over the chaperone who tried to stop her.{{sfn\|Windsor\|2000\|p=30}} Despite this, Windsor was chosen to appear in the chorus of the musical ''[[w:Love From Judy\|Love From Judy]]'' in the [[w:West End theatre\|West End]] in 1952 which ran for a successful two years.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/05/10/career-highlights-barbara-windsor/\|title= Career highlights: Barbara Windsor \|work=[[w:The Daily Telegraph\|The Daily Telegraph]]\|date=10 May 2016\|access-date=13 December 2020}}</ref> Her stage name of "Windsor" was inspired by the [[w:Coronation of Elizabeth II]] in 1953.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/1999/mar/15/features11.g21\|title=Barbara Windsor: Body of evidence\|work=[[w:The Guardian\|The Guardian]]\|date=15 March 1999\|access-date=17 July 2019\|location=London, UK\|archive-date=13 June 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613184401/https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/1999/mar/15/features11.g21\|url-status=live}}</ref> By the time Windsor was 16, Windsor's parents' divorced and Windsor was unwillingly made to testify against her father in court.{{sfn\|Windsor\|2000\|p=47}} Awarded to her mother, following the divorce, Windsor's father removed all contact with her and would ignore her if he saw Windsor in the street for many years afterwards.{{sfn\|Windsor\|2000\|p=48}}		Impressed by this, Windsor's mother sent her to Madame Behenna's Juvenile Jollities, a drama school at which she appeared in several charity concerts and pantomimes. After the war, she passed her [[w:Eleven-plus\|11-plus]] exams, gaining the top mark in North London, and earned a [[w:scholarship\|scholarship]] for a place at [[w:Our Lady's Catholic High School, Stamford Hill\|Our Lady's Convent]] in [[w:Stamford Hill\|Stamford Hill]]<ref name="Guardian Obit">{{cite web\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/dec/11/dame-barbara-windsor-obituary\|title=Dame Barbara Windsor obituary\|work=The Guardian\|date=11 December 2020 \|access-date=11 December 2020\|archive-date=11 December 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211134803/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/dec/11/dame-barbara-windsor-obituary\|url-status=live}}</ref> although she was expelled because she argued with the [[w:Abbess\|reverend mother]] after she refused to let her have time off to appear in a pantomime.{{sfn\|Windsor\|2000\|p=22}} Instead, Windsor moved to the [[w:Aida Foster Theatre School\|Aida Foster School]], [[w:Golders Green\|Golders Green]], and took [[w:Elocution\|elocution lessons]]. When Windsor's father came to watch a performance, she was ridiculed by the others as her father had begun working as a [[w:Trolleybus\|trolley bus]] conductor and had come in his uniform. Enraged, Windsor covered the girls in theatrical face powder, throwing more over the chaperone who tried to stop her.{{sfn\|Windsor\|2000\|p=30}} Despite this, Windsor was chosen to appear in the chorus of the musical ''[[w:Love From Judy\|Love From Judy]]'' in the [[w:West End theatre\|West End]] in 1952 which ran for a successful two years.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/05/10/career-highlights-barbara-windsor/\|title= Career highlights: Barbara Windsor \|work=[[w:The Daily Telegraph\|The Daily Telegraph]]\|date=10 May 2016\|access-date=13 December 2020}}</ref> Her stage name of "Windsor" was inspired by the [[w:Coronation of Elizabeth II\|Coronation of Elizabeth II]] in 1953.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/1999/mar/15/features11.g21\|title=Barbara Windsor: Body of evidence\|work=[[w:The Guardian\|The Guardian]]\|date=15 March 1999\|access-date=17 July 2019\|location=London, UK\|archive-date=13 June 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613184401/https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/1999/mar/15/features11.g21\|url-status=live}}</ref> By the time Windsor was 16, Windsor's parents' divorced and Windsor was unwillingly made to testify against her father in court.{{sfn\|Windsor\|2000\|p=47}} Awarded to her mother, following the divorce, Windsor's father removed all contact with her and would ignore her if he saw Windsor in the street for many years afterwards.{{sfn\|Windsor\|2000\|p=48}}

	==Career==		==Career==

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	Windsor was born in [[w:Shoreditch\|Shoreditch]], London, in 1937 (her birth was registered in [[w:Stepney\|Stepney]]),<ref>GRO Register of Births: SEP 1937 1a 176 STEPNEY – Barbara A. Windsor, mmn = Ellis</ref> the only child of John Deeks, a [[w:costermonger\|costermonger]], and his wife, Rose (''{{nee}}'' Ellis), a dressmaker.<ref name="Guardian Obit"/> The family lived on Angela Street. One of her maternal great-grandmothers, Mary, was the daughter of [[w:Irish migration to Great Britain\|Irish immigrants]] who fled [[w:Ireland\|Ireland]] to [[w:Great Britain\|Great Britain]] between 1846 and 1851 to escape the [[w:Great Famine (Ireland)\|Great Famine]] of Ireland.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/whodoyouthinkyouare/past-stories/barbara-windsor.shtml Who Do You Think You Are? – Past Stories – Barbara Windsor] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191104070202/http://www.bbc.co.uk/whodoyouthinkyouare/past-stories/barbara-windsor.shtml \|date=4 November 2019 }}, BBC. Retrieved 30 December 2015.</ref> In 1939 at the start of [[w:World War II\|World War II]], Windsor's father was called up for the war, so Windsor and her mother went to live with her mother's family in Yoakley Road, [[w:Stoke Newington\|Stoke Newington]], where Windsor attended St Mary's Infants' School in nearby Lordship Road.<ref name="Guardian Obit"/><ref name="St Mary's">{{Cite news \|last=Brooke \|first=Mike \|date=11 December 2020 \|title=Barbara Windsor, Queen of the real East End, dies aged 83 \|work=[[w:East London Advertiser\|East London Advertiser]] \|url=https://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/news/obituaries/east-ender-dame-barbara-windsor-dies-6687064 \|access-date=14 December 2020}}</ref> Windsor's mother initially refused to let her be evacuated, but conceded after one of Windsor's school friends was killed by a bomb during an [[w:Airstrike\|air raid]].{{sfn\|Windsor\|2000\|p=2}} Aged six, Windsor was evacuated to [[w:Blackpool\|Blackpool]] to live with a married couple, but they [[w:sexually abused\|sexually abused]] her. A neighbour heard Windsor's screams and alerted the authorities and the couple were arrested and were found to not be married, but to be brother and sister.{{sfn\|Windsor\|2000\|p=3}} Windsor moved in with a schoolfriend and her parents, although they struggled to cope with her loud behaviour. They sent Windsor to dancing school, which sparked her interest in performing, although one night after a class, Windsor found her friend's father kissing another woman in a bus shelter.{{sfn\|Windsor\|2000\|p=5}} Humiliated by this, Windsor was sent back to London in 1944 along with a note from her dance teacher which read: "Barbara is a born show-off who loves to perform."<ref name="Guardian Obit"/>		Windsor was born in [[w:Shoreditch\|Shoreditch]], London, in 1937 (her birth was registered in [[w:Stepney\|Stepney]]),<ref>GRO Register of Births: SEP 1937 1a 176 STEPNEY – Barbara A. Windsor, mmn = Ellis</ref> the only child of John Deeks, a [[w:costermonger\|costermonger]], and his wife, Rose (''{{nee}}'' Ellis), a dressmaker.<ref name="Guardian Obit"/> The family lived on Angela Street. One of her maternal great-grandmothers, Mary, was the daughter of [[w:Irish migration to Great Britain\|Irish immigrants]] who fled [[w:Ireland\|Ireland]] to [[w:Great Britain\|Great Britain]] between 1846 and 1851 to escape the [[w:Great Famine (Ireland)\|Great Famine]] of Ireland.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/whodoyouthinkyouare/past-stories/barbara-windsor.shtml Who Do You Think You Are? – Past Stories – Barbara Windsor] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191104070202/http://www.bbc.co.uk/whodoyouthinkyouare/past-stories/barbara-windsor.shtml \|date=4 November 2019 }}, BBC. Retrieved 30 December 2015.</ref> In 1939 at the start of [[w:World War II\|World War II]], Windsor's father was called up for the war, so Windsor and her mother went to live with her mother's family in Yoakley Road, [[w:Stoke Newington\|Stoke Newington]], where Windsor attended St Mary's Infants' School in nearby Lordship Road.<ref name="Guardian Obit"/><ref name="St Mary's">{{Cite news \|last=Brooke \|first=Mike \|date=11 December 2020 \|title=Barbara Windsor, Queen of the real East End, dies aged 83 \|work=[[w:East London Advertiser\|East London Advertiser]] \|url=https://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/news/obituaries/east-ender-dame-barbara-windsor-dies-6687064 \|access-date=14 December 2020}}</ref> Windsor's mother initially refused to let her be evacuated, but conceded after one of Windsor's school friends was killed by a bomb during an [[w:Airstrike\|air raid]].{{sfn\|Windsor\|2000\|p=2}} Aged six, Windsor was evacuated to [[w:Blackpool\|Blackpool]] to live with a married couple, but they [[w:sexually abused\|sexually abused]] her. A neighbour heard Windsor's screams and alerted the authorities and the couple were arrested and were found to not be married, but to be brother and sister.{{sfn\|Windsor\|2000\|p=3}} Windsor moved in with a schoolfriend and her parents, although they struggled to cope with her loud behaviour. They sent Windsor to dancing school, which sparked her interest in performing, although one night after a class, Windsor found her friend's father kissing another woman in a bus shelter.{{sfn\|Windsor\|2000\|p=5}} Humiliated by this, Windsor was sent back to London in 1944 along with a note from her dance teacher which read: "Barbara is a born show-off who loves to perform."<ref name="Guardian Obit"/>

	Impressed by this, Windsor's mother sent her to Madame Behenna's Juvenile Jollities, a drama school at which she appeared in several charity concerts and pantomimes. After the war, she passed her [[Eleven-plus\|11-plus]] exams, gaining the top mark in North London, and earned a [[scholarship]] for a place at [[Our Lady's Catholic High School, Stamford Hill\|Our Lady's Convent]] in [[Stamford Hill]]<ref name="Guardian Obit">{{cite web\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/dec/11/dame-barbara-windsor-obituary\|title=Dame Barbara Windsor obituary\|work=The Guardian\|date=11 December 2020 \|access-date=11 December 2020\|archive-date=11 December 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211134803/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/dec/11/dame-barbara-windsor-obituary\|url-status=live}}</ref> although she was expelled because she argued with the [[Abbess\|reverend mother]] after she refused to let her have time off to appear in a pantomime.{{sfn\|Windsor\|2000\|p=22}} Instead, Windsor moved to the [[Aida Foster Theatre School\|Aida Foster School]], [[Golders Green]], and took [[Elocution\|elocution lessons]]. When Windsor's father came to watch a performance, she was ridiculed by the others as her father had begun working as a [[Trolleybus\|trolley bus]] conductor and had come in his uniform. Enraged, Windsor covered the girls in theatrical face powder, throwing more over the chaperone who tried to stop her.{{sfn\|Windsor\|2000\|p=30}} Despite this, Windsor was chosen to appear in the chorus of the musical ''[[Love From Judy]]'' in the [[West End theatre\|West End]] in 1952 which ran for a successful two years.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/05/10/career-highlights-barbara-windsor/\|title= Career highlights: Barbara Windsor \|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]\|date=10 May 2016\|access-date=13 December 2020}}</ref> Her stage name of "Windsor" was inspired by the [[Coronation of Elizabeth II]] in 1953.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/1999/mar/15/features11.g21\|title=Barbara Windsor: Body of evidence\|work=[[The Guardian]]\|date=15 March 1999\|access-date=17 July 2019\|location=London, UK\|archive-date=13 June 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613184401/https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/1999/mar/15/features11.g21\|url-status=live}}</ref> By the time Windsor was 16, Windsor's parents' divorced and Windsor was unwillingly made to testify against her father in court.{{sfn\|Windsor\|2000\|p=47}} Awarded to her mother, following the divorce, Windsor's father removed all contact with her and would ignore her if he saw Windsor in the street for many years afterwards.{{sfn\|Windsor\|2000\|p=48}}		Impressed by this, Windsor's mother sent her to Madame Behenna's Juvenile Jollities, a drama school at which she appeared in several charity concerts and pantomimes. After the war, she passed her [[w:Eleven-plus\|11-plus]] exams, gaining the top mark in North London, and earned a [[w:scholarship\|scholarship]] for a place at [[w:Our Lady's Catholic High School, Stamford Hill\|Our Lady's Convent]] in [[w:Stamford Hill\|Stamford Hill]]<ref name="Guardian Obit">{{cite web\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/dec/11/dame-barbara-windsor-obituary\|title=Dame Barbara Windsor obituary\|work=The Guardian\|date=11 December 2020 \|access-date=11 December 2020\|archive-date=11 December 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211134803/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/dec/11/dame-barbara-windsor-obituary\|url-status=live}}</ref> although she was expelled because she argued with the [[w:Abbess\|reverend mother]] after she refused to let her have time off to appear in a pantomime.{{sfn\|Windsor\|2000\|p=22}} Instead, Windsor moved to the [[w:Aida Foster Theatre School\|Aida Foster School]], [[w:Golders Green\|Golders Green]], and took [[w:Elocution\|elocution lessons]]. When Windsor's father came to watch a performance, she was ridiculed by the others as her father had begun working as a [[w:Trolleybus\|trolley bus]] conductor and had come in his uniform. Enraged, Windsor covered the girls in theatrical face powder, throwing more over the chaperone who tried to stop her.{{sfn\|Windsor\|2000\|p=30}} Despite this, Windsor was chosen to appear in the chorus of the musical ''[[w:Love From Judy\|Love From Judy]]'' in the [[w:West End theatre\|West End]] in 1952 which ran for a successful two years.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/05/10/career-highlights-barbara-windsor/\|title= Career highlights: Barbara Windsor \|work=[[w:The Daily Telegraph\|The Daily Telegraph]]\|date=10 May 2016\|access-date=13 December 2020}}</ref> Her stage name of "Windsor" was inspired by the [[w:Coronation of Elizabeth II]] in 1953.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/1999/mar/15/features11.g21\|title=Barbara Windsor: Body of evidence\|work=[[w:The Guardian\|The Guardian]]\|date=15 March 1999\|access-date=17 July 2019\|location=London, UK\|archive-date=13 June 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613184401/https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/1999/mar/15/features11.g21\|url-status=live}}</ref> By the time Windsor was 16, Windsor's parents' divorced and Windsor was unwillingly made to testify against her father in court.{{sfn\|Windsor\|2000\|p=47}} Awarded to her mother, following the divorce, Windsor's father removed all contact with her and would ignore her if he saw Windsor in the street for many years afterwards.{{sfn\|Windsor\|2000\|p=48}}

	==Career==		==Career==

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	\| years_active = 1950–2017<ref name="Alzheimers decline">{{cite magazine \|last=Rigney \|first=Catriona \|date=10 January 2019 \|title=EastEnders legend Barbara Windsor needs 24/7 care as star's husband reveals her health has taken a rapid decline \|url=https://www.ok.co.uk/tv/1538281/eastenders-barbara-windsor-24-hour-care-dementia-alzheimers-health-rapid-decline-husband \|magazine=[[OK!]] \|access-date=25 January 2019 \|archive-date=25 January 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190125183306/https://www.ok.co.uk/tv/1538281/eastenders-barbara-windsor-24-hour-care-dementia-alzheimers-health-rapid-decline-husband \|url-status=live }}</ref>		\| years_active = 1950–2017<ref name="Alzheimers decline">{{cite magazine \|last=Rigney \|first=Catriona \|date=10 January 2019 \|title=EastEnders legend Barbara Windsor needs 24/7 care as star's husband reveals her health has taken a rapid decline \|url=https://www.ok.co.uk/tv/1538281/eastenders-barbara-windsor-24-hour-care-dementia-alzheimers-health-rapid-decline-husband \|magazine=[[OK!]] \|access-date=25 January 2019 \|archive-date=25 January 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190125183306/https://www.ok.co.uk/tv/1538281/eastenders-barbara-windsor-24-hour-care-dementia-alzheimers-health-rapid-decline-husband \|url-status=live }}</ref>
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	'''Dame Barbara Windsor''' {{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|size=100%\|DBE}} (born '''Barbara Ann Deeks'''; 6 August 1937{{spnd}}10 December 2020)<ref name=bbcobit>{{cite web\|title=Dame Barbara Windsor: Carry On and EastEnders actress dies aged 83\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55269649\|website=BBC News\|date=11 December 2020\|access-date=11 December 2020\|archive-date=11 December 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211005123/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55269649\|url-status=live}}</ref> was an English actress, known for her roles in the [[Carry On (franchise)\|''Carry On'' films]] and for playing [[Peggy Mitchell]] in the [[BBC One]] soap opera ''[[EastEnders]]''.<ref name="digitalspy">[http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/a58186/ten-things-you-never-knew-about-barbara-windsor.html " Ten Things You Never Knew About Barbara Windsor"] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070621113741/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/a58186/ten-things-you-never-knew-about-barbara-windsor.html \|date=21 June 2007 }} ''Digital Spy'' 23 May 2007</ref> She joined the cast of ''EastEnders'' in 1994 and won the 1999 [[British Soap Award for Best Actress]], before ultimately leaving the show in 2016 when her character was [[Kill off\|killed off]].		'''Dame Barbara Windsor''' {{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|size=100%\|DBE}} (born '''Barbara Ann Deeks'''; 6 August 1937{{spnd}}10 December 2020)<ref name=bbcobit>{{cite web\|title=Dame Barbara Windsor: Carry On and EastEnders actress dies aged 83\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55269649\|website=BBC News\|date=11 December 2020\|access-date=11 December 2020\|archive-date=11 December 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211005123/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55269649\|url-status=live}}</ref> was an English actress, known for her roles in the [[Carry On (franchise)\|''Carry On'' films]] and for playing [[w:Peggy Mitchell\|Peggy Mitchell]] in the [[w:BBC One\|BBC One]] soap opera ''[[w:EastEnders\|EastEnders]]''.<ref name="digitalspy">[http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/a58186/ten-things-you-never-knew-about-barbara-windsor.html " Ten Things You Never Knew About Barbara Windsor"] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070621113741/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/a58186/ten-things-you-never-knew-about-barbara-windsor.html \|date=21 June 2007 }} ''Digital Spy'' 23 May 2007</ref> She joined the cast of ''EastEnders'' in 1994 and won the 1999 [[w:British Soap Award for Best Actress\|British Soap Award for Best Actress]], before ultimately leaving the show in 2016 when her character was [[w:Kill off\|killed off]].

	Windsor began her career on stage in 1950 at the age of 13, and made her film debut as a schoolgirl in ''[[The Belles of St. Trinian's]]'' (1954) while studying shipping management at Bow Technical College.<ref name="tele1">[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/05/10/career-highlights-barbara-windsor/ "Career highlights: Barbara Windsor"] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610215626/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/05/10/career-highlights-barbara-windsor/ \|date=10 June 2016 }} ''The Telegraph'' 10 May 2016</ref> She received a [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role\|BAFTA Award]] nomination for the film ''[[Sparrows Can't Sing]]'' (1963), and a [[Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical\|Tony Award]] nomination for the 1964 [[Broadway (theatre)\|Broadway]] production of ''[[Oh, What A Lovely War!]]''. In 1972, she starred opposite [[Vanessa Redgrave]] in the [[West End theatre\|West End]] production of ''[[The Threepenny Opera]]''.		Windsor began her career on stage in 1950 at the age of 13, and made her film debut as a schoolgirl in ''[[The Belles of St. Trinian's]]'' (1954) while studying shipping management at Bow Technical College.<ref name="tele1">[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/05/10/career-highlights-barbara-windsor/ "Career highlights: Barbara Windsor"] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610215626/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/05/10/career-highlights-barbara-windsor/ \|date=10 June 2016 }} ''The Telegraph'' 10 May 2016</ref> She received a [[w:BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role\|BAFTA Award]] nomination for the film ''[[Sparrows Can't Sing]]'' (1963), and a [[w:Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical\|Tony Award]] nomination for the 1964 [[w:Broadway (theatre)\|Broadway]] production of ''[[w:Oh, What A Lovely War!\|Oh]]''. In 1972, she starred opposite [[w:Vanessa Redgrave\|Vanessa Redgrave]] in the [[w:West End theatre\|West End]] production of ''[[w:The Threepenny Opera\|The Threepenny Opera]]''.

	Between 1964 and 1974, she appeared in nine ''Carry On'' films, including ''[[Carry On Spying]]'' (1964), ''[[Carry On Doctor]]'' (1967), ''[[Carry On Camping]]'' (1969), ''[[Carry On Henry]]'' (1971), and ''[[Carry On Abroad]]'' (1972). She also co-presented the 1977 ''Carry On'' compilation ''[[That's Carry On!]]''. Along with [[Jim Dale]], she was one of the last surviving regulars on the series. Her other film roles included ''[[A Study in Terror]]'' (1965), ''[[Chitty Chitty Bang Bang]]'' (1968), and as the voice of [[Dormouse (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)\|Mallymkun, the Dormouse]] in ''[[Alice in Wonderland (2010 film)\|Alice in Wonderland]]'' (2010) and ''[[Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016 film)\|Alice Through the Looking Glass]]'' (2016).		Between 1964 and 1974, she appeared in nine ''Carry On'' films, including ''[[Carry On Spying]]'' (1964), ''[[Carry On Doctor]]'' (1967), ''[[Carry On Camping]]'' (1969), ''[[Carry On Henry]]'' (1971), and ''[[Carry On Abroad]]'' (1972). She also co-presented the 1977 ''Carry On'' compilation ''[[That's Carry On!]]''. Along with [[w:Jim Dale\|Jim Dale]], she was one of the last surviving regulars on the series. Her other film roles included ''[[w:A Study in Terror\|A Study in Terror]]'' (1965), ''[[w:Chitty Chitty Bang Bang\|Chitty Chitty Bang Bang]]'' (1968), and as the voice of [[w:Dormouse (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)\|Mallymkun, the Dormouse]] in ''[[w:Alice in Wonderland (2010 film)\|Alice in Wonderland]]'' (2010) and ''[[w:Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016 film)\|Alice Through the Looking Glass]]'' (2016).

	Windsor was made a [[Dame]] (DBE) in the [[2016 New Year Honours]] for services to charity and entertainment. She was awarded [[Freedom of the City of London]] in 2010.		Windsor was made a [[w:Dame\|Dame]] (DBE) in the [[w:2016 New Year Honours\|2016 New Year Honours]] for services to charity and entertainment. She was awarded [[w:Freedom of the City of London\|Freedom of the City of London]] in 2010.

	==Early life==		==Early life==
	Windsor was born in [[Shoreditch]], London, in 1937 (her birth was registered in [[Stepney]]),<ref>GRO Register of Births: SEP 1937 1a 176 STEPNEY – Barbara A. Windsor, mmn = Ellis</ref> the only child of John Deeks, a [[costermonger]], and his wife, Rose (''~~[[née]]~~'' Ellis), a dressmaker.<ref name="Guardian Obit"/> The family lived on Angela Street. One of her maternal great-grandmothers, Mary, was the daughter of [[Irish migration to Great Britain\|Irish immigrants]] who fled [[Ireland]] to [[Great Britain]] between 1846 and 1851 to escape the [[Great Famine (Ireland)\|Great Famine]] of Ireland.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/whodoyouthinkyouare/past-stories/barbara-windsor.shtml Who Do You Think You Are? – Past Stories – Barbara Windsor] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191104070202/http://www.bbc.co.uk/whodoyouthinkyouare/past-stories/barbara-windsor.shtml \|date=4 November 2019 }}, BBC. Retrieved 30 December 2015.</ref> In 1939 at the start of [[World War II]], Windsor's father was called up for the war, so Windsor and her mother went to live with her mother's family in Yoakley Road, [[Stoke Newington]], where Windsor attended St Mary's Infants' School in nearby Lordship Road.<ref name="Guardian Obit"/><ref name="St Mary's">{{Cite news \|last=Brooke \|first=Mike \|date=11 December 2020 \|title=Barbara Windsor, Queen of the real East End, dies aged 83 \|work=[[East London Advertiser]] \|url=https://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/news/obituaries/east-ender-dame-barbara-windsor-dies-6687064 \|access-date=14 December 2020}}</ref> Windsor's mother initially refused to let her be evacuated, but conceded after one of Windsor's school friends was killed by a bomb during an [[Airstrike\|air raid]].{{sfn\|Windsor\|2000\|p=2}} Aged six, Windsor was evacuated to [[Blackpool]] to live with a married couple, but they [[sexually abused]] her. A neighbour heard Windsor's screams and alerted the authorities and the couple were arrested and were found to not be married, but to be brother and sister.{{sfn\|Windsor\|2000\|p=3}} Windsor moved in with a schoolfriend and her parents, although they struggled to cope with her loud behaviour. They sent Windsor to dancing school, which sparked her interest in performing, although one night after a class, Windsor found her friend's father kissing another woman in a bus shelter.{{sfn\|Windsor\|2000\|p=5}} Humiliated by this, Windsor was sent back to London in 1944 along with a note from her dance teacher which read: "Barbara is a born show-off who loves to perform."<ref name="Guardian Obit"/>		Windsor was born in [[w:Shoreditch\|Shoreditch]], London, in 1937 (her birth was registered in [[w:Stepney\|Stepney]]),<ref>GRO Register of Births: SEP 1937 1a 176 STEPNEY – Barbara A. Windsor, mmn = Ellis</ref> the only child of John Deeks, a [[w:costermonger\|costermonger]], and his wife, Rose (''{{nee}}'' Ellis), a dressmaker.<ref name="Guardian Obit"/> The family lived on Angela Street. One of her maternal great-grandmothers, Mary, was the daughter of [[w:Irish migration to Great Britain\|Irish immigrants]] who fled [[w:Ireland\|Ireland]] to [[w:Great Britain\|Great Britain]] between 1846 and 1851 to escape the [[w:Great Famine (Ireland)\|Great Famine]] of Ireland.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/whodoyouthinkyouare/past-stories/barbara-windsor.shtml Who Do You Think You Are? – Past Stories – Barbara Windsor] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191104070202/http://www.bbc.co.uk/whodoyouthinkyouare/past-stories/barbara-windsor.shtml \|date=4 November 2019 }}, BBC. Retrieved 30 December 2015.</ref> In 1939 at the start of [[w:World War II\|World War II]], Windsor's father was called up for the war, so Windsor and her mother went to live with her mother's family in Yoakley Road, [[w:Stoke Newington\|Stoke Newington]], where Windsor attended St Mary's Infants' School in nearby Lordship Road.<ref name="Guardian Obit"/><ref name="St Mary's">{{Cite news \|last=Brooke \|first=Mike \|date=11 December 2020 \|title=Barbara Windsor, Queen of the real East End, dies aged 83 \|work=[[w:East London Advertiser\|East London Advertiser]] \|url=https://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/news/obituaries/east-ender-dame-barbara-windsor-dies-6687064 \|access-date=14 December 2020}}</ref> Windsor's mother initially refused to let her be evacuated, but conceded after one of Windsor's school friends was killed by a bomb during an [[w:Airstrike\|air raid]].{{sfn\|Windsor\|2000\|p=2}} Aged six, Windsor was evacuated to [[w:Blackpool\|Blackpool]] to live with a married couple, but they [[w:sexually abused\|sexually abused]] her. A neighbour heard Windsor's screams and alerted the authorities and the couple were arrested and were found to not be married, but to be brother and sister.{{sfn\|Windsor\|2000\|p=3}} Windsor moved in with a schoolfriend and her parents, although they struggled to cope with her loud behaviour. They sent Windsor to dancing school, which sparked her interest in performing, although one night after a class, Windsor found her friend's father kissing another woman in a bus shelter.{{sfn\|Windsor\|2000\|p=5}} Humiliated by this, Windsor was sent back to London in 1944 along with a note from her dance teacher which read: "Barbara is a born show-off who loves to perform."<ref name="Guardian Obit"/>

	Impressed by this, Windsor's mother sent her to Madame Behenna's Juvenile Jollities, a drama school at which she appeared in several charity concerts and pantomimes. After the war, she passed her [[Eleven-plus\|11-plus]] exams, gaining the top mark in North London, and earned a [[scholarship]] for a place at [[Our Lady's Catholic High School, Stamford Hill\|Our Lady's Convent]] in [[Stamford Hill]]<ref name="Guardian Obit">{{cite web\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/dec/11/dame-barbara-windsor-obituary\|title=Dame Barbara Windsor obituary\|work=The Guardian\|date=11 December 2020 \|access-date=11 December 2020\|archive-date=11 December 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211134803/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/dec/11/dame-barbara-windsor-obituary\|url-status=live}}</ref> although she was expelled because she argued with the [[Abbess\|reverend mother]] after she refused to let her have time off to appear in a pantomime.{{sfn\|Windsor\|2000\|p=22}} Instead, Windsor moved to the [[Aida Foster Theatre School\|Aida Foster School]], [[Golders Green]], and took [[Elocution\|elocution lessons]]. When Windsor's father came to watch a performance, she was ridiculed by the others as her father had begun working as a [[Trolleybus\|trolley bus]] conductor and had come in his uniform. Enraged, Windsor covered the girls in theatrical face powder, throwing more over the chaperone who tried to stop her.{{sfn\|Windsor\|2000\|p=30}} Despite this, Windsor was chosen to appear in the chorus of the musical ''[[Love From Judy]]'' in the [[West End theatre\|West End]] in 1952 which ran for a successful two years.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/05/10/career-highlights-barbara-windsor/\|title= Career highlights: Barbara Windsor \|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]\|date=10 May 2016\|access-date=13 December 2020}}</ref> Her stage name of "Windsor" was inspired by the [[Coronation of Elizabeth II]] in 1953.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/1999/mar/15/features11.g21\|title=Barbara Windsor: Body of evidence\|work=[[The Guardian]]\|date=15 March 1999\|access-date=17 July 2019\|location=London, UK\|archive-date=13 June 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613184401/https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/1999/mar/15/features11.g21\|url-status=live}}</ref> By the time Windsor was 16, Windsor's parents' divorced and Windsor was unwillingly made to testify against her father in court.{{sfn\|Windsor\|2000\|p=47}} Awarded to her mother, following the divorce, Windsor's father removed all contact with her and would ignore her if he saw Windsor in the street for many years afterwards.{{sfn\|Windsor\|2000\|p=48}}		Impressed by this, Windsor's mother sent her to Madame Behenna's Juvenile Jollities, a drama school at which she appeared in several charity concerts and pantomimes. After the war, she passed her [[Eleven-plus\|11-plus]] exams, gaining the top mark in North London, and earned a [[scholarship]] for a place at [[Our Lady's Catholic High School, Stamford Hill\|Our Lady's Convent]] in [[Stamford Hill]]<ref name="Guardian Obit">{{cite web\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/dec/11/dame-barbara-windsor-obituary\|title=Dame Barbara Windsor obituary\|work=The Guardian\|date=11 December 2020 \|access-date=11 December 2020\|archive-date=11 December 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211134803/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/dec/11/dame-barbara-windsor-obituary\|url-status=live}}</ref> although she was expelled because she argued with the [[Abbess\|reverend mother]] after she refused to let her have time off to appear in a pantomime.{{sfn\|Windsor\|2000\|p=22}} Instead, Windsor moved to the [[Aida Foster Theatre School\|Aida Foster School]], [[Golders Green]], and took [[Elocution\|elocution lessons]]. When Windsor's father came to watch a performance, she was ridiculed by the others as her father had begun working as a [[Trolleybus\|trolley bus]] conductor and had come in his uniform. Enraged, Windsor covered the girls in theatrical face powder, throwing more over the chaperone who tried to stop her.{{sfn\|Windsor\|2000\|p=30}} Despite this, Windsor was chosen to appear in the chorus of the musical ''[[Love From Judy]]'' in the [[West End theatre\|West End]] in 1952 which ran for a successful two years.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/05/10/career-highlights-barbara-windsor/\|title= Career highlights: Barbara Windsor \|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]\|date=10 May 2016\|access-date=13 December 2020}}</ref> Her stage name of "Windsor" was inspired by the [[Coronation of Elizabeth II]] in 1953.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/1999/mar/15/features11.g21\|title=Barbara Windsor: Body of evidence\|work=[[The Guardian]]\|date=15 March 1999\|access-date=17 July 2019\|location=London, UK\|archive-date=13 June 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613184401/https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/1999/mar/15/features11.g21\|url-status=live}}</ref> By the time Windsor was 16, Windsor's parents' divorced and Windsor was unwillingly made to testify against her father in court.{{sfn\|Windsor\|2000\|p=47}} Awarded to her mother, following the divorce, Windsor's father removed all contact with her and would ignore her if he saw Windsor in the street for many years afterwards.{{sfn\|Windsor\|2000\|p=48}}

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	\| years_active = 1950–2017<ref name="Alzheimers decline">{{cite magazine \|last=Rigney \|first=Catriona \|date=10 January 2019 \|title=EastEnders legend Barbara Windsor needs 24/7 care as star's husband reveals her health has taken a rapid decline \|url=https://www.ok.co.uk/tv/1538281/eastenders-barbara-windsor-24-hour-care-dementia-alzheimers-health-rapid-decline-husband \|magazine=[[OK!]] \|access-date=25 January 2019 \|archive-date=25 January 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190125183306/https://www.ok.co.uk/tv/1538281/eastenders-barbara-windsor-24-hour-care-dementia-alzheimers-health-rapid-decline-husband \|url-status=live }}</ref>		\| years_active = 1950–2017<ref name="Alzheimers decline">{{cite magazine \|last=Rigney \|first=Catriona \|date=10 January 2019 \|title=EastEnders legend Barbara Windsor needs 24/7 care as star's husband reveals her health has taken a rapid decline \|url=https://www.ok.co.uk/tv/1538281/eastenders-barbara-windsor-24-hour-care-dementia-alzheimers-health-rapid-decline-husband \|magazine=[[OK!]] \|access-date=25 January 2019 \|archive-date=25 January 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190125183306/https://www.ok.co.uk/tv/1538281/eastenders-barbara-windsor-24-hour-care-dementia-alzheimers-health-rapid-decline-husband \|url-status=live }}</ref>
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	'''Dame Barbara Windsor''' {{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|size=100%\|DBE}} (born '''Barbara Ann Deeks'''; 6 August 1937{{spnd}}10 December 2020)<ref name=bbcobit>{{cite web\|title=Dame Barbara Windsor: Carry On and EastEnders actress dies aged 83\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55269649\|website=BBC News\|date=11 December 2020\|access-date=11 December 2020\|archive-date=11 December 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211005123/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55269649\|url-status=live}}</ref> was an English actress, known for her roles in the [[Carry On (franchise)\|''Carry On'' films]] and for playing [[Peggy Mitchell]] in the [[BBC One]] soap opera ''[[EastEnders]]''.<ref name="digitalspy">[http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/a58186/ten-things-you-never-knew-about-barbara-windsor.html " Ten Things You Never Knew About Barbara Windsor"] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070621113741/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/a58186/ten-things-you-never-knew-about-barbara-windsor.html \|date=21 June 2007 }} ''Digital Spy'' 23 May 2007</ref> She joined the cast of ''EastEnders'' in 1994 and won the 1999 [[British Soap Award for Best Actress]], before ultimately leaving the show in 2016 when her character was [[Kill off\|killed off]].		'''Dame Barbara Windsor''' {{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|size=100%\|DBE}} (born '''Barbara Ann Deeks'''; 6 August 1937{{spnd}}10 December 2020)<ref name=bbcobit>{{cite web\|title=Dame Barbara Windsor: Carry On and EastEnders actress dies aged 83\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55269649\|website=BBC News\|date=11 December 2020\|access-date=11 December 2020\|archive-date=11 December 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211005123/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55269649\|url-status=live}}</ref> was an English actress, known for her roles in the [[Carry On (franchise)\|''Carry On'' films]] and for playing [[w:Peggy Mitchell\|Peggy Mitchell]] in the [[w:BBC One\|BBC One]] soap opera ''[[w:EastEnders\|EastEnders]]''.<ref name="digitalspy">[http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/a58186/ten-things-you-never-knew-about-barbara-windsor.html " Ten Things You Never Knew About Barbara Windsor"] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070621113741/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/a58186/ten-things-you-never-knew-about-barbara-windsor.html \|date=21 June 2007 }} ''Digital Spy'' 23 May 2007</ref> She joined the cast of ''EastEnders'' in 1994 and won the 1999 [[w:British Soap Award for Best Actress\|British Soap Award for Best Actress]], before ultimately leaving the show in 2016 when her character was [[w:Kill off\|killed off]].

	Windsor began her career on stage in 1950 at the age of 13, and made her film debut as a schoolgirl in ''[[The Belles of St. Trinian's]]'' (1954) while studying shipping management at Bow Technical College.<ref name="tele1">[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/05/10/career-highlights-barbara-windsor/ "Career highlights: Barbara Windsor"] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610215626/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/05/10/career-highlights-barbara-windsor/ \|date=10 June 2016 }} ''The Telegraph'' 10 May 2016</ref> She received a [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role\|BAFTA Award]] nomination for the film ''[[Sparrows Can't Sing]]'' (1963), and a [[Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical\|Tony Award]] nomination for the 1964 [[Broadway (theatre)\|Broadway]] production of ''[[Oh, What A Lovely War!]]''. In 1972, she starred opposite [[Vanessa Redgrave]] in the [[West End theatre\|West End]] production of ''[[The Threepenny Opera]]''.		Windsor began her career on stage in 1950 at the age of 13, and made her film debut as a schoolgirl in ''[[The Belles of St. Trinian's]]'' (1954) while studying shipping management at Bow Technical College.<ref name="tele1">[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/05/10/career-highlights-barbara-windsor/ "Career highlights: Barbara Windsor"] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610215626/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/05/10/career-highlights-barbara-windsor/ \|date=10 June 2016 }} ''The Telegraph'' 10 May 2016</ref> She received a [[w:BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role\|BAFTA Award]] nomination for the film ''[[Sparrows Can't Sing]]'' (1963), and a [[w:Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical\|Tony Award]] nomination for the 1964 [[w:Broadway (theatre)\|Broadway]] production of ''[[w:Oh, What A Lovely War!\|Oh]]''. In 1972, she starred opposite [[w:Vanessa Redgrave\|Vanessa Redgrave]] in the [[w:West End theatre\|West End]] production of ''[[w:The Threepenny Opera\|The Threepenny Opera]]''.

	Between 1964 and 1974, she appeared in nine ''Carry On'' films, including ''[[Carry On Spying]]'' (1964), ''[[Carry On Doctor]]'' (1967), ''[[Carry On Camping]]'' (1969), ''[[Carry On Henry]]'' (1971), and ''[[Carry On Abroad]]'' (1972). She also co-presented the 1977 ''Carry On'' compilation ''[[That's Carry On!]]''. Along with [[Jim Dale]], she was one of the last surviving regulars on the series. Her other film roles included ''[[A Study in Terror]]'' (1965), ''[[Chitty Chitty Bang Bang]]'' (1968), and as the voice of [[Dormouse (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)\|Mallymkun, the Dormouse]] in ''[[Alice in Wonderland (2010 film)\|Alice in Wonderland]]'' (2010) and ''[[Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016 film)\|Alice Through the Looking Glass]]'' (2016).		Between 1964 and 1974, she appeared in nine ''Carry On'' films, including ''[[Carry On Spying]]'' (1964), ''[[Carry On Doctor]]'' (1967), ''[[Carry On Camping]]'' (1969), ''[[Carry On Henry]]'' (1971), and ''[[Carry On Abroad]]'' (1972). She also co-presented the 1977 ''Carry On'' compilation ''[[That's Carry On!]]''. Along with [[w:Jim Dale\|Jim Dale]], she was one of the last surviving regulars on the series. Her other film roles included ''[[w:A Study in Terror\|A Study in Terror]]'' (1965), ''[[w:Chitty Chitty Bang Bang\|Chitty Chitty Bang Bang]]'' (1968), and as the voice of [[w:Dormouse (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)\|Mallymkun, the Dormouse]] in ''[[w:Alice in Wonderland (2010 film)\|Alice in Wonderland]]'' (2010) and ''[[w:Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016 film)\|Alice Through the Looking Glass]]'' (2016).

	Windsor was made a [[Dame]] (DBE) in the [[2016 New Year Honours]] for services to charity and entertainment. She was awarded [[Freedom of the City of London]] in 2010.		Windsor was made a [[w:Dame\|Dame]] (DBE) in the [[w:2016 New Year Honours\|2016 New Year Honours]] for services to charity and entertainment. She was awarded [[w:Freedom of the City of London\|Freedom of the City of London]] in 2010.

	==Early life==		==Early life==
	Windsor was born in [[Shoreditch]], London, in 1937 (her birth was registered in [[Stepney]]),<ref>GRO Register of Births: SEP 1937 1a 176 STEPNEY – Barbara A. Windsor, mmn = Ellis</ref> the only child of John Deeks, a [[costermonger]], and his wife, Rose (''~~[[née]]~~'' Ellis), a dressmaker.<ref name="Guardian Obit"/> The family lived on Angela Street. One of her maternal great-grandmothers, Mary, was the daughter of [[Irish migration to Great Britain\|Irish immigrants]] who fled [[Ireland]] to [[Great Britain]] between 1846 and 1851 to escape the [[Great Famine (Ireland)\|Great Famine]] of Ireland.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/whodoyouthinkyouare/past-stories/barbara-windsor.shtml Who Do You Think You Are? – Past Stories – Barbara Windsor] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191104070202/http://www.bbc.co.uk/whodoyouthinkyouare/past-stories/barbara-windsor.shtml \|date=4 November 2019 }}, BBC. Retrieved 30 December 2015.</ref> In 1939 at the start of [[World War II]], Windsor's father was called up for the war, so Windsor and her mother went to live with her mother's family in Yoakley Road, [[Stoke Newington]], where Windsor attended St Mary's Infants' School in nearby Lordship Road.<ref name="Guardian Obit"/><ref name="St Mary's">{{Cite news \|last=Brooke \|first=Mike \|date=11 December 2020 \|title=Barbara Windsor, Queen of the real East End, dies aged 83 \|work=[[East London Advertiser]] \|url=https://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/news/obituaries/east-ender-dame-barbara-windsor-dies-6687064 \|access-date=14 December 2020}}</ref> Windsor's mother initially refused to let her be evacuated, but conceded after one of Windsor's school friends was killed by a bomb during an [[Airstrike\|air raid]].{{sfn\|Windsor\|2000\|p=2}} Aged six, Windsor was evacuated to [[Blackpool]] to live with a married couple, but they [[sexually abused]] her. A neighbour heard Windsor's screams and alerted the authorities and the couple were arrested and were found to not be married, but to be brother and sister.{{sfn\|Windsor\|2000\|p=3}} Windsor moved in with a schoolfriend and her parents, although they struggled to cope with her loud behaviour. They sent Windsor to dancing school, which sparked her interest in performing, although one night after a class, Windsor found her friend's father kissing another woman in a bus shelter.{{sfn\|Windsor\|2000\|p=5}} Humiliated by this, Windsor was sent back to London in 1944 along with a note from her dance teacher which read: "Barbara is a born show-off who loves to perform."<ref name="Guardian Obit"/>		Windsor was born in [[w:Shoreditch\|Shoreditch]], London, in 1937 (her birth was registered in [[w:Stepney\|Stepney]]),<ref>GRO Register of Births: SEP 1937 1a 176 STEPNEY – Barbara A. Windsor, mmn = Ellis</ref> the only child of John Deeks, a [[w:costermonger\|costermonger]], and his wife, Rose (''{{nee}}'' Ellis), a dressmaker.<ref name="Guardian Obit"/> The family lived on Angela Street. One of her maternal great-grandmothers, Mary, was the daughter of [[w:Irish migration to Great Britain\|Irish immigrants]] who fled [[w:Ireland\|Ireland]] to [[w:Great Britain\|Great Britain]] between 1846 and 1851 to escape the [[w:Great Famine (Ireland)\|Great Famine]] of Ireland.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/whodoyouthinkyouare/past-stories/barbara-windsor.shtml Who Do You Think You Are? – Past Stories – Barbara Windsor] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191104070202/http://www.bbc.co.uk/whodoyouthinkyouare/past-stories/barbara-windsor.shtml \|date=4 November 2019 }}, BBC. Retrieved 30 December 2015.</ref> In 1939 at the start of [[w:World War II\|World War II]], Windsor's father was called up for the war, so Windsor and her mother went to live with her mother's family in Yoakley Road, [[w:Stoke Newington\|Stoke Newington]], where Windsor attended St Mary's Infants' School in nearby Lordship Road.<ref name="Guardian Obit"/><ref name="St Mary's">{{Cite news \|last=Brooke \|first=Mike \|date=11 December 2020 \|title=Barbara Windsor, Queen of the real East End, dies aged 83 \|work=[[w:East London Advertiser\|East London Advertiser]] \|url=https://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/news/obituaries/east-ender-dame-barbara-windsor-dies-6687064 \|access-date=14 December 2020}}</ref> Windsor's mother initially refused to let her be evacuated, but conceded after one of Windsor's school friends was killed by a bomb during an [[w:Airstrike\|air raid]].{{sfn\|Windsor\|2000\|p=2}} Aged six, Windsor was evacuated to [[w:Blackpool\|Blackpool]] to live with a married couple, but they [[w:sexually abused\|sexually abused]] her. A neighbour heard Windsor's screams and alerted the authorities and the couple were arrested and were found to not be married, but to be brother and sister.{{sfn\|Windsor\|2000\|p=3}} Windsor moved in with a schoolfriend and her parents, although they struggled to cope with her loud behaviour. They sent Windsor to dancing school, which sparked her interest in performing, although one night after a class, Windsor found her friend's father kissing another woman in a bus shelter.{{sfn\|Windsor\|2000\|p=5}} Humiliated by this, Windsor was sent back to London in 1944 along with a note from her dance teacher which read: "Barbara is a born show-off who loves to perform."<ref name="Guardian Obit"/>

	Impressed by this, Windsor's mother sent her to Madame Behenna's Juvenile Jollities, a drama school at which she appeared in several charity concerts and pantomimes. After the war, she passed her [[Eleven-plus\|11-plus]] exams, gaining the top mark in North London, and earned a [[scholarship]] for a place at [[Our Lady's Catholic High School, Stamford Hill\|Our Lady's Convent]] in [[Stamford Hill]]<ref name="Guardian Obit">{{cite web\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/dec/11/dame-barbara-windsor-obituary\|title=Dame Barbara Windsor obituary\|work=The Guardian\|date=11 December 2020 \|access-date=11 December 2020\|archive-date=11 December 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211134803/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/dec/11/dame-barbara-windsor-obituary\|url-status=live}}</ref> although she was expelled because she argued with the [[Abbess\|reverend mother]] after she refused to let her have time off to appear in a pantomime.{{sfn\|Windsor\|2000\|p=22}} Instead, Windsor moved to the [[Aida Foster Theatre School\|Aida Foster School]], [[Golders Green]], and took [[Elocution\|elocution lessons]]. When Windsor's father came to watch a performance, she was ridiculed by the others as her father had begun working as a [[Trolleybus\|trolley bus]] conductor and had come in his uniform. Enraged, Windsor covered the girls in theatrical face powder, throwing more over the chaperone who tried to stop her.{{sfn\|Windsor\|2000\|p=30}} Despite this, Windsor was chosen to appear in the chorus of the musical ''[[Love From Judy]]'' in the [[West End theatre\|West End]] in 1952 which ran for a successful two years.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/05/10/career-highlights-barbara-windsor/\|title= Career highlights: Barbara Windsor \|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]\|date=10 May 2016\|access-date=13 December 2020}}</ref> Her stage name of "Windsor" was inspired by the [[Coronation of Elizabeth II]] in 1953.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/1999/mar/15/features11.g21\|title=Barbara Windsor: Body of evidence\|work=[[The Guardian]]\|date=15 March 1999\|access-date=17 July 2019\|location=London, UK\|archive-date=13 June 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613184401/https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/1999/mar/15/features11.g21\|url-status=live}}</ref> By the time Windsor was 16, Windsor's parents' divorced and Windsor was unwillingly made to testify against her father in court.{{sfn\|Windsor\|2000\|p=47}} Awarded to her mother, following the divorce, Windsor's father removed all contact with her and would ignore her if he saw Windsor in the street for many years afterwards.{{sfn\|Windsor\|2000\|p=48}}		Impressed by this, Windsor's mother sent her to Madame Behenna's Juvenile Jollities, a drama school at which she appeared in several charity concerts and pantomimes. After the war, she passed her [[Eleven-plus\|11-plus]] exams, gaining the top mark in North London, and earned a [[scholarship]] for a place at [[Our Lady's Catholic High School, Stamford Hill\|Our Lady's Convent]] in [[Stamford Hill]]<ref name="Guardian Obit">{{cite web\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/dec/11/dame-barbara-windsor-obituary\|title=Dame Barbara Windsor obituary\|work=The Guardian\|date=11 December 2020 \|access-date=11 December 2020\|archive-date=11 December 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211134803/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/dec/11/dame-barbara-windsor-obituary\|url-status=live}}</ref> although she was expelled because she argued with the [[Abbess\|reverend mother]] after she refused to let her have time off to appear in a pantomime.{{sfn\|Windsor\|2000\|p=22}} Instead, Windsor moved to the [[Aida Foster Theatre School\|Aida Foster School]], [[Golders Green]], and took [[Elocution\|elocution lessons]]. When Windsor's father came to watch a performance, she was ridiculed by the others as her father had begun working as a [[Trolleybus\|trolley bus]] conductor and had come in his uniform. Enraged, Windsor covered the girls in theatrical face powder, throwing more over the chaperone who tried to stop her.{{sfn\|Windsor\|2000\|p=30}} Despite this, Windsor was chosen to appear in the chorus of the musical ''[[Love From Judy]]'' in the [[West End theatre\|West End]] in 1952 which ran for a successful two years.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/05/10/career-highlights-barbara-windsor/\|title= Career highlights: Barbara Windsor \|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]\|date=10 May 2016\|access-date=13 December 2020}}</ref> Her stage name of "Windsor" was inspired by the [[Coronation of Elizabeth II]] in 1953.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/1999/mar/15/features11.g21\|title=Barbara Windsor: Body of evidence\|work=[[The Guardian]]\|date=15 March 1999\|access-date=17 July 2019\|location=London, UK\|archive-date=13 June 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613184401/https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/1999/mar/15/features11.g21\|url-status=live}}</ref> By the time Windsor was 16, Windsor's parents' divorced and Windsor was unwillingly made to testify against her father in court.{{sfn\|Windsor\|2000\|p=47}} Awarded to her mother, following the divorce, Windsor's father removed all contact with her and would ignore her if he saw Windsor in the street for many years afterwards.{{sfn\|Windsor\|2000\|p=48}}

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