| Barbara Windsor | |
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| Born | Barbara Ann Deeks 6 August 1937 Shoreditch, London, England |
| Spouse(s) | Ronnie Knight (1964-85) Stephen Hollings (1986-95) Scott Mitchell (2000-) |
Barbara Ann Windsor, MBE (born Barbara Ann Deeks on 6 August 1937) is an English actress. Events 1538 - Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Shoreditch is an area of London within the London Borough of Hackney. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. Events 1538 - Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works Her best known roles are in the Carry On films and as Peggy Mitchell in BBC soap opera EastEnders, and she is now considered as something of a "national institution". The Carry On films were a long-running series of low-budget British comedy films directed by Gerald Thomas and produced by Peter Rogers. Margaret Ann "Peggy" Mitchell (née Martin; previously Butcher) is a Fictional character in the popular BBC Soap opera A soap opera is an ongoing episodic work of Fiction, usually broadcast on Television or Radio. EastEnders is a most popular and award-winning Television Soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC1 on 19 February 1985 [1]
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Early life
Born in Shoreditch, London in 1937[2], Windsor was the only child of a costermonger and dressmaker, John and Rose Deeks. Shoreditch is an area of London within the London Borough of Hackney. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. A costermonger was a street seller of fruit and vegetables The term which derived from the words costard (a type of large ribbed apple and Monger For other uses see Dressmaker (disambiguation A dressmaker is a person who makes custom Clothing for women such as She passed the 11 plus exam with high marks, and her mother paid for her to have elocution lessons. In the United Kingdom the Eleven Plus or Transfer Test is an Examination administered to some students in their last year of primary education She trained at the Aida Foster School in Golders Green, making her stage debut at 13 and her West End debut in 1952 in the chorus of the musical Love From Judy. Golders Green is an area in the London Borough of Barnet in London, England.
Her first film appearance was in The Belles of St Trinian's in 1954. The Belles of St Trinian's is a Comedy Film set in the Fictional St Trinian's School, released in 1954. She joined Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop at the Theatre Royal, Stratford East, coming to prominence in their stage production Fings Ain't Wot They Used to Be and Littlewood's film Sparrows Can't Sing in 1963, achieving a BAFTA nomination for Best British Film Actress. Joan Maud Littlewood ( 6 October, 1914 - 20 September, 2002) was a British theatrical director famous for her work in developing the left-wing Theatre Workshop is a Theatre group noted for their director Joan Littlewood. Sparrers Can't Sing ( Sparrows Can't Sing in the United States) is a 1962 British film The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA is a British charity that hosts annual awards shows for film television television craft video games and forms of animation She also appeared in the 1964 film comedy Crooks in Cloisters and in the sitcoms The Rag Trade and Wild, Wild Women. Crooks in Cloisters is a British made comedy released in 1964 and starring Ronald Fraser as 'Little Walter', the boss of a The Rag Trade is a British Television sitcom transmitted by the BBC between 1961 and 1963. Wild Wild Women was a British sitcom that aired on BBC from 1968 to 1969
Carry On films
However, Windsor came to real prominence with her portrayals of a 'good time girl' in nine Carry On films – beginning with Carry On Spying and ending with Carry On Dick – and several TV and compilation specials between 1964 and 1977. The Carry On films were a long-running series of low-budget British comedy films directed by Gerald Thomas and produced by Peter Rogers. Carry On Spying is a 1964 film and is the ninth movie in the ''Carry On'' film series and marks Barbara Windsor 's first appearance in the series Carry On Dick was the 26th Carry On film. It was released in 1974 and marked the end of an era for the series
Her most famous scene was in Carry On Camping during which she was doing outdoor aerobic exercises and her bikini top flew off. Carry On Camping is a 1969 Comedy film and the seventeenth ''Carry On'' film.
From 1973 to 1975 she appeared with several of the Carry On team in the smash West End revue Carry On London!. During this time, she had a well-publicised affair with her co-star, Sid James. Sid James (born Joel Solomon Cohen; 8 May 1913 &ndash 26 April 1976) was a South African Actor, who made
However, she was identified with the Carry On films for many years afterwards and this sometimes restricted the variety of roles she was allowed to play in her later career.
Theatre career
She also starred on Broadway in the Theatre Workshop's Oh! What a Lovely War and received a 1965 Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located Oh! What a Lovely War is Stage musical and 1969 Musical film. The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented This is a list of the winners and nominations of Tony Award for the Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical. She also appeared in Lionel Bart's famous musical flop Twang! (directed by Joan Littlewood) and in the musical Come Spy with Me with Danny La Rue. Lionel Bart ( August 1, 1930 &ndash April 3, 1999) was an English composer of songs and musicals, best known for Joan Maud Littlewood ( 6 October, 1914 - 20 September, 2002) was a British theatrical director famous for her work in developing the left-wing Danny La Rue OBE was born on 26 July[[ 927]] as Daniel Patrick Carroll in County Cork, is an entertainer known for his drag
In 1970 she landed the role of music hall legend Marie Lloyd in the musical-biopic Sing Rude a Song. Matilda Alice Victoria Wood ( 12 February 1870 &ndash 7 October 1922) was an English Music-hall Singer, In 1972 she appeared in the West End in Tony Richardson's The Threepenny Opera with his then wife, Vanessa Redgrave. Tony Richardson ( June 5, 1928 – November 14, 1991) was an English theatre and Academy Award -winning film Vanessa Redgrave, CBE (born 30 January, 1937) is an English Academy Award, two-time Cannes Best Actress, In 1975 toured the UK, New Zealand and South Africa in her own show, Carry On Barbara!, and followed this with the role of Maria in Twelfth Night at the Chichester Festival Theatre. Twelfth Night Or What You Will is a Comedy by William Shakespeare, based on the Short story "Of Apolonius and Silla" by Chichester Festival Theatre, located in Chichester, England, was designed by Philip Powell and Hidalgo Moya, and opened by its founder Leslie
In 1981 she played sex-mad landlady Kath in a production of Joe Orton's classic black comedy Entertaining Mr Sloane at the Lyric Hammersmith, directed by her friend, Kenneth Williams. Joe Orton ( 1 January, 1933, Leicester, England - 9 August, 1967, Islington, London) born John Entertaining Mr Sloane is a play by Joe Orton. It was first presented in London at the New Arts Theatre on 6 May 1964 by The Lyric Hammersmith is a Theatre on King Street in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, which takes pride in its original "groundbreaking" productions Kenneth Charles Williams ( 22 February 1926 &ndash 15 April 1988) was an English comic Actor, star of 26 She reprised the role for a national tour in 1993.
EastEnders
In the 1980s and early 1990s, Windsor continued to perform in pantomimes and summer season comedies (usually playing on her Carry On persona) and also toured the UK in her own one-woman show. Her private life made the news at this time, mainly because of the criminal activities of her first husband, Ronnie Knight, who eventually fled to Spain after bank-robbery charges were filed against him. Ronald J Knight (born 1934 in Hoxton London) is better known as Ronnie Knight, a British Criminal, Conman and
However, in 1994, Windsor's professional fortunes picked up when she was asked to take over the role of Queen Vic landlady and mother of the Mitchell boys, Peggy Mitchell, in the BBC soap EastEnders. Margaret Ann "Peggy" Mitchell (née Martin; previously Butcher) is a Fictional character in the popular BBC Soap opera EastEnders is a most popular and award-winning Television Soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC1 on 19 February 1985 She quickly became a fans' favourite and the series also showcased her dramatic acting ablities, which had rarely been allowed to flourish before. For this role, she received the Best Actress award at the British Soap Awards in 1999. The British Soap Awards is an annual awards ceremony to honour the best of British (not Irish but yet it claims Ireland is part of Britain by the looks of its map logo
Recent years
In 1999 she made her record debut with fellow EastEnders cast member Mike Reid with a version of The More I See You. EastEnders is a most popular and award-winning Television Soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC1 on 19 February 1985 Mike Reid can refer to Mike Reid (entertainer (1940-2007 late English comedian and actor best known for his role as Frank Butcher in the BBC soap opera EastEnders The year 2000 was a brilliant one in terms of accolades for Windsor. She was made an MBE in the Millennium Honours List, was inducted into the first BBC Hall of Fame and had a waxwork of her unveiled at Madame Tussauds. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. She also published her autobiography, All of Me.
After a debilitating case of the Epstein-Barr virus saw her take a two-year long absence from EastEnders from 2003 to 2005, with just a brief return for two episodes in 2004, she rejoined the cast on a full-time basis in the summer of 2005 and signed a one year contract. The Epstein-Barr Virus ( EBV) also called Human herpesvirus 4 (HHV-4 is a Virus of the herpes family (which includes Herpes She appeared briefly in the 2006 Doctor Who episode "Army of Ghosts" as Peggy Mitchell in a fictional episode of EastEnders. Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. " Army of Ghosts " is the twelfth and penultimate episode in the second series of the British Science fiction television series Doctor
Windsor examined her family tree in the first episode of the third series of the documentary series Who Do You Think You Are?, which aired on 6 September 2006, in which she traced her family tree back eleven generations to John Golding, the great-great-grandfather of the famous painter John Constable, making him Windsor's fourth cousin six times removed. Who Do You Think You Are? is a British Genealogy documentary series that has aired on the BBC since 2004 Events 3114 BC - According to the Proleptic Julian calendar the current era in the Maya Long Count Calendar started Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. John Constable ( 11 June 1776 &ndash 31 March 1837
Marriages and personal life
Barbara Windsor has married three times:
- Ronnie Knight (married 2 March 1964[3], divorced January 1985)
- Stephen Hollings (married 12 April 1986 in Jamaica[4], divorced 1995)
- Scott Mitchell (married 8 April 2000[5])
As well as her affair with James, she also had liasions with footballer George Best and singer Maurice Gibb. Ronald J Knight (born 1934 in Hoxton London) is better known as Ronnie Knight, a British Criminal, Conman and Events 986 - Louis V becomes King of the Franks. 1127 - Assassination of Charles the Good Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Events 467 - Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Jamaica (ˈdʒəˈmeɪkə} is an Island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length and as much as in width situated in the Caribbean Sea. Events 217 - Roman Emperor Caracalla is Assassinated (and succeeded by his Praetorian 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. George Best (22 May 1946 &ndash 25 November 2005 was a Northern Irish professional football player best known for his years with Manchester United. Maurice Ernest Gibb CBE ( December 22 1949 &ndash January 12 2003) was a Musician and Singer-songwriter She was also romantically linked to the gangster Reggie Kray in the 1960s. Reginald "Reggie" Kray ( 24 October 1933 &ndash 1 October 2000) and Ronald "Ronnie" Kray ( 24 October Her present husband Scott is 25 years her junior.
In her autobiography, All of Me, Windsor openly talks about her five abortions, the first three of which took place before the age of 21, and the last occurring when she was 42. An
She was a real life landlady when she ran a pub at Winchmore Hill, Buckinghamshire with her second husband Stephen Hollings. Winchmore Hill is a hamlet in the Parish of Penn, in Buckinghamshire, England. [1]
Barbara Windsor was the recipient of the inaugural Rear of the Year title in 1976. Rear of the Year is a British award for people with a notable posterior.
She was the subject of This Is Your Life in 1992. This Is Your Life was a television documentary series hosted by its producer Ralph Edwards.
References
- ^ a b " Ten Things You Never Knew About Barbara Windsor" Digital Spy May 23, 2007
- ^ GRO Register of Births: SEP 1937 1a 176 STEPNEY - Barbara A. Deeks, mmn = Ellis
- ^ GRO Register of Marriages: MAR 1964 5e 828 EDMONTON - Ronald J. Knight = Barbara A. Deeks
- ^ Windsor, Barbara (2000). All of Me: My Extraordinary Life. Headline Book Publishing. ISBN 0747270074.
- ^ GRO Register of Marriages: APR 2000 258 284 WESTMINSTER - Scott Mitchell = Barbara A Windsor
External links
- Barbara Windsor at the Internet Movie Database
- Barbara Windsor at TV.com
- BBC Profile of Barbara Windsor
- Official Carry On website Profile of Barbara Windsor
- Barbara Windsor on Who Do You Think You Are?
- Barbara Windsor's EastEnders profile on What's on TV
| Persondata | |
|---|---|
| NAME | Windsor, Barbara |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Deeks, Barbara Ann |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 6 August 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London, United Kingdom |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
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