Barbara Ann Deeks, MBE, known professionally as Barbara Windsor, is an English actress, best known for her appearances in the Carry On films and for playing Peggy Mitchell in the BBC One soap opera EastEnders. Windsor began her career on stage at the age of 13 and made her West End debut in 1952. Her first film was The Belles of St Trinian's in 1954. She received a BAFTA Award nomination as Best British Actress for the 1963 film Sparrers Can't Sing and a Tony Award nomination as Best Featured Actress in a Musical for the 1964 Broadway production of Oh, What A Lovely War!. Other stage roles include starring opposite Vanessa Redgrave in the 1972 West End production of The Threepenny Opera. Between 1964 and 1974, she appeared in nine Carry On films, including Carry On Spying, Carry On Doctor, Carry On Camping Carry on Henry and Carry On Abroad. She also co-presented the 1977 Carry On compilation That's Carry On!, along with Kenneth Williams. Other film roles include A Study in Terror Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and as the voice of Dormouse in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland. She joined the cast of EastEnders in 1994 and won the 1999 British Soap Award for Best Actress. [More at Wikipedia]

August 6th, 1937 in Shoreditch  /  Died:   Dec 10th, 2020 - Died from Alzheimer's, aged 83