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Barbara Windsor (born Barbara-Ann Deeks on August
6, 1937, in Shoreditch, London) is a United
Kingdom|British actor|actress.

Her first film appearance was in The Belles of St.
Trinian's (1954), and then later came to
prominence in the British film Sparrows Can't Sing
(1963) garnering a Bafta nomination for Best
British Film Actress.
She then went on to become a star with her saucy
portrayals of a good time girl in some 9 Carry On
films and several TV specials, between 1964 and
1978.
Her first Carry On movie was Carry On Spying and
the last one Carry On Dick, she refused to take
part in any more 'because she thought they had
gone beyond the innocent sauciness which initially
drew her to the series'. She also starred on
Broadway in the play Oh, What a Lovely War and
received a 1968 Tony Award nomination for Best
Featured Actress in a Musical.

After a gradual fall from the top, which also saw
her husband, Ronnie Knight (married 1964-1985),
flee to Spain on Bank robbery charges, she
considered quitting acting.
However in 1994 she was offered the plum role of
Peggy Mitchell in the popular BBC drama series
EastEnders, this saw her regain past glories and
come to be seen as something of a 'British
Institution'. After a debilitating case of the
Epstein-Barr virus saw her take a two year long
absence from the screen in 2003, she is due back
in the summer of 2005. 

She was awarded an Order of the British Empire|MBE
in 1999 by the British Government and won the
first Rear of the year title in 1976.
She was also married to Stephen Hollings
(1986-1995), and more recently to Scott Mitchell
(2000-). During her first marriage, she had an
affair with Sid James, and her biography states
the details after 1973. 

Records:
The More I See You (1999), a duet with Mike Reid,
reached #44 in the UK Charts.

==External links==
*imdb name|id=0934774|name=Barbara Windsor