11 December 2020

In Pictures: Carry On star and Queen Vic landlady Barbara Windsor

By The Newsroom
11 December 2020

TV and film star Dame Barbara Windsor has died aged 83.

Dame Barbara, who starred in a host of Carry On films and played Peggy Mitchell on BBC soap EastEnders, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2014. Her condition worsened during lockdown.

Her death was announced by her husband Scott Mitchell.

Barbara Windsor and Boris Johnson (PA Archive)
Barbara Windsor kisses PM (PA Archive)
Dame Barbara Windsor with her husband Scott Mitchell (PA Archive)
Barbra Windsor investiture (PA Archive)
Barbara Windsor at Buckingham Palace (PA Archive)
Dame Barbara Windsor with the BBC Children in Need mascot Pudsey (PA Archive)
The Queen meeting Barbara Windsor (PA Archive)
The Mitchells on EastEnders (PA Media)
Barbara Windsor on a 1960s Routemaster bus (PA Archive)
Barbara Windsor (PA Archive)
Barbra Windsor unveils Kenneth Williams Plaque (PA Archive)
Barbara Windsor offers the wax figure of Sir Winston Churchill some lunch at Madame Tussauds (PA Archive)
Dame Barbara and husband Scott Mitchell (PA Archive)
Barbara Windsor joins Big Lunch initiative (PA Archive)
Barbara Windsor with Ross Kemp (PA Archive)
Sid James and Barbara Windsor (PA Archive)

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