Barbara Windsor
Sign in to saveAlso known as Dame Barbara Windsor, Barbara Ann Windsor, Barbara Ann Knight, Barbara Deeks, Barbara Knight
English actress and singer (1937–2020)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Barbara Windsor's East End
- All of me
- Book of Boobs
- All of Me
- Barbara
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1937-08-06
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 427
- Total plays
- 2,072
Barbara Windsor (born 1937) had a long career as an actress, but also sang several singles in the 1960s, including the 1967 novelty tune "Don't Dig Twiggy," referring to the slender body type of the model Twiggy. Barbara passed away at age 83 on December 10, 2020. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Barbara+Windsor">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Radiotherapy plus Concomitant and Adjuvant Temozolomide for Glioblastoma
· 2005 · cited 18,411x
- International Physical Activity Questionnaire: 12-Country Reliability and Validity
· 2003 · cited 17,184x
- Transcript assembly and quantification by RNA-Seq reveals unannotated transcripts and isoform switching during cell differentiation
· 2010 · cited 13,880x
- Mapping and quantifying mammalian transcriptomes by RNA-Seq
· 2008 · cited 11,886x
- The role of positive emotions in positive psychology: The broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions.
· 2001 · cited 10,405x
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Key facts
- Born
- Barbara Ann Deeks , ( 1937-08-06 ) 6 August 1937, Shoreditch , London, England
- Died
- 10 December 2020 (2020-12-10) (aged 83), Stanmore , London, England
- Resting place
- Golders Green Crematorium
- Occupation
- Actress
- Years active
- 1950–2017
- Spouses
- Ronnie Knight ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1964 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1985 ) Stephen Hollings ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1986 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1995 ) Scott Mitchell ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2000 )
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.barbarawindsor.com
- Image
- Barbara Windsor Maryebone Tree.JPG
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- Commons category
- Barbara Windsor
- date of birth
- 1937-08-06
- start of work period
- 1954-00-00
- date of death
- 2020-12-10
- name in native language
- Barbara Windsor
- birth name
- Barbara Ann Deeks
Sources (7)
via Wikidata · CC0
~20 min read
Article
Dame Barbara Windsor (born Barbara Ann Deeks; 6 August 1937 – 10 December 2020) was an English actress. She was known for her roles in the Carry On films and for playing Peggy Mitchell in the BBC One soap opera EastEnders. She joined the cast of EastEnders in 1994 and won the 1999 British Soap Award for Best Actress, before leaving the show in 2016.
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. She received a BAFTA Award nomination for the film Sparrows Can't Sing (1963), and a Tony Award nomination for the 1964 Broadway production of Oh, What a Lovely War!. In 1972, she starred opposite Vanessa Redgrave in the West End production of The Threepenny Opera.