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Barbara Windsor

Barbara Windsor

  • English
  • Actor

Press clippings

Barbara Windsor left £4.6million to husband Scott Mitchell

Dame Barbara Windsor left £4.6million to husband Scott Mitchell in her will.

Stephen Moyes, The Sun, 11th November 2021

Carry On Camping bikini sells for £9,500

The bikini worn by Dame Barbara Windsor in the 1969 film Carry On Camping has sold at auction for £9,500.

BBC, 16th June 2021

Barbara Windsor's 'Carry On Camping' bikini auctioned

The famous bikini worn by the late Dame Barbara Windsor in Carry On Camping is going up for auction. The chartreuse cotton towelling bikini is being sold by Kerry Taylor Auctions and is estimated to fetch between £800 and £1,200.

Robin Perrie, Press Association, 4th June 2021

Krays threatened to murder Barbara Windsor movie crew

As tough landlady Peggy Mitchell in EastEnders, Barbara Windsor was the queen of Albert Square. But the first time she filmed in the real East End, the Kray twins threatened to KILL the movie's cast and crew.

Mike Ridley, The Sun, 7th May 2021

Dame Barbara Windsor to have 2022 wake

Dame Barbara Windsor's best pal Christopher Biggins has revealed they're planning an enormous send off for the telly legend in 2022 - after Covid-19 put limits on numbers at her funeral.

Ellie Henman, The Sun, 26th January 2021

Barbara Windsor praised for extraordinary charity work

Dame Barbara Windsor has been praised for her "extraordinary" work raising dementia awareness.

The actress died in December at 83 and her funeral will take place in London this afternoon.

Will Barker, The Sun, 8th January 2021

Barbara Windsor hologram 'in three new Carry On films'

Producers plan to use a hologram of the star, who died aged 83 on Thursday. Carry On Film Ltd boss Brian Baker said producers have "two new stories" as well as plans to bring an old film up to modern day quality.

Ed Gleave, Daily Star, 12th December 2020

Barbara Windsor was a brilliant kitchen sink star

Forever remembered as the dolly bird prone to wardrobe malfunctions, the actor was a survivor whose career was forged in groundbreaking 60s realism.

Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 11th December 2020

Dame Barbara Windsor obituary

Star who forged an immediate connection with audiences, from Joan Littlewood stage productions to the Carry On films and EastEnders.

Stephen Dixon, The Guardian, 11th December 2020

Farewell Barbara Windsor

The irrepressible star who gave the world a piece of herself.

Louis Chilton, The Independent, 11th December 2020

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