About Barbara
Windsor
Barbara had a romantic liaison with Reggie Kray,
a notorious English gangster, in the 1960s.
She has been awarded an MBE (Member of the
British Empire).
Barbara appeared in just nine out of the thirty
Carry On films.
Barbara originally based Peggy's character on a
mixture of Violet Kray (the Kray brothers'
mother), Mike Reid's wife and her own mother.
Barbara appeared in several Carry On films, most
famously Carry On Camping.
Her other film credits include Chitty Chitty
Bang Bang and A Study In Terror. One of her
earliest appearances was as an unnamed
schoolgirl in 1954's The Belles Of St. Trinian's.
On TV, she played the saucy Nancy in Worzel
Gummidge, and made guest appearances in Dad's
Army and One Foot In The Grave
In 2000, she made a brief cameo appearance as
herself in Cor Blimey, a drama about her
relationship with Carry On co-star Sid James
She was profiled on This Is Your Life in 1992.