Dame Barbara Windsor, the beloved British actress, passed away on Dec. 10. The star of the Carry On film series and EastEnders died from Alzheimer's at a care home in London, according to the BBC. She was 83.
Windsor was born Barbara Ann Deeks in Shoreditch, London, on Aug. 6, 1937, and went on to a successful career as a screen and stage actress. She began on the stage before earning a BAFTA nomination for 1963 film Sparrows Can't Sing and also beginning her work in the Carry On films in the mid-60s.
She was also well-known for starring as "Peggy Mitchell" on the BBC One soap opera EastEnders from 1994 until her final appearances in 2016. That year, Windsor was made a Dame (DBE) for her services to charity and entertainment. She later went public in 2018 with her Alzheimer's diagnosis, and the BBC reported that she'd been moved to a care home in August 2020. She has now passed away. May she rest in peace.
