Barbara Windsor
Legendary EastEnders actress and Carry On star Barbara Windsor was born Barbara Ann Deeks in Stepney, London, the daughter of Rose (Ellis), a dressmaker, and John Deeks, a costermonger. She was a bright pupil at school and her parents wanted her to go to university, but after her first taste of show business, when her grandmother took her backstage at a theatre, she decided acting was what she wanted to do. Her mother spent all her savings on a place at the Aida Foster Acting School, where Barbara made her stage debut in Aida's 1950s pantomime at the Golders Green Hippodrome. Aida's tutors tried to iron out her Cockney accent but luckily they didn't succeed. In 1952, she was cast as one of the orphans in the musical "Love from Judy", which opened at London's Saville Theatre. With the show's star, she made her television debut in "Variety Parade". Two years later in 1954, she made her film debut as a school girl extra in "The Belles of St. Trinians", and by 1957, she was performing at London's Winston's Club with Amanda Barrie. The producer Joan Littlewood, who was committed to working class theatre, spotted her at an audition and in 1960 gave her the role which changed her life - Rose in "Fings Ain't What They Used to Be" at London's Garrick Theatre where it ran for two and a half years, during which she appeared in the sitcom The Rag Trade (1961). As a result of the success of "Fings", Littlewood cast her in the film Sparrows Can't Sing (1963), which was seen by producer Peter Rogers who offered her roles in "Carry On" films, the first of which was Carry on Spying (1964). In 1964, She appeared in Joan's stage version of 'Oh! What a Lovely War' on Broadway and toured America with it. On her return, she was cast in the West End production of Lionel Bart's ill fated musical "Twang", which closed after a short run allowing her to take a role in "Come Spy with Me" with Danny La Rue at London's Whitehall Theatre. During the run, she had a complete change in playing one of the Ripper's victims in the film A Study in Terror (1965), then it was back to lighthearted roles in such films as Carry on Doctor (1967) and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968), and in 1968, a British tour with Frankie Howerd in "The Wind in the Sasafras Tree". In late 1969, Ned Sherrin cast her as the music hall legend Marie Lloyd in "Sing a Rude Song" which opened at the Greenwich Theatre before transferring to the West End's Garrick Theatre. Windsor did become well known in the London theatrical scene, but it was the "Carry On" comedies that made her a star. Although she appeared in only nine films in the long-running series (she left because she thought they were getting too risqué), she made such an impression as the basically good-hearted but dizzy sexpot that many of the series' fans believe she was in many more than she actually was. She almost didn't get the role originally, as she and series regular Kenneth Williams took an instant dislike to each other, but that was soon overcome and they became lifelong friends. After she left the series, she continued her stage and film work, and became a regular in a long-running British soap opera, EastEnders (1985) as the matriarch of The Queen Victoria - Peggy Mitchell, which she played in over 1,500 episodes. She wrote two autobiographies, "Barbara - the Laughter and Tears of a Cockney Sparrow" and "All of Me - My Extraordinary Life". She was awarded Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2000 Queen's New Years Honours for her services to entertainment. She was awarded Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2016 Queen's New Years Honours for her services to entertainment and to charity. Dame Barbara Windsor died of Alzheimer's disease on December 10, 2020, in London. She is survived by husband Scott Mitchell.
Barbara Wong Chun-Chun
Barbara Wong Chun-Chun was born in Hong Kong, British Crown Colony. She is a director and writer, known for Fun sau suet oi nei (2010), Luk jong si (2004) and Luk lau hau joh (2003).
Barbara Wooddell
Barbara Wooddell was born on May 25, 1910 in Lewiston, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for The Great Jesse James Raid (1953), State Department: File 649 (1949) and I Shot Jesse James (1949). She was married to Dr. Eric Valdemar Drimmer, Arthur Marcus Loew and Oscar Levant. She died on January 16, 1997 in Ojai, California, USA.
Barbara Wypych
Barbara Wypych was born on January 11, 1992 in Kalisz, Wielkopolskie, Poland. She is an actress, known for Tatuskowie (2021), Ikar. Legenda Mietka Kosza (2019) and Kruk (2018).
Barbara Zablocky
Barbara Zablocky is an actress, known for A Look in the Rear View, The Notebooks (2021) and Union (2017).
Barbara Ziv
Barbara Ziv is known for Surviving Jeffrey Epstein (2020) and We Need to Talk About Cosby (2022).
Barbara Zubieta
Barbara Zubieta is an actress, known for Cranston Academy: Monster Zone (2020).
Barbara de la Fuente
Barbara de la Fuente is an actress and writer, known for What We Do in the Shadows (2019), Designated Survivor (2016) and Warehouse 13 (2009).
Barbara-Marié Immelman
Barbara-Marié is an award-winning South African actress who grew up in the United States (Chicago) and in the UK (London). She landed her first professional acting role in a successful, national television drama series at the age of 14. Since then, she has acted in various local and international television and film productions. Barbara-Marié is a member of the Actors Centre in London. In 2000, she won the South African Avanti award for best newcomer and was nominated for best supporting actress in a drama series in the same year.
Barbarann Garrard
Barbarann Garrard is an actress, known for Bludgeon (2013), Devolution of Man (2015) and Sugar Dome (2012).
