In pictures: Dame Barbara Windsor
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A 17-year-old Barbara Windsor with Patricia Start, a fellow student at the Aida Forster Dancing School, in 1955
She began to make her name on stage and screen at the start of the 1960s
Attracting attention outside ABC Theatre in Mile End, east London, in 1963
With (from left) Susan Hampshire, Anna Massey, Miriam Karlin and Hayley Mills in the Night of 100 Stars at the London Palladium in 1964
Windsor's first husband was Ronnie Knight (second right), an associate of gangster Reggie Kray (right), pictured with his wife Frances Shea (left)
With Patrick Cargill in the BBC's The Lady From Maxims in 1973
Fending off Beryl Reid and Dermot Kelly in an edition of Comedy Playhouse in 1976
Windsor arriving for a court case involving her husband Ronnie Knight in 1980 (left). He was tried and acquitted of murder. Windsor is pictured, right, holding a rose after his release
She appeared with a young Martine McCutcheon and Isabelle Lucas in the 1989 children's drama Bluebirds
She became a fixture on screens once again when she joined EastEnders as Peggy Mitchell in 1994
Peggy married Frank Butcher in 1999, and she became part of the Butcher clan
With sons Phil and Grant, she ruled over the Queen Vic pub
Peggy endured a love-hate relationship with Pat Butcher, played by Pam St Clement
Her many dramatic storylines included a fire in the Vic in 2010
Peggy found happiness, for a while, with Archie Mitchell, played by Larry Lamb
With June Brown, who plays Dot Cotton
Third husband Scott Mitchell accompanied Windsor when she was made a dame at Buckingham Palace in 2016
Her life story was told in a BBC drama titled Babs, with Samantha Spiro (left) and Jaime Winstone playing the star at different stages of her life
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