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Post by petrolino on Dec 11, 2020 12:09:21 GMT
Barbara Windsor has died at the age of 83.
Thanks for everything, Ms. Windsor ... I hope you're at peace now ...
"The world has lost the biggest ray of light. And heaven has the sweetest and funniest angel."
- Elton John remembers Barbara Windsor
BBC News at 06:00 on Friday, December 11, 2020
Barbara Windsor ~ Rest in Eternal Peace
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Post by sostie on Dec 11, 2020 12:24:13 GMT
Not unexpected but still very sad. I grew up on, and still enjoy the Carry On films, so along with her later career resurgence she was always a constant in my life.
RIP Babs
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Post by petrolino on Dec 11, 2020 12:48:34 GMT
Not unexpected but still very sad. I grew up on, and still enjoy the Carry On films, so along with her later career resurgence she was always a constant in my life. RIP Babs
Yes, I'm sad too. I have a cabaret thread over on Classic Film about cabaret in which I've posted about her career in film, theatre, music and television. It's so early here in England, waking up to this, I can't quite believe she's gone.
Need to watch one of her movies.
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Post by politicidal on Dec 11, 2020 15:01:20 GMT
R. I. P.
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Post by teleadm on Dec 11, 2020 18:02:20 GMT
R.I.P Dame Barbara Windsor
 Sparrows Can't Sing 1963, her only BAFTA nomination  Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 1968  The voice of Mallymkun (in English speaking versions) of Alice in Wonderland 2010 and it's sequel 2016.
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Post by petrolino on Dec 11, 2020 19:29:06 GMT
R.I.P Dame Barbara Windsor
The voice of Mallymkun (in English speaking versions) of Alice in Wonderland 2010 and it's sequel 2016.
The mouse is great casting. She was known as the chirping cockney sparrow in the 1960s, but the fencing dormouse to a later generation.
Barbara Windsor
Pulling a pint for the Queen (5'4")
Today, I cherish whomever it was at the BBC that found this rare gallery picture from 'Comedy Playhouse' (1976) featuring two of my favourite English women seemingly at odds with each other. Barbara Windsor even had to reach up to strike Beryl Reid. Beryl Reid (5'2"), Barbara Windsor (4'10") & Dermot Kelly
She was once lifted by Geoff Capes sat astride a hobby horse in a childrens' playground, such was her diminutive size. Capes was a shot putter, caber tosser and weight lifter famous for tearing the 'Yellow Pages' address book in half. He was also a 2-time World's Strongest Man Champion and a 2-time World Muscle Power Champion. He later became famous for lifting small women up high above his head, including gymnasts and dancers.
Geoff Capes (6'6") and his boys lift Barbara Windsor up upon high
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Post by petrolino on Dec 12, 2020 0:19:08 GMT
The BT Tower in Fitzrovia, London is now illuminated in tribute to one of the English capital's favourite daughters ... I think she'd have liked that. Sally Thomsett's shared a picture on Twitter.
BT Tower
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Post by petrolino on Dec 12, 2020 18:02:36 GMT
Barbara Windsor is remembered at The Guardian in a series of tributes that includes new essays by film critic Peter Bradshaw ('Before Carry On Typecast Her, Barbara Windsor Was A Brilliant Kitchen Sink Star'), theatre critic Mark Billington ('Barbara Windsor : A Priceless And Mischievous Stage Sensation'), art critic Mark Lawson ('Babs Windsor : The Daring, Giggling Pearly Queen Of The Screen'), political journalist Esther Addley ('Alzheimer's Charity Leads Tributes To Barbara Windsor's "Incredible Legacy"'), social affairs writer Michlle Collins ('Barbara Windsor : A Working-Class Hero Who Became A Legend') and interviewer Terry Johnson ('Barbara Windsor Was Funny, Vivid, Feisty … But I Saw Her Vulnerable Side'). There's also a video tribute and a picture gallery.
She will be missed.
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Post by hitchcockthelegend on Dec 13, 2020 23:24:57 GMT
It's a blessing in the end, for herself and her family. I cared for my mother for 8 years with the same illness, it's devastating the last few years.
She was much loved and rightly so, leaves behind a great legacy. Her contribution to The Carry On series is often a surprise to those who didn't realise that she wasn't in it as much as first thought - but she's unforgettable in the 9 she did.
It's worth checking out stuff like Crooks in Cloisters to see her in comedy away from Carry On, and while it may not be the best Sherlock film, but A Study in Terror gives her the chance to put some clever beats down.
Sleep Well - Babs.
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Post by petrolino on Dec 14, 2020 1:42:01 GMT
It's a blessing in the end, for herself and her family. I cared for my mother for 8 years with the same illness, it's devastating the last few years. She was much loved and rightly so, leaves behind a great legacy. Her contribution to The Carry On series is often a surprise to those who didn't realise that she wasn't in it as much as first thought - but she's unforgettable in the 9 she did. It's worth checking out stuff like Crooks in Cloisters to see her in comedy away from Carry On, and while it may not be the best Sherlock film, but A Study in Terror gives her the chance to put some clever beats down. Sleep Well - Babs.
Yes, 'Crooks In Cloisters' I find it enjoyable too. From around the same time, I'd recommend the experimental sound effect comedy 'San Ferry Ann' to see what a skilful physical comedienne she was.
'A Study In Terror' is my favourite Sherlock Holmes movie outside of the Basil Rathbone pictures of the 1940s.
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