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Barbara Windsor

  • 07-07-2020 11:18pm
    #1
    Sheridan81
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    Sad how she's ended up. I enjoyed her appearances in Carry On films.

    I didn't see the Ross Kemp documentary that he made about dementia but I heard he was in tears hearing about her struggle.

    What are your thoughts on Barbara?


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  • #2
    themandan6611
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,628 ✭✭✭themandan6611


    Big knockers


  • #3
    Harry Palmr
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    They are small though. That's almost the unspoken joke in the Carry Ons.

    No one said "Get Ourra My Pub" with as much gusto.


  • #4
    [Deleted User]
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    She liked the Krays


  • #5
    bassy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,580 ✭✭✭bassy


    she owns dolly boobs parton.


  • #6
    Frank Scruffy Vegetable
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    Alzheimer's is a wicked disease. Dreadful seeing anyone inflicted with it.

    Carry On films were great. One of the iconic British TV characters.

    Always thought it was cool how she married a Mitchell.


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  • #7
    Sexual Chocolate
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    I seen the Ross Kemp documentary or her segment at least and I really feel for her husband and what they are both going through.

    She really must be in the advanced stages as her husband didn't what her to appear on camera.

    Dementia/Alzheimer's is a cnut of a illness and I respect anyone who deals with somebody who has it on a daily basis.


  • #8
    Eduard Khil
    Registered Users Posts: 796 ✭✭✭Eduard Khil


    Loved hearing her iconic voice as the dormouse in Alice in Wonderland


  • #9
    This is it
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,706 ✭✭✭This is it


    Didn't realise she suffered from dementia. It's an awful thing for the person, and for those around them. Loved her in the Carry On movies.


  • #10
    gogo
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    Without showing my age, when I was really young we used to have these records with her and other actors reading fairy tales, every time I hear her voice I just get wiped out with nostalgia for home and been young and sitting around with the sibs listening to these.. records were pretty obsolete even then, so it was a thrill that dad would pull it the record player just to hear these.... seriously I’m not that old.


  • #11
    [Deleted User]
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    Dementia is perhaps the most odd and most fascinating of illnesses. We already knew that the brain was a strange device, but to allow you to have your sensory and motor skills, and deprive you of your personal life? Oh boy, that's a special kind of cruelty.


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  • #12
    [Deleted User]
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    Some hack is feverishly writing her obituary right now.

    "Thanks for the mammaries" will no doubt feature.

    Uncle Junior's (from The Sopranos) dad gave him some good advice: "He told me 'never grow old' "


  • #13
    Boss Of Bosses
    Registered Users Posts: 66 ✭✭Boss Of Bosses


    She was married to the Bold Ronnie Knight, East End Gangster and one of the Knight brothers. His book gives a very close account of their marriage and her character. He says she was career obsessed. Also says she was a nympho... But who knows, people like him rarely speak the truth.
    All being said she was a great actress and entertainer and may she battle on..


  • #14
    ILoveYourVibes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,202 ✭✭✭✭ILoveYourVibes


    She seemed like a fun warm sensitive lady.

    I always remember after the Irish episodes of east enders ..she came on Irish tv and said to the audience on the late late ..
    'Do you forgive us for the Irish episodes?' ...very sweetly.


  • #15
    Quantum Erasure
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,779 ✭✭✭Quantum Erasure


    always think someones after dying when it's just the persons name in the thread title...


  • #16
    Kylta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,457 ✭✭✭✭Kylta


    Sad to hear she ended up with dementia, her tits might have got her noticed in the carry on films. but she act, she could do comedy and drama very well.


  • #17
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,531 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    her giggly laugh was the best


  • #18
    Obvious Desperate Breakfasts
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,474 ✭✭✭Obvious Desperate Breakfasts


    Poor Babs. :(

    Reminds me of how sad I felt that Sophia from The Golden Girls couldn’t recall ever being on the show for the last few years of her life.


  • #19
    cml387
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,499 ✭✭✭cml387


    If you can, check out "Babs" from 2017 (I think it might be on Netflix).

    Good drama doc about Ms Windsor. Canny girl, quite a life lived.


  • #20
    [Deleted User]
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    Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »
    Poor Babs. :(

    Reminds me of how sad I felt that Sophia from The Golden Girls couldn’t recall ever being on the show for the last few years of her life.

    The old one? That badass bitch was my favourite. Well they were all great characters. What a show.


  • #21
    randd1
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    A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »
    The old one? That badass bitch was my favourite. Well they were all great characters. What a show.

    On about sex on the first date.

    "It's a sin. I don't care what anyone says, it's a sin. But I'd go back to eating fish on a Friday if his holiness gave that one the green light."


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