Babs
7.3
90 minutes
5/7/2017
Overview
This is the story of Dame Barbara Windsor, the Cockney kid with a dazzling smile and talent to match. Preparing to perform in the theatre one cold evening in 1993, the cheeky, chirpy blonde Babs recounts the people and events that have shaped her life and career over fifty years from 1943 to 1993. She contemplates her lonely childhood and WWII evacuation, her decision to go from Barbara Ann Deeks to Barbara Windsor - inspired by the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, her complicated relationship with her father, her doomed marriage to Ronnie Knight, capturing the attention of Joan Littlewood and becoming the blonde bombshell in the Carry On films. Babs, ever the consummate professional, never lets her fans down whatever her personal anguish and steps on the stage to rapturous applause.
Cast List
Jaime Winstone
as Barbara Windsor (Young Adult)
Samantha Spiro
as Babs
Nick Moran
as John Deeks
Leanne Best
as Rose Deeks
Zoë Wanamaker
as Joan Littlewood
Barbara Windsor
as Barbara Windsor
Honor Kneafsey
as Teen Barbara
Florence Keen
as Child Barbara
Luke Allen-Gale
as Ronnie Knight
Julia Ford
as Julie Deeks
Nathan Harmer
as Brian Mickey
Marty Cruikshank
as Aida Foster
Peter Hamilton Dyer
as Producer
Alex Macqueen
as Peter Charlesworth
Charlie Archer
as Scott Mitchell
Jerry-Jane Pears
as Jayne Mansfield
Daniel Ben Zenou
as Lionel Bart
Lewis Kirk
as Johnny Brandon
Tom Forbes
as Warren Beatty
Rob Compton
as Ronnie Kray / Reggie Kray
Toby Wharton
as Charlie Kray
Adam Lazarus
as Theatre Performer (uncredited)
Sue Elliott-Nichols
as Barbara's Shoe Shop Manager
Tom Machell
as Man in Shoe Shop
Hannah Hutch
as Wife
Ross Green
as Ronnie Scott
James Atherton
as Cliff (Saxophonist)
Dean Roberts
as Stan
Todd Von Joel
as Neil
Lewis Maiella
as Chuck
Jonathan Rhodes
as Peter Noble
Laurent Maurel
as Monsieur Vincent
Rob Hughes
as Bernard Cribbins
Robin Sebastian
as Kenneth Williams
Nicholas Asbury
as Gerald Thomas
Joe Stilgoe
as Shepard Coleman
Jacob Krichefski
as Slim Cattan
Cally Lawrence
as Wardrobe Mistress
Robert East
as Divorce Judge
Matthew Bates
as Rosie's Lawyer
Rose Robinson
as Hat Girl
Nicola Munns
as Young Actress
Billy Burke
as Dancer (uncredited)
Rebecca Lee
as Jayne's Assistant