Barbara WindsorFilmography

Cor Blimey!

Synopsis: Starting with Carry on Sergeant in 1958 and continuing on to Carry on Columbus in 1992, the "Carry on" series were among the most popular and best-loved film comedies in Great Britain, combining broad slapstick humor and risqué wink-and-nudge farce. Bubbly blonde Barbara Windsor and double Read More

Double Vision

Actors: Kim Cattrall

Synopsis: When Caroline (Kim Cattrall) begins to have nightmares and visions of her twin sister Lisa's watery demise, she rushes to London to try to reach her sister before it is too late. As she searches for her sister, Caroline begins to discover that her twin's life is more dangerous and desultory than Read More

You Rang, M'Lord [TV Series]

Actors: Paul Shane, Su Pollard, Jeffrey Holland, Donald Hewlett, Michael Knowles

Synopsis: The British sitcom You Rang, M'Lord was a wicked lampoon of the popular drama series Upstairs, Downstairs. The pilot episode, telecast December 29, 1988, endeavored to explain the curious relationship between the upper-crust Meldrum family and their rather disreputable servants. It seemed that Read More

It Couldn't Happen Here

Actors: Neil Tennant, Chris Lowe, Joss Ackland, Neil Dickson, Gareth Hunt

Synopsis: This half-hearted avant garde feature is a thinly disguised exploitation feature for the British synth-pop duo The Pet Shop Boys (Neil Tenant and Chris Lowe). They travel though London where they encounter a variety of colorful characters. Several songs appear as well, including the title track Read More

Comrades

Actors: Robin Soans, William Gaminara, Stephen Bateman, Philip Davis, Jeremy Flynn

Synopsis: Set in the 1830s, this historical drama stars Robin Soans as George Loveless, a Methodist minister whose flock is a group of working families in Tolpuddle, a small town in the British Southwest. Most of the workers in the community are under the thumb of Frampton (Robert Stephens), a ruthless land Read More

Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special: A Cup O' Tea an' a Slice O' Cake

Actors: Jon Pertwee, Geoffrey Bayldon, Barbara Windsor, Billy Connolly, Una Stubbs

Synopsis: This British Christmas special starring the old time radio and movie character Worzel Gummidge finds the lovable, smart-mouthed cad bringing his trademark sense of fun and craziness to a swanky Christmas ball. ~ Cammila Albertson, All Movie Guide Read More

That's Carry On

Synopsis: Barbara Windsor and Kenneth Williams co-host That's Carry On, a best-of tribute to the rollicking Carry On series of English comedies comprised largely of clips from 28 of the films in the series. It includes extracts from such farces as Carry on Jack, Carry on Cowboy, Carry on Cleo, and Carry on Cabby Read More

Not Now, Comrade

Actors: Ray Cooney, Roy Kinnear, Carol Hawkins

Synopsis: Lewis Flander and Carol Hawkins star in the hectic British farce Not Now Comrade. Flander plays a Russian ballet dancer who decides to defect. Unable to reach the British embassy, Flander hides out with London stripteaser Hawkins. There's an abundance of female flesh in this one, a fact that Read More

Carry on Dick

Actors: Sidney James, Barbara Windsor, Kenny Williams, Hattie Jacques, Bernard Bresslaw, Joan Sims, Kenneth Connor, Peter Butterworth, Jack Douglas, Patsy Rowlands, Bill Maynard, Margaret Nolan, John Clive, David Lodge, Marianne Stone

Synopsis: This threadbare "Carry On" comedy is set in the 18th century and concerns a fellow with a dual identity: by day, he's the Reverend Flasher; after dusk, he moonlights as the treacherous highwayman Dick Turpin. (Both are played by Sidney James). Dogooders Captain Desmond Fancey (Kenneth Williams) Read More

Carry on Abroad

Actors: Sidney James, Kenny Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Bernard Bresslaw, Barbara Windsor, Kenneth Connor, Peter Butterworth, Jimmy Logan, June Whitfield, Hattie Jacques, Derek Francis, Sally Geeson, Ray Brooks, Carol Hawkins

Synopsis: This film brings more ribald nonsense from the British "Carry On" gang. This time the setting is the Spanish resort town of Elsbels. A group of stereotypical British tourists - led by courier Stuart Farquhar (Kenneth Williams) show up for a four-day weekend at a "luxury hotel." There are only two Read More

Carry on Matron

Actors: Hattie Jacques, Joan Sims, Barbara Windsor

Synopsis: The last of four "medical" entries in the Carry On series is also the lewdest; whether it's the funniest is a matter of taste (taste?) The action takes places at Finisham Maternity Hospital. If you liked that "Finisham" gag, you'll adore such characters as Susan Ball, Miss Willing, and Mrs. Read More

Carry on Girls

Actors: Sidney James, Joan Sims, Kenneth Connor, Barbara Windsor, Bernard Bresslaw, June Whitfield, Peter Butterworth, Jack Douglas, Patsy Rowlands, Joan Hickson

Synopsis: The "Carry On" gang returns with Sidney Fiddler (Sid James) conning the local council into running a beauty pageant to promote their community. He's thrilled with the prospect of entertaining all the lovely young contestants, but his girlfriend has a different plan in mind. Soon, a women's Read More

The Boy Friend

Actors: Sally Bryant, Ann Jameson, Twiggy, Christopher Gable, Max Adrian, Bryan Pringle, Murray Melvin

Synopsis: The Boy Friend began life as Sandy Wilson's small-scale pastiche of British musical comedies of the 1920s. When the play was brought to America in 1954, its star was the
teenage Julie Andrews. Because The Boy Friend requires a minimum of sets, props, and costumes, it has become a favorite of Read More

Carry on Henry

Synopsis: This bawdy entry in the long-running series of British "Carry On" comedies is set in the court of King Henry the VIII and centers on the gang's attempt to freshen up the odiferous Queen Marie and thereby save her head. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Wild Wild Women [TV Series]

Actors: Paul Whitsun-Jones, Barbara Windsor, Penelope Keith, Pat Coombs, Ken Fox

Synopsis: The British sitcom Wild Wild Women was set not in the American West (as might be expected), but in Victorian England. The stories revolved around a group of feisty young ladies who worked in a milliners' shop for autocratic Mr. Harcourt (Paul Whitsun-Jones). The leading character of Daisy was Read More

Carry on Again, Doctor

Actors: Kenny Williams, Sidney James, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Jim Dale, Hattie Jacques

Synopsis: The British "Carry On" series was in its 12th year when Carry On Again, Doctor was unleashed upon a panting public in 1969. Veteran Carry On-ers Kenneth Williams, Sidney James, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Hattie Jacques, Jim Dale and Barbara Windsor fill the principal roles in this hospital farce. Read More

Carry on Camping

Actors: Sidney James, Kenny Williams, Joan Sims, Charles Hawtrey, Bernard Bresslaw

Synopsis: The "Carry On" gravy train continues in this entry that registers high on the randiness and vulgarity levels. Sid Boggle (Sidney James) and his best pal Bernie Lugg (Bernard Bresslaw) take off for the holidays with their girlfriends Joan Fussey (Joan Sims) and Anthea meeks (Dilys Laye). The gals Read More

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Actors: Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes, Lionel Jeffries, Gert Fröbe, Anna Quayle

Synopsis: One of the stars of Walt Disney's Mary Poppins, Dick Van Dyke, is re-united with that film's composer and lyricist, Richard M.Sherman and Robert B. Sherman, in this big budget and bloodless children's fantasy musical, based on the children's book by James Bond author Ian Fleming. Van Dyke plays Read More

Carry on Doctor

Actors: Frankie Howerd, Sidney James, Kenny Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Jim Dale

Synopsis: The producers of the popular British "Carry On" series aren't going to fix something if it is not broken. This workable, slapstick comedy returns to a hospital setting and benefits from the same gags that made Carry On, Nurse a top draw in Britain. Instead of Dr. Kildare, this emergency unit has Read More

A Study in Terror

Actors: John Neville, Donald Houston, John Fraser, Anthony Quayle, Robert Morley

Synopsis: In A Study in Terror the ever popular Sherlock Holmes and his companion Dr. Watson search for the Victorian serial killerJack the Ripper in this well-made and exciting mystery produced, written and directed by James Hill. In this adaptation of the popular character created by Sir Arthur Conan Read More

San Ferry Ann

Synopsis: In this British comedy, a group of aged travelers on vacation in France have many fun encounters. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Carry on Spying

Actors: Kenny Williams, Bernard Cribbins, Charles Hawtrey, Barbara Windsor, Eric Pohlmann

Synopsis: Britain's long-running (some would say interminable) series of "Carry On" comedies managed to satirize virtually every film genre ever conceived over three decades. Since espionage dramas were hot in 1964, it was inevitable that the unwary world would be treated to Carry on Spying. The "maguffin" Read More

Crooks in Cloisters

Actors: Ronald Fraser, Barbara Windsor, Gregoire Aslan, Bernard Cribbins, Davy Kaye

Synopsis: In this comedy, crooks on the lam hide-out in an abandoned island monastery. Along with their leader, the robbers put on monks' habits and begin living a quiet pastoral existence centered around raising animals and crops. It takes them a while to get the hang of it. As they learn, they are Read More

Sparrows Can't Sing

Actors: James Booth, Barbara Windsor, Roy Kinnear, George Sewell, Brian Murphy, Avis Bunnage

Synopsis: This British comedy drama of the lower classes features actors with such thick cockney accents that some prints of the film were subtitled. James Booth stars as Charlie, a merchant seaman who returns home to the East End after two years to find that his wife Maggie (Barbara Windsor) has taken up Read More

Death Trap

Synopsis: In this British crime drama, the sister of a suicide victim begins to question the real reason for her sibling's death after she learns that 7,000 pounds were removed from her bank account just prior to her death. She asks her sister's banker, but he claims to know nothing. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Read More

Hair of the Dog

Synopsis: This comedy features a commissionaire who hates shaving and establishes a strike at a razor manufacturing company to get his point across. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Flame in the Streets

Actors: John Mills, Sylvia Syms, Brenda de Banzie, Earl Cameron, Johnny Sekka

Synopsis: Versatile director Roy Baker tackles the question of racial bias in this dated but effective drama, a working-class version of Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. Jacko Palmer (John Mills) is a dedicated, talented union leader who manages to mediate an upheaval over a black foreman at work and prevent a Read More

Operation Snafu

Actors: Alfred Lynch, Sean Connery, Cecil Parker, Stanley Holloway, Alan King

Synopsis: Alfred Lynch and Sean Connery star as a pair of klutzy RAF members, during World War II, who are more interested in running petty confidence scams that toting rifles. Though they doggedly avoid extra effort of any kind, Pope (Lynch) and Pascoe (Connery) are sent on a top-secret mission. The more Read More

Too Hot to Handle

Actors: Jayne Mansfield, Leo Genn, Carl Boehm, Danik Patisson, Christopher Lee

Synopsis: With dialogue ranging from flat to offensive and acting in the same range, this low-brow erotic crime drama by director Terence Young stars Jayne Mansfield as Midnight Franklin, a star stripper in a Soho club that is in serious rivalry with another strip joint. A reporter gets involved in the Read More

Tears for Simon

Actors: David Farrar, David Knight, Julia Arnall, Anthony Oliver

Synopsis: An 18-month-old baby disappears in London. The parents, US embassy worker David Knight and his wife Julia Arnall, are panic-stricken. Detective David Farrar tries to locate the child, but clues are scarce. At the last possible moment, Farrar rescues the infant from a grueling fate and collars the Read More

The Belles of St. Trinian's

Actors: Alastair Sim, Joyce Grenfell, George Cole, Hermione Baddeley, Betty Ann Davies

Synopsis: Belles of St. Trinian's was the first of several British comedies inspired by the fear-inspiring girl's school created by cartoonist Ronald Searle. The girls of St. Trinian's aim their deviltry at a gang of crooks who plan to steal a famous race horse. Alastair Sim wraps up the proceedings with Read More