British
actress
Barbara
Windsor's
fans
were
shocked
on
Wednesday
after
she
announced
that
she
was
quitting
BBC
soap
'EastEnders'
after
15
years
of
serving
up
pints
and
dramatic
plot
twists
in
the
Queen
Vic
pub.
Windsor,
who
plays
landlady
Peggy
Mitchell
in
the
soap,
wants
to
spend
more
time
with
her
husband
Scott
Mitchell.
Barbara
Windsor
claimed
that
the
soap
has
changed
her
life.
"EastEnders
has
been
wonderful
to
me
–
it
changed
my
life.
I"ll
be
so
sad
to
leave
Peggy
behind.
She"s
such
a
wonderful
character
to
play.
To
have
had
the
honour
of
showing
the
Queen
around
the
set
is
something
that
will
stay
with
me
forever," Reuters
quotes
her
saying
The
actress
made
her
film
acting
debut
in
The
Belles
of
St
Trinian's
in
1954
and
shot
to
prominence
with
the
innuendo-laden
'Carry
on' series
in
the
1960s
and
70s.
She
was
mostly
known
as
a
comedy
actress.
She
joined
the
EastEnders
cast
in
Albert
Square
in
1994.
She
is
now
all
set
to
make
her
final
exit
in
2010.
However,
Barbara
Windsor
said
that
she
wants
to
spend
more
time
with
her
husband
Scott
Mitchell,
whom
she
married
in
2000.
"I'm
looking
forward
to
the
future
and
I
suppose
when
all's
said
and
done,
I
should
spend
a
bit
more
time
with
my
old
man,
as
he's
not
getting
any
younger," she
said.