Babs (2017)
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 theatre director 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.
Director: Dominic Leclerc
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Jaime Winstone as Barbara Windsor (Young Adult) |
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Samantha Spiro as Babs |
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Nick Moran as John Deeks |
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Leanne Best as Rose Deeks |
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Zoë Wanamaker as Joan Littlewood |
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Barbara Windsor as Barbara Windsor |
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Honor Kneafsey as Teen Barbara |
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Florence Keen as Child Barbara |
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Luke Allen-Gale as Ronnie Knight |
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Julia Ford as Julie Deeks |
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Nathan Harmer as Brian Mickey |
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Marty Cruikshank as Aida Foster |
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Peter Hamilton Dyer as Producer |
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Alex Macqueen as Peter Charlesworth |
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Charlie Archer as Scott Mitchell |
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Jerry-Jane Pears as Jayne Mansfield |
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Daniel Ben Zenou as Lionel Bart |
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Lewis Kirk as Johnny Brandon |
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Tom Forbes as Warren Beatty |
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Rob Compton as Ronnie Kray / Reggie Kray |
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Toby Wharton as Charlie Kray |
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Adam Lazarus as Theatre Performer (uncredited) |
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Sue Elliott-Nichols as Barbara's Shoe Shop Manager |
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Tom Machell as Man in Shoe Shop |
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Hannah Hutch as Wife |
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Ross Green as Ronnie Scott |
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James Atherton as Cliff (Saxophonist) |
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Dean Roberts as Stan |
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Todd Von Joel as Neil |
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Lewis Maiella as Chuck |
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Jonathan Rhodes as Peter Noble |
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Laurent Maurel as Monsieur Vincent |
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Rob Hughes as Bernard Cribbins |
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Robin Sebastian as Kenneth Williams |
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Nicholas Asbury as Gerald Thomas |
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Joe Stilgoe as Shepard Coleman |
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Jacob Krichefski as Slim Cattan |
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Cally Lawrence as Wardrobe Mistress |
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Robert East as Divorce Judge |
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Matthew Bates as Rosie's Lawyer |
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Rose Robinson as Hat Girl |
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Nicola Munns as Young Actress |
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Billy Burke as Dancer (uncredited) |
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Rebecca Lee as Jayne's Assistant |
| Writing | Tony Jordan | Writer |
| Directing | Dominic Leclerc | Director |
| Production | Jules Hussey | Producer |
| Editing | Helen Chapman | Editor |
| Art | Janice Flint | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Laura Bernice Watson | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Cat Wild | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Amy Roberts | Costume Design |
| Production | Tony Jordan | Executive Producer |
| Production | Hilary Salmon | Executive Producer |
| Production | Lucy Richer | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Tim Palmer | Director of Photography |
| Art | Tanya Miller | Art Direction |
| Art | Kate Good | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Rob Lane | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Jill Trevellick | Casting |
| Production | Lorraine Newman | Executive Producer |
