Bradford takes Barbara Windsor to its bosom with a lifetime achievement award
Barbara Windsor with Carry On co-star Sid James, and below, as Peggy Mitchell in in EastEnders
Barbara Windsor, who played Britain’s most famous landlady, Peggy Mitchell, in EastEnders, is to be honoured at this year’s Bradford International Film Festival.
The actress, also known for her roles in the Carry On films, will receive a lifetime achievement award and acclaimed French film director, Olivier Assayas, will receive a fellowship award.
Tom Vincent, festival co-director said: “Barbara Windsor has been an irrepressible presence on film, television, stage and the radio for over fifty years.
The Festival will also show two of the actresses 1960s comedies: Carry on Spying and Crooks in Cloisters and she will be in Bradford to take part in a Screentalk, on Friday, April 20, before a screening of Sparrers Can’t Sing.
The 18th Bradford International Film Festival, in partnership with Virgin Media, takes place between April 19-29.
Some tickets are available now with others on sale March 15. More details can be found at www.bradfordfilmfestival.org.uk
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