The matriarch of the Mitchell clan, Peggy won’t take any nonsense – especially from her wayward ‘boys’ Phil and Grant. She may be a tough mum at home, but she won’t let anyone else criticise her family and will defend them to the last.
Get 'ahht' my pub!
1991 Visits teen tearaway daughter Sam when she gets engaged to car mechanic Ricky Butcher.
1994 Moves to Albert Square after splitting up from her mini-cab driver boyfriend, Kevin. Sorts out Grant, who put Phil in hospital after a spat.
1995 Installs herself behind the bar in the Queen Vic and clashes with daughter-in-law Sharon.
1996 Hooks up with flashy criminal George Palmer. Discovers a lump in her breast just before Christmas and has radiotherapy for breast cancer.
1997 George proposes at New Year but they split up when she has enough of his dodgy dealings.
1998 Gets together with car dealer Frank Butcher, much to the disapproval of Phil and Grant.
1999 Marries Frank in April. Cancer returns and undergoes a mastectomy. Grant does a flit to Rio with her granddaughter Courtney. Phil betrays her by selling his share in the Vic to Dan Sullivan for just five pounds.
2000 Considers leaving Walford for a new start in Portugal with Frank but can’t bear leaving the Vic to Dan. Has breast reconstruction. Frank resumes his affair with Pat Evans and does a runner when Pat calls it off.
2001 Dates Harry but later finds out he's a child molester. Sells the Vic to pay Frank's debts but furious that new landlady is ex-daughter-in-law Sharon.
2002 Is told Frank is dead and heads to Spain for the funeral but it turns out Frank faked his death for a scam. Returns to Walford without Frank but with Sam, who she discovers working in a strip club.
2003 Phil goes missing after a botched robbery. Peggy leaves to spend time in Brazil with Grant.
2004 Returns briefly for Sam's wedding to new love Andy Hunter.
2005 Back for good. Peggy is menaced by gangster Johnny Allen but Phil and Grant return in time to save her.
2006 Has a brief romance with Honey Edwards' gardener dad Jack.
2007 Phil goes off the rails and she's left trying to run the pub on her lonesome. Nieces Roxy and Ronnie Mitchell move into the Vic to help out.
Born Barbara Ann Deaks in Shoreditch, east London on August 6 1937, Barbara's dad, John, drove a bus and her mum, Rose, was a dressmaker. Her parents split up when she was a teenager and she lost touch with her dad.
Best known as the giggling 'saucy!' star of British comedy 'Carry On...' films, Barbara was a popular stage star before making her name in the movies. Her first film role was as a schoolgirl in Belles of St Trinian’s in 1954. After a lean time in the early 90s, Barbara took over the role of Peggy Mitchell in 1994 from actress Jo Warne who played Peggy in 1991.
Barbara has been married three times, including a long marriage to London gangster Ronnie Knight. She currently lives in central London with her third husband Scott Mitchell.
