Peggy Mitchell

Barbara Windsor as Peggy Mitchell (2008)

EastEnders character

Portrayed by

Jo Warne (1991)
Barbara Windsor (1994–2016)

Duration

1991, 1994–2010, 2013–2016

First appearance

Episode 650
30 April 1991

Last appearance

Episode 5286
17 May 2016 (appearance)
Episode 5287
19 May 2016 (voiceover)

Introduced by

Michael Ferguson (1991)
Barbara Emile (1994)
Louise Berridge (2004)
Kate Harwood (2005)
Lorraine Newman (2013)
Dominic Treadwell-Collins
(2014)

Classification

Former; regular

Profile

Other names

Peggy Butcher

Occupation

Barmaid
Businesswoman
Pub landlady

Jo Warne as Peggy Mitchell (1991)

Family	Mitchell
Father	Jack Martin
Mother	Lilly Martin
Sisters	Sal
Husband	Eric Mitchell (backstory) Frank Butcher (1999–2001) Archie Mitchell (2009)
Sons	Phil Mitchell Grant Mitchell
Daughters	Sam Mitchell
Grandsons	Ben Mitchell Ricky Mitchell
Granddaughters	Louise Mitchell Courtney Mitchell

Family	Mitchell
Father	Jack Martin
Mother	Lilly Martin
Sisters	Sal
Husband	Eric Mitchell (backstory) Frank Butcher (1999–2001) Archie Mitchell (2009)
Sons	Phil Mitchell Grant Mitchell
Daughters	Sam Mitchell
Grandsons	Ben Mitchell Ricky Mitchell
Granddaughters	Louise Mitchell Courtney Mitchell

Margaret Ann "Peggy" Mitchell (also Butcher) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders. Peggy was initially played by Jo Warne when she first appeared in the episode broadcast on 30 April 1991, featuring in 10 episodes. Peggy was reintroduced in 1994, recast to Barbara Windsor, who made her first appearance in the episode broadcast on 7 November 1994. Peggy became a regular character, and Windsor played the role until she was forced to take a long break due to poor health and departed on 23 May 2003. She returned for two episodes broadcast on 16 and 17 September 2004, before rejoining as a regular character on 8 September 2005. Windsor announced in October 2009 that she would be leaving the show and departed on 10 September 2010. Windsor returned to the show for guest appearances on 20 September 2013, 25 September 2014, 17 February 2015 (as part of the show's 30th anniversary celebrations; see EastEnders Live Week) and 15 January 2016. She then appeared in six episodes between 9 and 17 May 2016 and the character was killed off. Her voice is last heard in the following episode, on 19 May 2016. Peggy's funeral aired on 4 July 2016.

Peggy is fiercely protective of her family and the Mitchell name, and has become famous for her catchphrase "Get outta my pub!", used when ejecting people from The Queen Victoria, of which she is the landlady. Her storylines have seen her embark on a series of failed romances, including marriages to Frank Butcher (Mike Reid) and Archie Mitchell (Larry Lamb). She has been central to several plot strands revolving around health issues, launching a hate campaign against the HIV positive character Mark Fowler (Todd Carty), and going on to make amends with him when she is later diagnosed with breast cancer. Though she recovers from her cancer, it later returns and leads to her suicide. Inside Soap named Peggy the UK's top soap matriarch in 2009.

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