Acting
Victoria Wood
1953-05-19 · Prestwich, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
Victoria Wood CBE (19 May 1953 – 20 April 2016) was an English comedian, actress, singer and songwriter, screenwriter and director. Wood wrote and starred in sketches, plays, films and sitcoms, and her live comedy act was interspersed with her own compositions, which she accompanied on piano. Wood also composed and performed the theme music for her award winning BBC sitcom Dinnerladies. Much of her humour was grounded in everyday life, and included references to popular British media and brand names of quintessentially British products. She was noted for her skills in observing culture, and in satirising social classes. She started her career in 1974 by winning the ATV talent show New Faces. It wasn't until the 1980s that she began to establish herself as a comedy star, with the award-winning television series Victoria Wood As Seen on TV and became one of Britain's most popular stand-up comics. In 1998, she wrote and starred in the (again, award-winning) sitcom Dinnerladies. In 2006, she won two BAFTA awards for her one-off drama for ITV1, Housewife, 49. Wood frequently worked with long-term collaborators Julie Walters, Duncan Preston and Celia Imrie. Victoria Wood died on 20 April 2016 after a short battle with cancer. She was 62.
Known for
The Graham Norton Show
QI
Ballet Shoes
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
The Wind in the Willows
The Borrowers
Case Histories
dinnerladies
The One Show
Dying Laughing
Housewife, 49
Pat and Margaret
Eric & Ernie
Harry & Paul
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
Omnibus
Movie credits · 44
Rik Mayall's Sketches: Rare And Unseen
Becoming Victoria Wood
Parkinson at 50
Victoria Wood In Her Own Words
Dying Laughing
Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood
Fungus The Bogeyman
20 Moments That Rocked Talent Shows
Victoria Wood - That Musical We Made
That Day We Sang
Victoria Wood's Nice Cup of Tea
Loving Miss Hatto
The Borrowers
Eric & Ernie
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
The Angina Monologues
Victoria Wood: What Larks! Or... What I Did on My Holidays
Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
Stanley Baxter: Now and Then
Ballet Shoes
Housewife, 49
Acorn Antiques: The Musical
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
Thora Hird Tribute
Victoria at the Albert - Live
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Don't Panic: The Dad's Army Story
Victoria Wood: Live
The Wind in the Willows
Victoria Wood Live In Your Own Home
Pat and Margaret
Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast
Julie Walters and Friends
Not Now Bernard
Victoria Wood: Sold Out
An Audience With Victoria Wood
Acorn Antiques
Comedians Do It On Stage
Personal View: Victoria Wood
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
TV credits · 47
Dinnerladies Diaries
Our Friend Victoria
Fungus the Bogeyman
A Life on Screen
Victoria Wood's Nice Cup of Tea
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
Victoria Wood's Short Term Memories
Case Histories
Little Crackers
Victoria's Empire
The Graham Norton Show
More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy
The One Show
The Story of Light Entertainment
Harry & Paul
QI
Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
dinnerladies
Parkinson
Julie Walters and Friends
Pebble Mill
Victoria Wood
Screen One
Clive James' Postcard from
Going Live!
The Glass Box
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
Acorn Antiques
Aspel & Company
Open Space
Wogan
Wood and Walters
Great Railway Journeys
Victoria Wood Screenplays
Screenplay
The South Bank Show
An Audience with...
The Secret Policeman's Ball
The Summer Show
That's Life!
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