Victoria Wood
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 19, 1953
- Died
- April 20, 2016 (aged 62)
- Birthplace
- Prestwich, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
Biography
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
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Filmography
The Talent Show Story
TV · as Herself · 5 eps
Becoming Victoria Wood
Movie · as (Archive footage)
Rik Mayall's Sketches: Rare And Unseen
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Parkinson at 50
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Victoria Wood In Her Own Words
Movie · as Self
Dinnerladies Diaries
TV · as Self (Archived Footage) · 3 eps
Dying Laughing
Movie · as Self
Our Friend Victoria
TV · as Herself - Archive · 6 eps
Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood
Movie · as Self (archive material)
Fungus The Bogeyman
Movie
20 Moments That Rocked Talent Shows
Movie · as Self
Fungus the Bogeyman
TV · as Eve · 3 eps
Victoria Wood - That Musical We Made
Movie · as Self
A Life on Screen
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Victoria Wood's Nice Cup of Tea
Movie · as Self
Victoria Wood's Nice Cup of Tea
TV · as Self - Presenter · 2 eps
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
TV · as Self - Contestant · 1 ep
Victoria Wood's Short Term Memories
TV · 1 ep
The Borrowers
Movie · as Granny Driver
Eric & Ernie
Movie · as Sadie Bartholomew
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
Movie · as Self - Presenter / Narrator
Case Histories
TV · as Tracy · 1 ep
The Angina Monologues
Movie · as Self/Jean's Friend
Victoria Wood: What Larks! Or... What I Did on My Holidays
Movie · as Self
Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
Movie
Ballet Shoes
Movie · as Nana
Stanley Baxter: Now and Then
Movie · as Self
Victoria's Empire
TV · 3 eps
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Housewife, 49
Movie · as Nella Last
Acorn Antiques: The Musical
Movie · as Bo Beaumont / Mrs Overall (On Bingo Nights)
The One Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Story of Light Entertainment
TV · as Self · 1 ep
More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
Movie · as Queen Mary II
Harry & Paul
TV · 2 eps
Thora Hird Tribute
Movie · as Self, Margaret
More Great Comedy Moments
Movie · as Miss Berta (archive footage)
QI
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Victoria at the Albert - Live
Movie · as Herself/Various
Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Don't Panic: The Dad's Army Story
Movie · as Host
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Movie · as Self / Various Characters
dinnerladies
TV · as Brenda · 16 eps
Parkinson
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Victoria Wood: Live
Movie · as Herself
The Wind in the Willows
Movie · as The Tea Lady
Pat and Margaret
Movie · as Margaret
Victoria Wood Live In Your Own Home
Movie · as Herself
Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast
Movie
Not Now Bernard
Movie
Victoria Wood: Sold Out
Movie
Julie Walters and Friends
Movie
Pebble Mill
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Julie Walters and Friends
TV · 1 ep
Victoria Wood
TV · as Victoria · 6 eps
Clive James' Postcard from
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Screen One
TV · as Margaret · 1 ep
An Audience With Victoria Wood
Movie · as Self
Acorn Antiques
Movie · as Berta
Going Live!
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Comedians Do It On Stage
Movie · as self
Personal View: Victoria Wood
Movie · as Herself
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
TV · 13 eps
The Glass Box
TV · as Herself · 1 ep
Acorn Antiques
TV · as Miss Berta · 12 eps
Aspel & Company
TV · 1 ep
Open Space
TV · 1 ep
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
Movie · as Self
Wood and Walters
TV · 7 eps
Wogan
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Happy Since I Met You
Movie · as Voice Only (uncredited)
Nearly a Happy Ending
Movie · as Maureen
Profiles of Andrea Dunbar and Victoria Wood
Movie · as Self (Good Fun Playwright)
Great Railway Journeys
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep
Talent
Movie · as Maureen
Victoria Wood Screenplays
TV · 3 eps
Screenplay
TV · as Maureen · 1 ep
An Audience with...
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The South Bank Show
TV · 2 eps
The Secret Policeman's Ball
TV · as Self · 15 eps
The Summer Show
TV · 5 eps
That's Life!
TV · 421 eps
Omnibus
TV · 1 ep
Jackanory
TV · as Storyteller · 1 ep
Lux Video Theatre
TV · as Cavendish · 1 ep