Known For
Acting
Born
May 19, 1953
Died
Apr 20, 2016
Place of Birth
Prestwich, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
Credits
90 titles
Victoria Wood
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
Filmography
Rik Mayall's Sketches: Rare And Unseen
Self (archive footage)
Becoming Victoria Wood
(Archive footage)
Parkinson at 50
Self (archive footage)
Victoria Wood In Her Own Words
Self
Dinnerladies Diaries
Self (Archived Footage)
Our Friend Victoria
Herself - Archive
Dying Laughing
Self
Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood
Self (archive material)
Fungus the Bogeyman
Eve
Fungus The Bogeyman
20 Moments That Rocked Talent Shows
Self
That Day We Sang
Director
Victoria Wood - That Musical We Made
Self
A Life on Screen
Self
Victoria Wood's Nice Cup of Tea
Self - Presenter
Victoria Wood's Nice Cup of Tea
Self
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
Self - Contestant
Loving Miss Hatto
Writer
Victoria Wood's Short Term Memories
The Borrowers
Granny Driver
Case Histories
Tracy
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
Self - Presenter / Narrator
Eric & Ernie
Sadie Bartholomew
Little Crackers
Director
The Angina Monologues
Herself/Jean's Friend
Victoria Wood: What Larks! Or... What I Did on My Holidays
Self
Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
Stanley Baxter: Now and Then
Self
Ballet Shoes
Nana
Victoria's Empire
The Graham Norton Show
Self
More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy
Self
Housewife, 49
Nella Last
The One Show
Self
The Story of Light Entertainment
Self
Acorn Antiques: The Musical
Bo Beaumont / Mrs Overall (On Bingo Nights)
Harry & Paul
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
Queen Mary II
QI
Self
Thora Hird Tribute
Self, Margaret
Victoria at the Albert - Live
Herself/Various
Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Self/Various Characters
Don't Panic: The Dad's Army Story
Host
dinnerladies
Brenda
Parkinson
Self
Victoria Wood: Live
Herself
The Wind in the Willows
The Tea Lady
Victoria Wood Live In Your Own Home
Herself
Pat and Margaret
Margaret