Victoria Wood
Acting
Born 1953-05-19
Died 2016-04-20
Prestwich, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
90 credits
BAFTA Awards 1
British Comedy Awards 1
Commander of the Order of the British Empire 1
Awards
Won 1 BAFTA Award
BAFTA Awards 1 won
- 2007 Best Actress Won Housewife, 49
British Comedy Awards 1 won
- 2011 British Comedy Awards Won
Commander of the Order of the British Empire 1 won
- 2008 Commander of the Order of the British Empire Won
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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.
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Filmography
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Acting
46 credits
The Graham Norton Show
QI
The One Show
Wogan
Parkinson
Going Live!
Pebble Mill
An Audience with...
Screen One
Lux Video Theatre
Case Histories
The Secret Policeman's Ball
dinnerladies
Jackanory
Great Railway Journeys
Clive James' Postcard from
A Life on Screen
Victoria Wood
Ballet Shoes
The Wind in the Willows
Fungus the Bogeyman
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
Screenplay
Dinnerladies Diaries
Acorn Antiques
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy
The Story of Light Entertainment
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
Housewife, 49
Dying Laughing
The Borrowers
Stanley Baxter: Now and Then
Parkinson at 50
Victoria Wood's Nice Cup of Tea
Eric & Ernie
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
An Audience With Victoria Wood
Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood
Acorn Antiques
Our Friend Victoria
Rik Mayall's Sketches: Rare And Unseen
The Glass Box
The Talent Show Story
Pat and Margaret
Victoria Wood - That Musical We Made
Writing
16 credits
Screen One
dinnerladies
Little Crackers
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
Victoria Wood
Screenplay
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Housewife, 49
Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast
Victoria Wood's Nice Cup of Tea
Eric & Ernie
Wood and Walters
Victoria Wood's Short Term Memories
An Audience With Victoria Wood
Pat and Margaret
Victoria Wood - That Musical We Made
Other credits
11 credits
Omnibus
That's Life!
dinnerladies
Aspel & Company
Harry & Paul
Open Space
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
Victoria Wood Screenplays
Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
The Summer Show
Producing
3 credits
Directing
1 credit
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