Victoria Wood
Actor
Born May 19, 1953 in 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.
Filmography
Victoria Wood with All The Trimmings
Victoria Wood's Mid-Life Christmas
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
20 Moments That Rocked Talent Shows
Self
That Day We Sang
A Life on Screen
Self
Victoria Wood's Nice Cup of Tea
Self
Victoria Wood's Nice Cup of Tea
Self - Presenter
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
Self - Contestant
Loving Miss Hatto
Victoria Wood's Short Term Memories
The Borrowers
Granny Driver
Case Histories
Tracy
Eric & Ernie
Sadie Bartholomew
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
Self - Presenter / Narrator
Little Crackers
Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
Stanley Baxter: Now and Then
Self
Ballet Shoes
Nana
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
Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast
Julie Walters and Friends
Not Now Bernard
Victoria Wood: Sold Out
Victoria Wood
Victoria
Screen One
Margaret
Clive James' Postcard from
Self
An Audience With Victoria Wood
Self
Acorn Antiques
Berta
Going Live!
Self
Comedians Do It On Stage
self
Personal View: Victoria Wood
Herself
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
Acorn Antiques
Miss Berta
Wogan
Self
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
Self
Wood and Walters
Happy Since I Met You
Voice Only (uncredited)
Great Railway Journeys
Self - Presenter
Nearly a Happy Ending
Maureen
Profiles of Andrea Dunbar and Victoria Wood
Self (Good Fun Playwright)
Victoria Wood Screenplays
Talent
Maureen
Screenplay
Maureen
An Audience with...
Self
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Self
That's Life!
Omnibus
Jackanory
Storyteller