Victoria Wood
Biography
From Wikipedia Victoria Wood CBE 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
Nana
Ballet Shoes
The Tea Lady
The Wind in the Willows
Nella Last
Housewife, 49
Herself
Personal View: Victoria Wood
Granny Driver
The Borrowers
Sadie Bartholomew
Eric & Ernie
Self (archive material)
Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood
Self
Victoria Wood: What Larks! Or... What I Did on My Holidays
Self (archive footage)
Parkinson at 50
Margaret
Pat and Margaret
Maureen
Talent
Host
Don't Panic: The Dad's Army Story
Self
An Audience With Victoria Wood
Not Now Bernard
Berta
Acorn Antiques
Self
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
Self - Presenter / Narrator
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
Victoria Wood: Sold Out
Fungus The Bogeyman
Herself
Victoria Wood - Live
Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
Self/Various Characters
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
self
Comedians Do It On Stage
Herself/Various
Victoria at the Albert - Live
Victoria Wood - That Musical We Made
Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast
Herself
Victoria Wood Live In Your Own Home
Self
Dying Laughing
Herself/Jean's Friend
The Angina Monologues
Voice Only (uncredited)
Happy Since I Met You
Maureen
Nearly a Happy Ending
Julie Walters and Friends
Bo Beaumont / Mrs Overall (On Bingo Nights)
Acorn Antiques: The Musical
Queen Mary II
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
Self
Victoria Wood In Her Own Words
Self
Victoria Wood's Nice Cup of Tea
Self (Good Fun Playwright)
Profiles of Andrea Dunbar and Victoria Wood
Self, Margaret
Thora Hird Tribute
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
38
Gender
Female
Birthday
1953-05-19
Place of Birth
Prestwich, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
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