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Victoria Wood
Actor, Writer, Producer, Composer, Director, Additional Credits
Born May 19, 1953Died April 20, 2016 (62 years)
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.
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
Victoria Wood Filmography
| 2016 | Dying Laughing · as Self |
| 2016 | Fungus the Bogeyman: Snot Just Any Drama · as Self |
| 2014 | The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2013 | |
| 2013 | Jason Isaacs' Video Diaries: The Dog · as Self |
| 2013 | Victoria Wood's Nice Cup of Tea · as Self |
| 2013 | The Great Comic Relief Bake Off (TV Series) · as Self - Contestant |
| 2012 | Sunday Brunch (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | The Making of the Borrowers · as Self - Granny Driver |
| 2011 | Thora Hird Tribute · as Self, Margaret |
| 2010 | Little Crackers (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2010 | Paul O'Grady Live (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | 100 Greatest Stand-Ups · as Self |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | Challenge Anneka (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | The ONE Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | The Apprentice: You're Fired! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | QI (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Comedy Connections (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2002 | Today with Des and Mel (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2001 | Richard & Judy (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2001 | Victoria Wood: Victoria at the Albert · as Herself/various |
| 2001 | Comic Relief: Say Pants to Poverty · as Self |
| 2000 | Victoria Wood: With All the Trimmings · as Self/various Characters |
| 2000 | BBC Breakfast (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1999 | Bill Bryson: Notes from a Small Island (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | Victoria Wood: Live · as Herself |
| 1995 | Dirty Weekend · as Self |
| 1994 | Victoria Wood: Live in Your Own Home · as Herself |
| 1993 | Live & Kicking (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | Heroes of Comedy (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1991 | Comic Relief · as Self |
| 1989 | Clive James' Postcard From... (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1988 | An Audience with Victoria Wood · as Self |
| 1988 | This Morning (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1987 | Going Live! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1982 | The Secret Policeman's Other Ball · as Self |
| 1982 | Wogan (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1980 | Great Railway Journeys (TV Series) · as Self - Presenter |
| 1979 | Friday Night Saturday Morning (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1979 | Give Us A Clue (TV Series) · as Self - Panellist |
| 1978 | The South Bank Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1978 | An Audience With (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Arena (1975) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1972 | Pebble Mill at One (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1971 | Parkinson (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1965 | Call My Bluff (1996) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1955 | This is Your Life (UK) (TV Series) · as Self |