Victoria Wood
Actor, Writer, Producer, Composer, Director
May 19, 1953 — 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.
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Filmography
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| 1994 | Pat and Margaret · as Screenplay |
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| 2012 | Loving Miss Hatto · as Executive Producer |
| 2011 | Eric & Ernie · as Executive Producer |
| 2009 | Mid Life Christmas · as Executive Producer |
| 2006 | Acorn Antiques: The Musical · as Executive Producer |
| 2005 | Housewife, 49 · as Executive Producer |
| 2001 | Victoria Wood: Victoria at the Albert · as Executive Producer |
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| 1997 | Victoria Wood: Live · as Executive Producer |
| 1992 | Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast · as Associate Producer |
| 2014 | That Day We Sang · as Original Music Composer |
| 2009 | Mid Life Christmas · as Composer |
| 2006 | Acorn Antiques: The Musical · as Original Music Composer |
| 2003 | More Great Comedy Moments · as Composer |
| 2000 | Victoria Wood: With All the Trimmings · as Original Music Composer |
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| 1994 | Victoria Wood: Live in Your Own Home · as Composer |
| 1985 | Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV · as Composer |
| 1981 | Wood & Walters · as Composer |
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| 1967 | ITV Playhouse · as Composer |
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| 2009 | Mid Life Christmas · as Written By |
| 2007 | Victoria's Empire · as Written By |
| 2003 | More Great Comedy Moments · as Written By: "victoria Wood - As Seen On Tv" |
| 1997 | Victoria Wood: Live · as Written By |
| 1994 | Victoria Wood: Live in Your Own Home · as Written By |
| 1987 | Acorn Antiques · as Written By |
| 1985 | Screen One · as Written By |
| 1981 | Wood & Walters · as Written By |