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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.
Filmography
all 82
self 47
TV Shows 42
Movies 40
Writer 5
Director 2
Narrator 1
Parkinson at 50 (2021)
Our Friend Victoria (2017)
Dying Laughing (2017)
That Day We Sang (2014)
Victoria Wood's Nice Cup of Tea (2013)
Victoria Wood's Nice Cup of Tea (2013)
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off (2013)
Victoria Wood's Short Term Memories (2012)
The Borrowers (2011)
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes (2011)
Eric & Ernie (2011)
Little Crackers (2010)
The Angina Monologues (2010)
Victoria's Empire (2007)
Housewife, 49 (2006)
Acorn Antiques: The Musical (2006)
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse (2005)
QI (2003)
Victoria at the Albert - Live (2002)
Don't Panic: The Dad's Army Story (2000)
Dinnerladies (1998)
The Wind in the Willows (1996)
Pat and Margaret (1994)
Victoria Wood (1989)
An Audience With Victoria Wood (1988)
The Glass Box (1985)
Wogan (1982)
Great Railway Journeys (1980)
Talent (1979)
Screenplay (1979)
The Winkler (1979)
Jackanory (1965)
Lux Video Theatre (1950)
The Talent Show Story
Acorn Antiques
Happy Since I Met You
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1953-05-19
Deathday2016-04-20 (62 years old)
Birth PlacePrestwich, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
Height
RelationshipsGeoffrey Durham (1980-03-01 - 2002-10-01)
MotherHelen Wood
SiblingsChris Foote Wood
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
AwardsCommander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, British Academy Television Award for Best Actress, British Comedy Awards
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