Victoria Wood
Biography
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.
Known For
All Movies (41)
- Becoming Victoria Wood2026 · as (Archive footage)
- Parkinson at 502021 · as Self (archive footage)
- Victoria Wood In Her Own Words2020 · as Self
- Dying Laughing2017 · as Self
- Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood2016 · as Self (archive material)
- Fungus The Bogeyman2015
- 20 Moments That Rocked Talent Shows2015 · as Self
- Victoria Wood - That Musical We Made2014 · as Self
- Victoria Wood's Nice Cup of Tea2013 · as Self
- The Borrowers2011 · as Granny Driver
- Eric & Ernie2011 · as Sadie Bartholomew
- Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes2011 · as Self - Presenter / Narrator
- The Angina Monologues2010 · as Herself/Jean's Friend
- Victoria Wood: What Larks! Or... What I Did on My Holidays2009 · as Self
- Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas2009
- Stanley Baxter: Now and Then2008 · as Self
- Ballet Shoes2008 · as Nana
- Housewife, 492006 · as Nella Last
- Acorn Antiques: The Musical2006 · as Bo Beaumont / Mrs Overall (On Bingo Nights)
- The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse2005 · as Queen Mary II
- Thora Hird Tribute2003 · as Self, Margaret
- Victoria at the Albert - Live2002 · as Herself/Various
- Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings2000 · as Self/Various Characters
- Don't Panic: The Dad's Army Story2000 · as Host
- Victoria Wood: Live1997 · as Herself
- The Wind in the Willows1996 · as The Tea Lady
- Victoria Wood Live In Your Own Home1994 · as Herself
- Pat and Margaret1994 · as Margaret
- Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast1992
- Julie Walters and Friends1991
- Not Now Bernard1991
- Victoria Wood: Sold Out1991
- An Audience With Victoria Wood1988 · as Self
- Acorn Antiques1987 · as Berta
- Comedians Do It On Stage1986 · as self
- Personal View: Victoria Wood1985 · as Herself
- The Secret Policeman's Other Ball1982 · as Self
- Happy Since I Met You1981 · as Voice Only (uncredited)
- Nearly a Happy Ending1980 · as Maureen
- Profiles of Andrea Dunbar and Victoria Wood1980 · as Self (Good Fun Playwright)
- Talent1979 · as Maureen
All TV Shows (42)
- Dinnerladies Diaries2018 · as Self (Archived Footage)
- Our Friend Victoria2017 · as Herself - Archive
- Fungus the Bogeyman2015 · as Eve
- A Life on Screen2014 · as Self
- Victoria Wood's Nice Cup of Tea2013 · as Self - Presenter
- The Great Comic Relief Bake Off2013 · as Self - Contestant
- Victoria Wood's Short Term Memories2012
- Case Histories2011 · as Tracy
- Victoria's Empire2007
- The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
- More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy2006 · as Self
- The One Show2006 · as Self
- The Story of Light Entertainment2006 · as Self
- Harry & Paul2005
- QI2003 · as Self
- Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy2002
- dinnerladies1998 · as Brenda
- Parkinson1998 · as Self
- Julie Walters and Friends1991
- Pebble Mill1991 · as Self
- Victoria Wood1989 · as Victoria
- Screen One1989 · as Margaret
- Clive James' Postcard from1989 · as Self
- Going Live!1987 · as Self
- The Glass Box1985 · as Herself
- Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV1985
- Acorn Antiques1985 · as Miss Berta
- Aspel & Company1984
- Open Space1983
- Wogan1982 · as Self
- Wood and Walters1982
- Great Railway Journeys1980 · as Self - Presenter
- Victoria Wood Screenplays1979
- Screenplay1979 · as Maureen
- An Audience with...1978 · as Self
- The Secret Policeman's Ball1976 · as Self
- The Summer Show1975
- That's Life!1973
- Omnibus1967
- Jackanory1965 · as Storyteller
- Lux Video Theatre1950 · as Cavendish
- The Talent Show Story— · as Herself