Victoria Wood
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.
Acting
TV
QI
as Self
2003
TV
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
Movie
Ballet Shoes
as Nana
2008
Movie
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
as Queen Mary II
2005
Movie
The Borrowers
as Granny Driver
2011
Movie
The Wind in the Willows
as The Tea Lady
1996
TV
Case Histories
as Tracy
2011
TV
dinnerladies
as Brenda
1998
TV
The One Show
as Self
2006
Movie
Dying Laughing
as Self
2017
Movie
Housewife, 49
as Nella Last
2006
Movie
Pat and Margaret
as Margaret
1994
Movie
Eric & Ernie
as Sadie Bartholomew
2011
TV
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
1985
TV
Harry & Paul
2005
TV
Omnibus
1967
Movie
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
as Self/Various Characters
2000
TV
Lux Video Theatre
as Cavendish
1950
TV
Wogan
as Self
1982
Movie
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
as Self
1982
TV
Wood and Walters
1982
TV
Pebble Mill
as Self
1991
TV
Victoria Wood
as Victoria
1989
TV
Screen One
as Margaret
1989
Crew
TV
dinnerladies
Producer
1998
Movie
Housewife, 49
Writer
2006
Movie
Pat and Margaret
Screenplay
1994
Movie
Eric & Ernie
Conceptual Design
2011
TV
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
Writer
1985
Movie
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Writer
2000
Movie
Loving Miss Hatto
Writer
2012
Movie
That Day We Sang
Director
2014
TV
Victoria Wood
Writer
1989
TV
Little Crackers
Writer
2010
TV
Screen One
Writer
1989
TV
Wood and Walters
Creator
1982