Victoria Wood
From Wikipedia
Victoria Wood CBE 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
Case Histories
Tracy
Lux Video Theatre
Cavendish
dinnerladies
Brenda
Aspel & Company
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
Self - Contestant
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Self
Victoria Wood As Seen On TV
Great Railway Journeys
Self - Presenter
Victoria Wood
Victoria
Going Live!
Self
Jackanory
Storyteller
A Life on Screen
Self
The Summer Show
Our Friend Victoria
Herself - Archive
Dying Laughing
Self
The Talent Show Story
Herself
Harry & Paul
The Wind in the Willows
The Tea Lady
Fungus the Bogeyman
Eve
Ballet Shoes
Nana
Victoria's Empire
Victoria Wood's Nice Cup of Tea
Self - Presenter
The Story of Light Entertainment
Self
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
Queen Mary II
Wood and Walters
The Borrowers
Granny Driver
Parkinson at 50
Self (archive footage)
Housewife, 49
Nella Last
Victoria Wood - That Musical We Made
Comedians Do It On Stage
self
Pat and Margaret
Margaret
Julie Walters and Friends
An Audience With Victoria Wood
Self
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
Self - Presenter / Narrator
The Angina Monologues
Herself/Jean's Friend
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
Self
The Glass Box
Herself
Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Self/Various Characters
Don't Panic: The Dad's Army Story
Host
Victoria Wood's Nice Cup of Tea
Self
Victoria Wood In Her Own Words
Self
Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast
Happy Since I Met You
Voice Only (uncredited)
Acorn Antiques
Berta
Victoria Wood's Short Term Memories
Fungus The Bogeyman
Acorn Antiques: The Musical
Bo Beaumont / Mrs Overall (On Bingo Nights)
Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood
Self (archive material)
Eric & Ernie
Sadie Bartholomew
Nearly a Happy Ending
Maureen
Julie Walters and Friends
Profiles of Andrea Dunbar and Victoria Wood
Self (Good Fun Playwright)
Victoria at the Albert - Live
Herself/Various
Victoria Wood Screenplays
Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
The Graham Norton Show
Self
Victoria Wood Live In Your Own Home
Herself
Victoria Wood: What Larks! Or... What I Did on My Holidays
Self
QI
Self
Talent
Maureen
Victoria Wood - Live
Herself
The One Show
Self
An Audience with...
Self
Personal View: Victoria Wood
Herself
Wogan
Self
Parkinson
Self
That's Life!
Pebble Mill
Self