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Victoria Wood
Prestwich, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
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, film…
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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.
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2026
Rik Mayall's Sketches: Rare And Unseen
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2026
Becoming Victoria Wood
Movie (Archive footage)
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2021
Parkinson at 50
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2020
Victoria Wood In Her Own Words
Movie Self
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2018
Dinnerladies Diaries
TV show Self (Archived Footage)
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2017
Our Friend Victoria
TV show Herself - Archive
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2017
Dying Laughing
Movie Self
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2016
Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood
Movie Self (archive material)
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2015
Fungus the Bogeyman
TV show Eve
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2015
Fungus The Bogeyman
Movie
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2015
20 Moments That Rocked Talent Shows
Movie Self
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2014
That Day We Sang
Movie Director
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2014
Victoria Wood - That Musical We Made
Movie Self
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2014
A Life on Screen
TV show Self
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2013
Victoria Wood's Nice Cup of Tea
TV show Self - Presenter
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2013
Victoria Wood's Nice Cup of Tea
Movie Self
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2013
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
TV show Self - Contestant
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2012
Loving Miss Hatto
Movie Writer
- 2012
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2011
The Borrowers
Movie Granny Driver
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2011
Case Histories
TV show Tracy
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2011
Eric & Ernie
Movie Sadie Bartholomew
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2011
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
Movie Self - Presenter / Narrator
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2010
Little Crackers
TV show Writer
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2010
The Angina Monologues
Movie Herself/Jean's Friend
- 2009
- 2009
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2008
Stanley Baxter: Now and Then
Movie Self
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2008
Ballet Shoes
Movie Nana
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2007
Victoria's Empire
TV show
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2007
The Graham Norton Show
TV show Self
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2006
More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy
TV show Self
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2006
Housewife, 49
Movie Nella Last
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2006
The One Show
TV show Self
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2006
The Story of Light Entertainment
TV show Self
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2006
Acorn Antiques: The Musical
Movie Bo Beaumont / Mrs Overall (On Bingo Nights)
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2005
Harry & Paul
TV show
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2005
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
Movie Queen Mary II
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2003
QI
TV show Self
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2003
Thora Hird Tribute
Movie Self, Margaret
