Victoria Wood
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1953-05-19
Place of Birth
Prestwich, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
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.
Also Known For
Ballet Shoes
Aug 26, 2008
The Wind in the Willows
Oct 16, 1996
Housewife, 49
Dec 10, 2006
Personal View: Victoria Wood
May 09, 1985
The Borrowers
Dec 25, 2011
Eric & Ernie
Jan 01, 2011
Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood
May 14, 2016
Victoria Wood: What Larks! Or... What I Did on My Holidays
Dec 30, 2009
Parkinson at 50
Aug 28, 2021
Pat and Margaret
Sep 11, 1994
Talent
Aug 04, 1979
Don't Panic: The Dad's Army Story
May 28, 2000
An Audience With Victoria Wood
Dec 10, 1988
Not Now Bernard
Oct 01, 1991
Acorn Antiques
Dec 18, 1987
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
Mar 01, 1982
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
Jan 01, 2011
Victoria Wood: Sold Out
Jan 01, 1991
Fungus The Bogeyman
Dec 27, 2015
Victoria Wood - Live
Nov 13, 1997
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Dec 25, 2000
Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
Dec 24, 2009
Comedians Do It On Stage
Feb 01, 1986
Victoria at the Albert - Live
Nov 25, 2002
Victoria Wood - That Musical We Made
Dec 26, 2014
Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast
Dec 25, 1992
Victoria Wood Live In Your Own Home
Dec 25, 1994
Dying Laughing
Feb 24, 2017
The Angina Monologues
Dec 10, 2010
Happy Since I Met You
Aug 08, 1981
Nearly a Happy Ending
May 31, 1980
Julie Walters and Friends
Dec 29, 1991
Acorn Antiques: The Musical
Mar 13, 2006
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
Jun 03, 2005
Victoria Wood In Her Own Words
Nov 30, 2020
Victoria Wood's Nice Cup of Tea
Apr 10, 2013
Profiles of Andrea Dunbar and Victoria Wood
Mar 26, 1980
Thora Hird Tribute
Mar 30, 2003
Stanley Baxter: Now and Then
Dec 25, 2008
Becoming Victoria Wood
Jan 08, 2026
dinnerladies
Nov 12, 1998
The One Show
Aug 14, 2006
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Apr 01, 1976
That's Life!
May 26, 1973
Victoria Wood As Seen On TV
Jan 11, 1985
Lux Video Theatre
Oct 02, 1950
Wood and Walters
Jan 01, 1982
The Summer Show
Aug 02, 1975
Pebble Mill
Oct 14, 1991
Victoria's Empire
Apr 29, 2007
The Story of Light Entertainment
Jul 22, 2006
Aspel & Company
Jun 09, 1984
Victoria Wood
Nov 16, 1989
The Talent Show Story
Fungus the Bogeyman
Dec 27, 2015
Julie Walters and Friends
Dec 29, 1991
Harry & Paul
Sep 20, 2005
Victoria Wood's Nice Cup of Tea
Apr 10, 2013
An Audience with...
Jan 08, 1978
QI
Sep 11, 2003
The Glass Box
Apr 09, 1985
Wogan
May 04, 1982
Victoria Wood's Short Term Memories
Sep 06, 2012
Going Live!
Sep 26, 1987
Great Railway Journeys
Oct 23, 1980
A Life on Screen
Dec 24, 2014
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
Jan 21, 2013
Our Friend Victoria
Apr 11, 2017
Jackanory
Dec 13, 1965
The Graham Norton Show
Feb 22, 2007
Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
Aug 13, 2002
Parkinson
Jan 09, 1998
Case Histories
Jun 05, 2011
Victoria Wood Screenplays
Aug 14, 1979
More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy
Dec 25, 2006
