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From Wikipedia 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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- wc Gender: Female
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1953-05-19
- event Death Date 2016-04-20
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 4.1
- info Birth Place Prestwich, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Victoria Wood
6.4
Ballet Shoes
2008-08-26
5.5
The Wind in the Willows
1996-10-16
6.3
Housewife, 49
2006-12-10
0
Personal View: Victoria Wood
1985-05-09
5.8
The Borrowers
2011-12-25
7.2
Eric & Ernie
2011-01-01
0
Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood
2016-05-14
6
Victoria Wood: What Larks! Or... What I Did on My Holidays
2009-12-30
10
Parkinson at 50
2021-08-28
7.5
Pat and Margaret
1994-09-11
0
Talent
1979-08-04
6
Don't Panic: The Dad's Army Story
2000-05-27
5.2
An Audience With Victoria Wood
1988-12-10
0
Not Now Bernard
1991-10-01
7.5
Acorn Antiques
1987-12-18
6
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
1982-03-01
0
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
2011-01-01
0
Victoria Wood: Sold Out
1991-01-01
2.5
Fungus The Bogeyman
2015-12-27
7.8
Victoria Wood - Live
1997-11-13
6.6
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000-12-25
4
Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
2009-12-24
0
Comedians Do It On Stage
1986-02-01
0
Victoria at the Albert - Live
2002-11-25
0
Victoria Wood - That Musical We Made
2014-12-26
5.5
Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast
1992-12-25
0
Victoria Wood Live In Your Own Home
1994-12-25
6.3
Dying Laughing
2017-02-24
0
The Angina Monologues
2010-12-10
6
Happy Since I Met You
1981-08-08
0
Nearly a Happy Ending
1980-05-31
0
Julie Walters and Friends
1991-12-29
7
Acorn Antiques: The Musical
2006-03-13
6.3
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
2005-06-03
0
Victoria Wood In Her Own Words
2020-11-30
0
Victoria Wood's Nice Cup of Tea
2013-04-10
7.4
dinnerladies
1998-11-12
4.6
The One Show
2006-08-14
5
The Secret Policeman's Ball
1976-04-01
0
That's Life!
1973-05-26
7.6
Victoria Wood As Seen On TV
1985-01-11
6
Lux Video Theatre
1950-10-02
0
The Summer Show
1975-08-02
7
Wood and Walters
1982-01-01
3.1
Pebble Mill
1991-10-14
0
Victoria's Empire
2007-04-29
5
The Story of Light Entertainment
2006-07-22
0
Aspel & Company
1984-06-09
7.5
Victoria Wood
1989-11-16
0
The Talent Show Story
7.5
Fungus the Bogeyman
2015-12-27
0
Julie Walters and Friends
1991-12-29
6.6
Harry & Paul
2005-09-20
0
Victoria Wood's Nice Cup of Tea
2013-04-10
5.3
An Audience with...
1978-01-08
8
QI
2003-09-11
0
The Glass Box
1985-04-09
4.5
Wogan
1982-05-04
7.2
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
1996-01-03
0
Victoria Wood's Short Term Memories
2012-09-06
6
Going Live!
1987-09-26
7
Great Railway Journeys
1980-10-23
8
A Life on Screen
2014-12-24
0
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
2013-01-21
0
Our Friend Victoria
2017-04-11
6
Jackanory
1965-12-13
7.2
The Graham Norton Show
2007-02-22
6
Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
2002-08-13
0
Parkinson
1998-01-09
7.8
Case Histories
2011-06-05
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7.8
Victoria Wood: What Larks! Or... What I Did on My Holidays
2009-12-30
7.8
Victoria Wood: What Larks! Or... What I Did on My Holidays
2009-12-30
7.8
Eric & Ernie
2011-01-01
7.8
Acorn Antiques: The Musical
2006-03-13
7.8
Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast
1992-12-25
7.8
That Day We Sang
2014-12-26
7.8
Victoria Wood - Live
1997-11-13
7.8
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000-12-25
7.8
Pat and Margaret
1994-09-11
7.8
Victoria Wood: Sold Out
1991-01-01
7.8
Housewife, 49
2006-12-10
7.8
That Day We Sang
2014-12-26
7.8
Loving Miss Hatto
2012-12-23
7.8
Victoria Wood - That Musical We Made
2014-12-26
7.8
An Audience With Victoria Wood
1988-12-10
7.8
Eric & Ernie
2011-01-01
7.8
Eric & Ernie
2011-01-01
7.8
That Day We Sang
2014-12-26
7.8
Talent
1979-08-04
7.8
The Angina Monologues
2010-12-10
7.8
Acorn Antiques: The Musical
2006-03-13
7.8
Pat and Margaret
1994-09-11
7.8
Happy Since I Met You
1981-08-08
7.8
Nearly a Happy Ending
1980-05-31
7.8
Talent
1979-08-04
7.8
Loving Miss Hatto
2012-12-23
7.8
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000-12-25
7.8
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000-12-25
7.8
Julie Walters and Friends
1991-12-29
7.8
Victoria Wood's Nice Cup of Tea
2013-04-10
7.8
Nearly a Happy Ending
1980-05-31
7.8
Happy Since I Met You
1981-08-08
7.8
dinnerladies
1998-11-12
7.8
dinnerladies
1998-11-12
7.8
Victoria Wood
1989-11-16
7.8
Victoria Wood As Seen On TV
1985-01-11
7.8
Screenplay
1979-07-29
7.8
Little Crackers
2010-12-19
7.8
Little Crackers
2010-12-19
7.8
dinnerladies
1998-11-12
7.8
Victoria Wood's Nice Cup of Tea
2013-04-10
7.8
Victoria Wood's Short Term Memories
2012-09-06
7.8
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
1996-01-03
7.8
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
1996-01-03
7.8
dinnerladies
1998-11-12
7.8
Happy Since I Met You
7.8
Victoria Wood
1989-11-16
7.8
Wood and Walters
1982-01-01
7.8
Victoria Wood with All The Trimmings
7.8
Victoria Wood's Mid-Life Christmas
7.8
Julie Walters and Friends
1991-12-29
7.8
Victoria Wood's Short Term Memories
2012-09-06