Victoria Wood
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Female
Birthday 1953-05-19
Deathday 2016-04-20 (62 years old)
Place of Birth Prestwich, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
Victoria Wood
Biography
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.
Known For
Actor
as Herself
as Self (archive footage)
as Herself
as Self
as Herself - Archive
as Self (archive material)
as Eve
as Self
as Self
as Self - Presenter
as Herself - Contestant
as Granny Driver
as Sadie Bartholomew
as Self - Presenter / Narrator
as Herself/Jean's Friend
as Nana
as Self
as Nella Last
as Bo Beaumont / Mrs Overall (On Bingo Nights)
as Self
as Self
as Queen Mary II
as Self
as Herself/Various
as Self/Various Characters
as Brenda
as Self
as Herself
as The Tea Lady
as Wetty Hainthropp
as Herself
as Margaret
as Self
as Victoria
as Self
as Berta
as Self
as self
as Herself
as Herself
as Self
as Voice Only (uncredited)
as Maureen
as Self - Presenter
as Maureen
as Self
as Self
as Storyteller
as Cavendish
Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Screenplay
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
Creator
as Creator
as Creator
as Creator
as Creator
as Creator
as Creator
as Creator
as Creator
Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Executive Producer
Sound
as Original Music Composer
as Original Music Composer
as Original Music Composer
as Music
as Music Arranger
as Original Music Composer
Director
as Director
as Director
Art
as Conceptual Design