Victoria Wood
Acting
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.
TV Shows(39)
Dinnerladies Diaries
Self (Archived Footage)
2018
Our Friend Victoria
Herself - Archive
2017
Fungus the Bogeyman
Eve
2015
A Life on Screen
Self
2014
Victoria Wood's Nice Cup of Tea
Self - Presenter
2013
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
Self - Contestant
2013
Victoria Wood's Short Term Memories
2012
Case Histories
Tracy
2011
Victoria's Empire
2007
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy
Self
2006
The One Show
Self
2006
The Story of Light Entertainment
Self
2006
Harry & Paul
2005
QI
Self
2003
Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
2002
dinnerladies
Brenda
1998
Parkinson
Self
1998
Julie Walters and Friends
1991
Pebble Mill
Self
1991
Victoria Wood
Victoria
1989
Clive James' Postcard from
Self
1989
Going Live!
Self
1987
The Glass Box
Herself
1985
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
1985
Acorn Antiques
Miss Berta
1985
Aspel & Company
1984
Open Space
1983
Wogan
Self
1982
Wood and Walters
1982
Great Railway Journeys
Self - Presenter
1980
Victoria Wood Screenplays
1979
An Audience with...
Self
1978
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Self
1976
The Summer Show
1975
That's Life!
1973
Jackanory
Storyteller
1965
Lux Video Theatre
Cavendish
1950
The Talent Show Story
Herself
Movies(41)
Becoming Victoria Wood
(Archive footage)
2026
Parkinson at 50
Self (archive footage)
2021
Victoria Wood In Her Own Words
Self
2020
Dying Laughing
Self
2017
Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood
Self (archive material)
2016
Fungus The Bogeyman
2015
20 Moments That Rocked Talent Shows
Self
2015
Victoria Wood - That Musical We Made
Self
2014
Victoria Wood's Nice Cup of Tea
Self
2013
The Borrowers
Granny Driver
2011
Eric & Ernie
Sadie Bartholomew
2011
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
Self - Presenter / Narrator
2011
The Angina Monologues
Herself/Jean's Friend
2010
Victoria Wood: What Larks! Or... What I Did on My Holidays
Self
2009
Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
2009
Stanley Baxter: Now and Then
Self
2008
Ballet Shoes
Nana
2008
Housewife, 49
Nella Last
2006
Acorn Antiques: The Musical
Bo Beaumont / Mrs Overall (On Bingo Nights)
2006
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
Queen Mary II
2005
Thora Hird Tribute
Self, Margaret
2003
Victoria at the Albert - Live
Herself/Various
2002
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Self/Various Characters
2000
Don't Panic: The Dad's Army Story
Host
2000
Victoria Wood - Live
Herself
1997
The Wind in the Willows
The Tea Lady
1996
Victoria Wood Live In Your Own Home
Herself
1994
Pat and Margaret
Margaret
1994
Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast
1992
Julie Walters and Friends
1991
Not Now Bernard
1991
Victoria Wood: Sold Out
1991
An Audience With Victoria Wood
Self
1988
Acorn Antiques
Berta
1987
Comedians Do It On Stage
self
1986
Personal View: Victoria Wood
Herself
1985
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
Self
1982
Happy Since I Met You
Voice Only (uncredited)
1981
Nearly a Happy Ending
Maureen
1980
Profiles of Andrea Dunbar and Victoria Wood
Self (Good Fun Playwright)
1980
Talent
Maureen
1979