Victoria Wood
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.
Ballet Shoes
(Nana)
The Wind in the Willows
(The Tea Lady)
Housewife, 49
(Nella Last)
Personal View: Victoria Wood
(Herself)
The Borrowers
(Granny Driver)
Eric & Ernie
(Sadie Bartholomew)
Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood
(Self (archive material))
Victoria Wood: What Larks! Or... What I Did on My Holidays
(Self)
Parkinson at 50
(Self (archive footage))
Pat and Margaret
(Margaret)
Talent
(Maureen)
Don't Panic: The Dad's Army Story
(Host)
An Audience With Victoria Wood
(Self)
Not Now Bernard
Acorn Antiques
(Berta)
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
(Self)
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
(Self - Presenter / Narrator)
Victoria Wood: Sold Out
Fungus The Bogeyman
Victoria Wood - Live
(Herself)
Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
(Self/Various Characters)
Comedians Do It On Stage
(self)
Victoria at the Albert - Live
(Herself/Various)
Victoria Wood - That Musical We Made
(Self)
Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast
Victoria Wood Live In Your Own Home
(Herself)
Dying Laughing
(Self)
The Angina Monologues
(Herself/Jean's Friend)
Happy Since I Met You
(Voice Only (uncredited))
Nearly a Happy Ending
(Maureen)
Julie Walters and Friends
Acorn Antiques: The Musical
(Bo Beaumont / Mrs Overall (On Bingo Nights))
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
(Queen Mary II)
Victoria Wood In Her Own Words
(Self)
Victoria Wood's Nice Cup of Tea
(Self)
Profiles of Andrea Dunbar and Victoria Wood
(Self (Good Fun Playwright))
Thora Hird Tribute
(Self, Margaret)
Stanley Baxter: Now and Then
(Self)
Becoming Victoria Wood
((Archive footage))
dinnerladies
(Brenda)
The One Show
(Self)
The Secret Policeman's Ball
(Self)
That's Life!
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
Lux Video Theatre
(Cavendish)
The Summer Show
Wood and Walters
Pebble Mill
(Self)
Victoria's Empire
The Story of Light Entertainment
(Self)
Aspel & Company
Victoria Wood
(Victoria)
The Talent Show Story
(Herself)
Fungus the Bogeyman
(Eve)
Julie Walters and Friends
Harry & Paul
Victoria Wood's Nice Cup of Tea
(Self - Presenter)
An Audience with...
(Self)
QI
(Self)
The Glass Box
(Herself)
Wogan
(Self)
Victoria Wood's Short Term Memories
Going Live!
(Self)
Great Railway Journeys
(Self - Presenter)
A Life on Screen
(Self)
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
(Self - Contestant)
Our Friend Victoria
(Herself - Archive)
Jackanory
(Storyteller)
The Graham Norton Show
(Self)
Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
Parkinson
(Self)
Case Histories
(Tracy)
Victoria Wood Screenplays
More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy
(Self)
Dinnerladies Diaries
(Self (Archived Footage))
Clive James' Postcard from
(Self)
Victoria Wood: What Larks! Or... What I Did on My Holidays
(Writer)
Victoria Wood: What Larks! Or... What I Did on My Holidays
(Producer)
Eric & Ernie
(Conceptual Design)
Acorn Antiques: The Musical
(Writer)
Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast
(Writer)
That Day We Sang
(Director)
Victoria Wood - Live
(Executive Producer)
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
(Writer)
Pat and Margaret
(Screenplay)
Victoria Wood: Sold Out
(Writer)
Housewife, 49
(Writer)
That Day We Sang
(Writer)
Loving Miss Hatto
(Writer)
Victoria Wood - That Musical We Made
(Writer)
An Audience With Victoria Wood
(Writer)
Eric & Ernie
(Writer)
Eric & Ernie
(Executive Producer)
Talent
(Original Music Composer)
Acorn Antiques: The Musical
(Original Music Composer)
The Angina Monologues
(Producer)
That Day We Sang
(Original Music Composer)
Pat and Margaret
(Writer)
Nearly a Happy Ending
(Writer)
Happy Since I Met You
(Writer)
Talent
(Writer)
Loving Miss Hatto
(Executive Producer)
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
(Original Music Composer)
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
(Producer)
Julie Walters and Friends
(Writer)
Victoria Wood's Nice Cup of Tea
(Writer)
Nearly a Happy Ending
(Music)
Happy Since I Met You
(Music)
Don't Panic: The Dad's Army Story
(Writer)
Victoria at the Albert - Live
(Writer)
Victoria at the Albert - Live
(Executive Producer)
dinnerladies
(Writer)
dinnerladies
(Producer)
Victoria Wood
(Writer)
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
(Writer)
Screenplay
(Writer)
Little Crackers
(Director)
Little Crackers
(Writer)
dinnerladies
(Music)
Victoria Wood's Nice Cup of Tea
(Writer)
Victoria Wood's Short Term Memories
(Writer)
dinnerladies
(Creator)
Happy Since I Met You
(Creator)
Victoria Wood
(Creator)
Wood and Walters
(Creator)
Victoria Wood with All The Trimmings
(Creator)
Victoria Wood's Mid-Life Christmas
(Creator)
Julie Walters and Friends
(Creator)
Victoria Wood's Short Term Memories
(Creator)
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
(Creator)