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.
Fotos
Filmes (45)
Rik Mayall's Sketches: Rare And Unseen
2026 · Self (archive footage)
Becoming Victoria Wood
2026 · (Archive footage)
Parkinson at 50
2021 · Self (archive footage)
Victoria Wood In Her Own Words
2020 · Self
Dying Laughing
2017 · Self
Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood
2016 · Self (archive material)
Fungus The Bogeyman
2015
20 Moments That Rocked Talent Shows
2015 · Self
Victoria Wood - That Musical We Made
2014 · Self, Writer
That Day We Sang
2014 · Director, Writer, Original Music Composer
Victoria Wood's Nice Cup of Tea
2013 · Self, Writer
Loving Miss Hatto
2012 · Writer, Executive Producer
Os Pequeninos
2011 · Granny Driver
Eric & Ernie
2011 · Sadie Bartholomew, Conceptual Design, Writer, Executive Producer
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
2011 · Self - Presenter / Narrator
The Angina Monologues
2010 · Self/Jean's Friend, Producer
Victoria Wood: What Larks! Or... What I Did on My Holidays
2009 · Self, Writer, Producer
Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
2009
Stanley Baxter: Now and Then
2008 · Self
Dançando Para a Vida
2008 · Nana
Housewife, 49
2006 · Nella Last, Writer
Acorn Antiques: The Musical
2006 · Bo Beaumont / Mrs Overall (On Bingo Nights), Writer, Original Music Composer
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
2005 · Queen Mary II
More Great Comedy Moments
2003 · Miss Berta (archive footage), Writer
Thora Hird Tribute
2003 · Self, Margaret
Victoria at the Albert - Live
2002 · Herself/Various, Writer, Executive Producer
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000 · Self / Various Characters, Writer, Producer, Original Music Composer
Don't Panic: The Dad's Army Story
2000 · Host, Writer
Victoria Wood: Live
1997 · Herself, Executive Producer
Amigos para Sempre
1996 · The Tea Lady
Victoria Wood Live In Your Own Home
1994 · Herself
Pat and Margaret
1994 · Margaret, Screenplay, Writer
Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast
1992 · Writer
Julie Walters and Friends
1991 · Writer
Not Now Bernard
1991
Victoria Wood: Sold Out
1991 · Writer
An Audience With Victoria Wood
1988 · Self, Writer
Acorn Antiques
1987 · Berta
Comedians Do It On Stage
1986 · self
Personal View: Victoria Wood
1985 · Herself
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
1982 · Self
Happy Since I Met You
1981 · Voice Only (uncredited), Writer, Music
Nearly a Happy Ending
1980 · Maureen, Writer, Music
Profiles of Andrea Dunbar and Victoria Wood
1980 · Self (Good Fun Playwright)
Talent
1979 · Maureen, Original Music Composer, Writer
Séries (47)
Dinnerladies Diaries
2018 · Self (Archived Footage)
Our Friend Victoria
2017 · Herself - Archive
Fungus the Bogeyman
2015 · Eve
A Life on Screen
2014 · Self
Victoria Wood's Nice Cup of Tea
2013 · Self - Presenter, Writer
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
2013 · Self - Contestant
Victoria Wood's Short Term Memories
2012 · Writer, Creator
Case Histories
2011 · Tracy
Little Crackers
2010 · Director, Writer
Victoria's Empire
2007
Graham Norton Show
2007 · Self
More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy
2006 · Self
The One Show
2006 · Self
The Story of Light Entertainment
2006 · Self
Harry & Paul
2005
QI
2003 · Self
Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
2002 · Self
dinnerladies
1998 · Brenda, Writer, Producer, Music, Creator
Parkinson
1998 · Self
Julie Walters and Friends
1991 · Creator
Pebble Mill
1991 · Self
Victoria Wood
1989 · Victoria, Writer, Creator
Screen One
1989 · Margaret, Writer
Clive James' Postcard from
1989 · Self
Going Live!
1987 · Self
The Glass Box
1985 · Herself
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
1985 · Writer, Creator
Acorn Antiques
1985 · Miss Berta
Aspel & Company
1984
Open Space
1983
Wogan
1982 · Self
Wood and Walters
1982 · Creator
Great Railway Journeys
1980 · Self - Presenter
Victoria Wood Screenplays
1979
Screenplay
1979 · Maureen, Writer
The South Bank Show
1978
An Audience with...
1978 · Self
The Secret Policeman's Ball
1976 · Self
The Summer Show
1975
That's Life!
1973
Omnibus
1967
Jackanory
1965 · Storyteller
Lux Video Theatre
1950 · Cavendish
The Talent Show Story
· Herself
Happy Since I Met You
· Creator
Victoria Wood with All The Trimmings
· Creator
Victoria Wood's Mid-Life Christmas
· Creator