Victoria Wood
Known for: Acting
Born: May 19, 1953
Died: April 20, 2016
Place of birth: Prestwich, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
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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Filmography
44 movies · 46 TV shows, newest first
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Rik Mayall's Sketches: Rare And Unseen
2026
6.0
Becoming Victoria Wood
2026
10.0
Parkinson at 50
2021
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Victoria Wood In Her Own Words
2020
9.0
Dinnerladies Diaries
2018
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Our Friend Victoria
2017
6.4
Dying Laughing
2017
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Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood
20162.5
Fungus The Bogeyman
2015
7.5
Fungus the Bogeyman
2015
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20 Moments That Rocked Talent Shows
2015NR
Victoria Wood - That Musical We Made
2014
6.8
That Day We Sang
2014
8.0
A Life on Screen
2014
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Victoria Wood's Nice Cup of Tea
2013
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Victoria Wood's Nice Cup of Tea
2013
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The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
2013
7.2
Loving Miss Hatto
2012
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Victoria Wood's Short Term Memories
2012
5.8
The Borrowers
2011
7.8
Case Histories
2011
6.7
Eric & Ernie
2011
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Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
2011
6.8
Little Crackers
2010NR
The Angina Monologues
20106.0
Victoria Wood: What Larks! Or... What I Did on My Holidays
2009
4.0
Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
2009
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Stanley Baxter: Now and Then
2008
6.3
Ballet Shoes
2008NR
Victoria's Empire
2007
7.2
The Graham Norton Show
2007
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More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy
2006
6.0
Housewife, 49
2006
4.4
The One Show
2006
5.0
The Story of Light Entertainment
2006
8.0
Acorn Antiques: The Musical
2006
6.6
Harry & Paul
2005
6.2
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
2005
7.9
QI
2003
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Thora Hird Tribute
2003
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Victoria at the Albert - Live
2002
7.3
Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
2002
7.0
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000
7.5
Don't Panic: The Dad's Army Story
2000
7.5
dinnerladies
1998
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Parkinson
1998
7.8
Victoria Wood: Live
1997
5.7
The Wind in the Willows
1996
10.0
Victoria Wood Live In Your Own Home
1994
7.7
Pat and Margaret
1994
6.0
Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast
1992
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Julie Walters and Friends
19917.0
Julie Walters and Friends
19914.1
Pebble Mill
1991
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Not Now Bernard
1991
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Victoria Wood: Sold Out
1991
8.0
Victoria Wood
1989
7.2
Screen One
1989
7.0
Clive James' Postcard from
1989
5.3
An Audience With Victoria Wood
1988
7.5
Acorn Antiques
1987
8.0
Going Live!
1987
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Comedians Do It On Stage
1986
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Personal View: Victoria Wood
1985NR
The Glass Box
1985
7.9
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
1985
6.0
Acorn Antiques
1985NR
Aspel & Company
1984NR
Open Space
1983
5.3
Wogan
1982
6.3
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
1982
7.5
Wood and Walters
1982
8.0
Happy Since I Met You
1981
7.0
Great Railway Journeys
1980
9.0
Nearly a Happy Ending
1980
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Profiles of Andrea Dunbar and Victoria Wood
1980
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Victoria Wood Screenplays
1979
7.0
Talent
1979
6.3
Screenplay
1979
5.3
An Audience with...
1978
5.0
The Secret Policeman's Ball
1976NR
The Summer Show
1975
7.5
That's Life!
1973
7.2
Omnibus
1967
8.0
Jackanory
19656.7
Lux Video Theatre
1950NR
The Talent Show Story
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Happy Since I Met You
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6.0
Victoria Wood with All The Trimmings
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5.5
Victoria Wood's Mid-Life Christmas
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