Victoria Wood
Acting
Born May 19, 1953 · Prestwich, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
Biography
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…
Known For · 40 titles
The Graham Norton Show
The One Show
Omnibus
Pebble Mill
Wogan
QI
That's Life!
Parkinson
Going Live!
An Audience with...
Lux Video Theatre
Screen One
Case Histories
dinnerladies
Harry & Paul
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Aspel & Company
Great Railway Journeys
Open Space
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
Jackanory
Victoria Wood
Clive James' Postcard from
Screenplay
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
A Life on Screen
Ballet Shoes
The Story of Light Entertainment
Acorn Antiques
Fungus the Bogeyman
More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy
Wood and Walters
Dinnerladies Diaries
The Wind in the Willows
Housewife, 49
Stanley Baxter: Now and Then
Acorn Antiques
Parkinson at 50
Our Friend Victoria
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse