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Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 19, 1953
Died
April 20, 2016
Place of Birth
Prestwich, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
Victoria Wood
7.0 Popularity
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 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.
Known For
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(Archive footage)
Becoming Victoria Wood
2026
10.0
Self (archive footage)
Parkinson at 50
2021
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Self
Victoria Wood In Her Own Words
2020
9.0
Self (Archived Footage)
Dinnerladies Diaries
2018
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Herself - Archive
Our Friend Victoria
2017
6.4
Self
Dying Laughing
2017
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Self (archive material)
Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood
2016
7.5
Eve
Fungus the Bogeyman
2015
🎬
2.5
Fungus The Bogeyman
2015
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Self
20 Moments That Rocked Talent Shows
2015
Credits
Becoming Victoria Wood
as (Archive footage)
2026
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Parkinson at 50
as Self (archive footage)
2021
10.0
Victoria Wood In Her Own Words
as Self
2020
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Dinnerladies Diaries
as Self (Archived Footage)
2018
9.0
Our Friend Victoria
as Herself - Archive
2017
0.0
Dying Laughing
as Self
2017
6.4
Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood
as Self (archive material)
2016
0.0
Fungus the Bogeyman
as Eve
2015
7.5
🎬
Fungus The Bogeyman
2015
2.5
20 Moments That Rocked Talent Shows
as Self
2015
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🎬
Victoria Wood - That Musical We Made
as Self
2014
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A Life on Screen
as Self
2014
8.0
Victoria Wood's Nice Cup of Tea
as Self - Presenter
2013
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Victoria Wood's Nice Cup of Tea
as Self
2013
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The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
as Self - Contestant
2013
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Victoria Wood's Short Term Memories
2012
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The Borrowers
as Granny Driver
2011
5.8
Case Histories
as Tracy
2011
7.8
Eric & Ernie
as Sadie Bartholomew
2011
6.7
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
as Self - Presenter / Narrator
2011
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The Angina Monologues
as Herself/Jean's Friend
2010
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Victoria Wood: What Larks! Or... What I Did on My Holidays
as Self
2009
6.0
Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
2009
4.0
Stanley Baxter: Now and Then
as Self
2008
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Ballet Shoes
as Nana
2008
6.4
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Victoria's Empire
2007
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The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
7.2
More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy
as Self
2006
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Housewife, 49
as Nella Last
2006
6.0
The One Show
as Self
2006
4.4
The Story of Light Entertainment
as Self
2006
5.0
Acorn Antiques: The Musical
as Bo Beaumont / Mrs Overall (On Bingo Nights)
2006
7.0
Harry & Paul
2005
6.6
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
as Queen Mary II
2005
6.2
QI
as Self
2003
7.9
🎬
Thora Hird Tribute
as Self, Margaret
2003
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Victoria at the Albert - Live
as Herself/Various
2002
0.0
Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
2002
6.3
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
as Self/Various Characters
2000
6.5
Don't Panic: The Dad's Army Story
as Host
2000
6.0
dinnerladies
as Brenda
1998
7.4
Parkinson
as Self
1998
0.0
Victoria Wood - Live
as Herself
1997
7.8
The Wind in the Willows
as The Tea Lady
1996
5.7
Victoria Wood Live In Your Own Home
as Herself
1994
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Pat and Margaret
as Margaret
1994
7.5
Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast
1992
5.5
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Julie Walters and Friends
1991
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Julie Walters and Friends
1991
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Pebble Mill
as Self
1991
3.1
Not Now Bernard
1991
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Victoria Wood: Sold Out
1991
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Victoria Wood
as Victoria
1989
7.5
Clive James' Postcard from
as Self
1989
7.0
An Audience With Victoria Wood
as Self
1988
5.2
Acorn Antiques
as Berta
1987
7.5
Going Live!
as Self
1987
6.0
Comedians Do It On Stage
as self
1986
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Personal View: Victoria Wood
as Herself
1985
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🎬
The Glass Box
as Herself
1985
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Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
1985
7.6
🎬
Aspel & Company
1984
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Wogan
as Self
1982
4.5
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
as Self
1982
6.0
Wood and Walters
1982
7.0
🎬
Happy Since I Met You
as Voice Only (uncredited)
1981
6.0
Great Railway Journeys
as Self - Presenter
1980
7.0
Nearly a Happy Ending
as Maureen
1980
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Profiles of Andrea Dunbar and Victoria Wood
as Self (Good Fun Playwright)
1980
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Victoria Wood Screenplays
1979
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Talent
as Maureen
1979
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An Audience with...
as Self
1978
5.3
The Secret Policeman's Ball
as Self
1976
5.0
🎬
The Summer Show
1975
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That's Life!
1973
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Jackanory
as Storyteller
1965
6.0
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Cavendish
1950
6.3
🎬
The Talent Show Story
as Herself
N/A
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