Victoria Wood
Acting
1953-05-19 · 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.
Filmography
Rik Mayall's Sketches: Rare And Unseen
2026 · Movie
Becoming Victoria Wood
2026 · Movie
Parkinson at 50
2021 · Movie
Victoria Wood In Her Own Words
2020 · Movie
Dinnerladies Diaries
2018 · Series
Our Friend Victoria
2017 · Series
Dying Laughing
2017 · Movie
Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood
2016 · Movie
Fungus the Bogeyman
2015 · Series
Fungus The Bogeyman
2015 · Movie
20 Moments That Rocked Talent Shows
2015 · Movie
That Day We Sang
2014 · Movie
Victoria Wood - That Musical We Made
2014 · Movie
A Life on Screen
2014 · Series
Victoria Wood's Nice Cup of Tea
2013 · Series
Victoria Wood's Nice Cup of Tea
2013 · Movie
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
2013 · Series
Loving Miss Hatto
2012 · Movie
Victoria Wood's Short Term Memories
2012 · Series
The Borrowers
2011 · Movie
Case Histories
2011 · Series
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
2011 · Movie
Eric & Ernie
2011 · Movie
Little Crackers
2010 · Series
The Angina Monologues
2010 · Movie
Victoria Wood: What Larks! Or... What I Did on My Holidays
2009 · Movie
Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
2009 · Movie
Stanley Baxter: Now and Then
2008 · Movie
Ballet Shoes
2008 · Movie
Victoria's Empire
2007 · Series
The Graham Norton Show
2007 · Series
More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy
2006 · Series
Housewife, 49
2006 · Movie
The One Show
2006 · Series
The Story of Light Entertainment
2006 · Series
Acorn Antiques: The Musical
2006 · Movie
Harry & Paul
2005 · Series
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
2005 · Movie
QI
2003 · Series
More Great Comedy Moments
2003 · Movie
Thora Hird Tribute
2003 · Movie
Victoria at the Albert - Live
2002 · Movie
Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
2002 · Series
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000 · Movie
Don't Panic: The Dad's Army Story
2000 · Movie
dinnerladies
1998 · Series
Parkinson
1998 · Series
Victoria Wood: Live
1997 · Movie
The Wind in the Willows
1996 · Movie
Victoria Wood Live In Your Own Home
1994 · Movie
Pat and Margaret
1994 · Movie
Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast
1992 · Movie
Julie Walters and Friends
1991 · Movie
Julie Walters and Friends
1991 · Series
Pebble Mill
1991 · Series
Not Now Bernard
1991 · Movie
Victoria Wood: Sold Out
1991 · Movie
Victoria Wood
1989 · Series
Screen One
1989 · Series
Clive James' Postcard from
1989 · Series
An Audience With Victoria Wood
1988 · Movie
Acorn Antiques
1987 · Movie
Going Live!
1987 · Series
Comedians Do It On Stage
1986 · Movie
Personal View: Victoria Wood
1985 · Movie
The Glass Box
1985 · Series
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
1985 · Series
Acorn Antiques
1985 · Series
Aspel & Company
1984 · Series
Open Space
1983 · Series
Wogan
1982 · Series
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
1982 · Movie
Wood and Walters
1982 · Series
Happy Since I Met You
1981 · Movie
Great Railway Journeys
1980 · Series
Nearly a Happy Ending
1980 · Movie
Profiles of Andrea Dunbar and Victoria Wood
1980 · Movie
Victoria Wood Screenplays
1979 · Series
Talent
1979 · Movie
Screenplay
1979 · Series
The South Bank Show
1978 · Series
An Audience with...
1978 · Series
The Secret Policeman's Ball
1976 · Series
The Summer Show
1975 · Series
That's Life!
1973 · Series
Omnibus
1967 · Series
Jackanory
1965 · Series
Lux Video Theatre
1950 · Series
The Talent Show Story
Series
Victoria Wood with All The Trimmings
Series
Victoria Wood's Mid-Life Christmas
Series
Happy Since I Met You
Series