- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- May 19, 1953
- Place of Birth
- Prestwich, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
- Died
- April 20, 2016
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…
Filmography
movieRik Mayall's Sketches: Rare And Unseen
2026 · Self (archive footage)
movieBecoming Victoria Wood
2026 · (Archive footage)
movieParkinson at 50
2021 · Self (archive footage)
movieVictoria Wood In Her Own Words
2020 · Self
tvDinnerladies Diaries
2018 · Self (Archived Footage)
tvOur Friend Victoria
2017 · Herself - Archive
movieDying Laughing
2017 · Self
movieLet's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood
2016 · Self (archive material)
Fungus The Bogeyman
movieFungus The Bogeyman
2015
tvFungus the Bogeyman
2015 · Eve
movie20 Moments That Rocked Talent Shows
2015 · Self
Victoria Wood - That Musical We Made
movieVictoria Wood - That Musical We Made
2014 · Self, Writer
movieThat Day We Sang
2014 · Director, Writer, Original Music Composer
tvA Life on Screen
2014 · Self
movieVictoria Wood's Nice Cup of Tea
2013 · Self, Writer
tvVictoria Wood's Nice Cup of Tea
2013 · Self - Presenter, Writer
tvThe Great Comic Relief Bake Off
2013 · Self - Contestant
movieLoving Miss Hatto
2012 · Writer, Executive Producer
tvVictoria Wood's Short Term Memories
2012 · , Writer, Creator
movieThe Borrowers
2011 · Granny Driver
tvCase Histories
2011 · Tracy
movieEric & Ernie
2011 · Sadie Bartholomew, Conceptual Design, Writer, Executive Producer
movieEric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
2011 · Self - Presenter / Narrator
tvLittle Crackers
2010 · Director, Writer
The Angina Monologues
movieThe Angina Monologues
2010 · Herself/Jean's Friend, Producer
Victoria Wood: What Larks! Or... What I Did on My Holidays
movieVictoria Wood: What Larks! Or... What I Did on My Holidays
2009 · Self, Producer, Writer
movieVictoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
2009
movieStanley Baxter: Now and Then
2008 · Self
movieBallet Shoes
2008 · Nana
Victoria's Empire
tvVictoria's Empire
2007
tvThe Graham Norton Show
2007 · Self
tvMore Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy
2006 · Self
movieHousewife, 49
2006 · Nella Last, Writer
tvThe One Show
2006 · Self
tvThe Story of Light Entertainment
2006 · Self
movieAcorn Antiques: The Musical
2006 · Bo Beaumont / Mrs Overall (On Bingo Nights), Writer, Original Music Composer
tvHarry & Paul
2005
movieThe League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
2005 · Queen Mary II
tvQI
2003 · Self
movieThora Hird Tribute
2003 · Self, Margaret
movieVictoria at the Albert - Live
2002 · Herself/Various, Writer, Executive Producer
tvDawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
2002
movieVictoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000 · Self/Various Characters, Writer, Original Music Composer, Producer
movieDon't Panic: The Dad's Army Story
2000 · Host, Writer
tvdinnerladies
1998 · Brenda, Writer, Producer, Music, Creator
tvParkinson
1998 · Self
movieVictoria Wood: Live
1997 · Herself, Executive Producer
movieThe Wind in the Willows
1996 · The Tea Lady
movieVictoria Wood Live In Your Own Home
1994 · Herself
moviePat and Margaret
1994 · Margaret, Screenplay, Writer
movieVictoria Wood's All Day Breakfast
1992 · , Writer
movieJulie Walters and Friends
1991 · , Writer
Julie Walters and Friends
tvJulie Walters and Friends
1991 · , Creator
Pebble Mill
tvPebble Mill
1991 · Self
movieNot Now Bernard
1991
movieVictoria Wood: Sold Out
1991 · , Writer
tvVictoria Wood
1989 · Victoria, Writer, Creator
tvScreen One
1989 · Margaret, Writer
tvClive James' Postcard from
1989 · Self
movieAn Audience With Victoria Wood
1988 · Self, Writer
movieAcorn Antiques
1987 · Berta
tvGoing Live!
1987 · Self
movieComedians Do It On Stage
1986 · self
moviePersonal View: Victoria Wood
1985 · Herself
The Glass Box
tvThe Glass Box
1985 · Herself
tvVictoria Wood: As Seen on TV
1985 · , Writer, Creator
tvAcorn Antiques
1985 · Miss Berta
Aspel & Company
tvAspel & Company
1984
Open Space
tvOpen Space
1983
tvWogan
1982 · Self
movieThe Secret Policeman's Other Ball
1982 · Self
tvWood and Walters
1982 · , Creator
movieHappy Since I Met You
1981 · Voice Only (uncredited), Writer, Music
tvGreat Railway Journeys
1980 · Self - Presenter
movieNearly a Happy Ending
1980 · Maureen, Writer, Music
movieProfiles of Andrea Dunbar and Victoria Wood
1980 · Self (Good Fun Playwright)
tvVictoria Wood Screenplays
1979
movieTalent
1979 · Maureen, Original Music Composer, Writer
tvScreenplay
1979 · Maureen, Writer
tvAn Audience with...
1978 · Self
tvThe Secret Policeman's Ball
1976 · Self
The Summer Show
tvThe Summer Show
1975
tvThat's Life!
1973
tvOmnibus
1967
tvJackanory
1965 · Storyteller
Lux Video Theatre
tvLux Video Theatre
1950 · Cavendish
The Talent Show Story
tvThe Talent Show Story
— · Herself
Happy Since I Met You
tvHappy Since I Met You
— · Creator
tvVictoria Wood with All The Trimmings
— · Creator
tvVictoria Wood's Mid-Life Christmas
— · Creator