Victoria Wood
Acting
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
Acting84
movieRik Mayall's Sketches: Rare And Unseen
2026
Self (archive footage)
movieBecoming Victoria Wood
2026
(Archive footage)
movieParkinson at 50
2021
Self (archive footage)
tvDinnerladies Diaries
2018
Self (Archived Footage)
tvOur Friend Victoria
2017
Herself - Archive
movieLet's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood
2016
Self (archive material)
tvVictoria Wood's Nice Cup of Tea
2013
Self - Presenter
tvThe Great Comic Relief Bake Off
2013
Self - Contestant
movieThe Borrowers
2011
Granny Driver
tvCase Histories
2011
Tracy
movieEric & Ernie
2011
Sadie Bartholomew
movieEric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
2011
Self - Presenter / Narrator
The Angina Monologues
2010
Herself/Jean's Friend
movieHousewife, 49
2006
Nella Last
movieAcorn Antiques: The Musical
2006
Bo Beaumont / Mrs Overall (On Bingo Nights)
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
movieVictoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000
Self/Various Characters
tvdinnerladies
1998
Brenda
tvParkinson
1998
Self
movieVictoria Wood: Live
1997
Herself
movieThe Wind in the Willows
1996
The Tea Lady
moviePat and Margaret
1994
Margaret
tvVictoria Wood
1989
Victoria
tvScreen One
1989
Margaret
tvAcorn Antiques
1985
Miss Berta
tvWogan
1982
Self
movieHappy Since I Met You
1981
Voice Only (uncredited)
tvGreat Railway Journeys
1980
Self - Presenter
movieProfiles of Andrea Dunbar and Victoria Wood
1980
Self (Good Fun Playwright)
movieTalent
1979
Maureen
tvScreenplay
1979
Maureen
tvJackanory
1965
Storyteller
Writing27
movieEric & Ernie
2011
Writer
tvLittle Crackers
2010
Writer
movieHousewife, 49
2006
Writer
tvdinnerladies
1998
Writer
moviePat and Margaret
1994
Screenplay, Writer
tvVictoria Wood
1989
Writer
tvScreen One
1989
Writer
movieTalent
1979
Writer
tvScreenplay
1979
Writer
Creator9
Production8
movieLoving Miss Hatto
2012
Executive Producer
movieEric & Ernie
2011
Executive Producer
movieVictoria at the Albert - Live
2002
Executive Producer
tvdinnerladies
1998
Producer
movieVictoria Wood: Live
1997
Executive Producer
Sound7
movieThat Day We Sang
2014
Original Music Composer
movieAcorn Antiques: The Musical
2006
Original Music Composer
movieVictoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000
Original Music Composer
tvdinnerladies
1998
Music
movieTalent
1979
Original Music Composer
Directing2
movieThat Day We Sang
2014
Director
tvLittle Crackers
2010
Director
Art1
movieEric & Ernie
2011
Conceptual Design