Cast
Victoria Wood
Acting
Cast
Victoria Wood
Known for
Acting
Born
1953-05-19
From
Prestwich, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
Died
2016-04-20
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.
★6.0
MOVIE2006
Housewife, 49
as Nella Last
★6.4
MOVIE2008
Ballet Shoes
as Nana
★7.5
MOVIE1987
Acorn Antiques
as Berta
★6.4
MOVIE2017
Dying Laughing
as Self
★5.8
MOVIE2011
The Borrowers
as Granny Driver
MOVIE2026
Rik Mayall's Sketches: Rare And Unseen
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE2008
Stanley Baxter: Now and Then
as Self
★5.8
MOVIE1996
The Wind in the Willows
as The Tea Lady
★2.5
MOVIE2015
Fungus The Bogeyman
★6.0
MOVIE2026
Becoming Victoria Wood
as (Archive footage)
★10.0
MOVIE2021
Parkinson at 50
as Self (archive footage)
★7.7
MOVIE1994
Pat and Margaret
as Margaret
★7.8
MOVIE1997
Victoria Wood: Live
as Herself
★6.0
MOVIE1992
Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast
MOVIE2010
The Angina Monologues
as Herself/Jean's Friend
MOVIE1991
Julie Walters and Friends
MOVIE2014
Victoria Wood - That Musical We Made
as Self
★6.7
MOVIE2011
Eric & Ernie
as Sadie Bartholomew
★8.0
MOVIE1981
Happy Since I Met You
as Voice Only (uncredited)
MOVIE2002
Victoria at the Albert - Live
as Herself/Various
★6.2
MOVIE2005
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
as Queen Mary II
MOVIE2015
20 Moments That Rocked Talent Shows
as Self
MOVIE2003
Thora Hird Tribute
as Self, Margaret
★6.1
MOVIE1988
An Audience With Victoria Wood
as Self
★9.0
MOVIE1980
Nearly a Happy Ending
as Maureen
★8.0
MOVIE2006
Acorn Antiques: The Musical
as Bo Beaumont / Mrs Overall (On Bingo Nights)
★6.3
MOVIE1982
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
as Self
★7.0
MOVIE2000
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
as Self/Various Characters
★4.0
MOVIE2009
Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
MOVIE2011
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
as Self - Presenter / Narrator
MOVIE1991
Victoria Wood: Sold Out
MOVIE1986
Comedians Do It On Stage
as self
MOVIE1991
Not Now Bernard
★6.0
MOVIE2009
Victoria Wood: What Larks! Or... What I Did on My Holidays
as Self
MOVIE2020
Victoria Wood In Her Own Words
as Self
MOVIE2013
Victoria Wood's Nice Cup of Tea
as Self
MOVIE1980
Profiles of Andrea Dunbar and Victoria Wood
as Self (Good Fun Playwright)
★7.5
MOVIE2000
Don't Panic: The Dad's Army Story
as Host
★7.0
MOVIE1979
Talent
as Maureen
MOVIE2016
Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood
as Self (archive material)
★10.0
MOVIE1994
Victoria Wood Live In Your Own Home
as Herself
MOVIE1985
Personal View: Victoria Wood
as Herself