Victoria Wood

Victoria Wood (2012)

Victoria Wood CBE (born May 19, 1953 in Prestwich , † April 20, 2016 in London ) was a British screenwriter , comedian , actress , composer and singer .

Life

Victoria Woods career began in 1974 at the age of 20 when she won the talent show New Faces . In the same year, she completed her Bachelor of Arts degree in acting from the University of Birmingham . In the 1980s she was best known in Great Britain through the television series Victoria Wood as Seen on TV . There she played alongside Julie Walters and Patricia Routledge . In the course of her career, she produced several television films and comedy series , especially for the BBC , such as the sitcom Dinnerladies , in which she also played. Wood has received numerous awards including four British Academy Television Awards and six British Comedy Awards . In 1997 Victoria Wood was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire , and in 2008 was elevated to the "Commander" level of this order.

Wood died in April 2016 at the age of 62 from complications from cancer.

Filmography

As a screenwriter and actress / presenter

• 1979–1981: Screenplay (TV series, three episodes)
• 1981–1982: Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV (TV series, 13 episodes)
• 1987: Acorn Antiques (video film)
• 1987/1991: Comic Relief (TV special)
• 1988: An Audience with Victoria Wood (TV special)
• 1989: Victoria Wood (TV series, 6 episodes)
• 1992: Rosie & Ruff in Puppydog Tales (TV series)
• 1992: Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast
• 1994: Victoria Wood: Live in Your Own Home
• 1997: Victoria Wood Live
• 1998-2000: Dinner ladies
• 1999: Wetty Hainthropp Investigates (short film)
• 2000: Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
• 2000: Don't Panic! The Dad's Army Story (Documentary)
• 2001: Victoria at the Albert
• 2004: Victoria Wood's Big Fat Documentary (miniseries)
• 2004: Victoria Wood: Moonwalking
• 2006: Acorn Antiques: The Musical (video)
• 2006: Housewife, 49 (TV movie)
• 2007: Victoria's Empire (TV series)
• 2009: Victoria Wood: What Larks! Or ... What I Did on My Holidays (short film)
• 2011: Eric & Ernie (TV movie)
• 2012: Loving Miss Hatto (TV movie)
• 2013: Victoria Wood's Nice Cup of Tea (Miniseries)
• 2014: That Musical We Made (documentary)
• 2014: That Day We Sang (TV film, also director)

Script only

• 1981–1982: Wood and Walters (TV series, 8 episodes)
• 1991: Julie Walters and Friends (TV movie)
• 2009: Mid Life Christmas

Actress only

• 1980: There Goes 1980 (TV movie)
• 1984: Insight (TV series, 18 episodes)
• 1991: Anytime Tales (TV series, voice)
• 1996: Wind in the Willows (The Wind in the Willows)
• 1999: The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything (TV movie)
• 2005: The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
• 2007: Ballet Shoes (TV movie)
• 2008: Stanley Baxter: Now & Then
• 2011: Comic Relief: Uptown Downstairs Abbey
• 2011: The Borrowers' Fantastic World
• 2012: Ruddy Hell! It's Harry and Paul (TV series, three episodes)
• 2015: Fungus the Bogeyman (TV series, three episodes)

Web links

• Victoria Wood in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Victoria Wood dies aged 62 after cancer battle. In: bbc.com. British Broadcasting Corporation , April 20, 2016, accessed April 23, 2016.