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Victoria Wood CBE | |
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 Wood in 2010 | |
| Born | 19 May 1953 Prestwich, Lancashire, England |
| Died | 20 April 2016 (aged 62) |
| Alma mater | University of Birmingham |
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| Years active | 1974–2016 |
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| Style | |
| Spouse | [1] |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Chris Foote Wood (brother) |
| Awards | See awards and recognition |
Victoria Wood CBE (19 May 1953 – 20 April 2016) was an English comedian, actress, lyricist, singer, composer, pianist, screenwriter, producer and director. Wood wrote and starred in dozens of sketches, plays, musicals, films and sitcoms over several decades and her live comedy act was interspersed with her own compositions which she performed at the piano. Much of her humour was grounded in everyday life and included references to activities, attitudes and products that are considered to exemplify Britain. She was noted for her skills in observational comedy and in satirising aspects of social class.[3][4]
Wood started her career in 1974 by appearing on, and winning, the ATV talent show New Faces. She established herself as a comedy star in the 1980s, winning a BAFTA TV Award in 1986 for the sketch series Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV (1985–87), and became one of Britain's most popular stand-up comics,[3] winning a second BAFTA for An Audience with Victoria Wood (1988). In the 1990s, she wrote and co-starred in the television film Pat and Margaret (1994), and the sitcom dinnerladies (1998–2000), which she also produced.[5] She won two more BAFTA TV Awards, including Best Actress, for her 2006 ITV1 television film, Housewife, 49.[3][4] Her frequent long-term collaborators included Julie Walters, Celia Imrie, Duncan Preston, and Anne Reid.[3] In 2006, Wood came tenth in ITV's poll of the British public's 50 Greatest TV Stars.
- ^ Chrissy Iley (20 April 2016). "Victoria Wood interview: 'I fear being my mother'". The Telegraph. Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
- ^ "Victoria Wood". Desert Island Discs. 23 December 2007. BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
- ^ a b c d Brandwood, Neil (2002). Victoria Wood – The Biography (1st ed.). London: Boxtree. ISBN 1-85227-982-6.
- ^ a b Duguid, Mark (July 2003). "Wood, Victoria (1953–)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 21 January 2007. Retrieved 18 October 2007.
- ^ "The custard.tv guide to... dinnerladies". Archived from the original on 10 April 2008. Retrieved 17 September 2007.
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