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Oct 16, 2020 · By Vincent Dowd. Arts correspondent, BBC News. Victoria Wood's best work had a comic breadth and energy few contemporaries could match. When she died in 2016, for some fans it was as though a...
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Wood kept busy with various television ventures including...
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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.
Photography: Catherine Ashmore. Victoria Wood won more television BAFTAs than anyone in BAFTA history. She won awards for her stand up, her drama and her light entertainment programmes. As a stand-up she toured for more than twenty years, and held the record at the Royal Albert Hall for fifteen consecutive sold out shows.
Apr 23, 2016 · The woman was Joyce Grenfell, the great yet genteel comedian and monologuist. Wood, who has died aged 62 of cancer, was a diffident child who found inspiration in Grenfell.
Apr 20, 2016 · Victoria Wood was one of the UK's greatest and much loved entertainers since getting her big break in talent show New Faces in 1974. Here we celebrate just some of the highlights of the actor...
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Oct 21, 2020 · The “Victoria Wood” that her fans came to know and love had to be meticulously crafted with the help of her husband. The transformation happened after Victoria’s career finally took off in...
Apr 20, 2016 · Victoria Wood, who has died at the age of 62. With the sad news emerging about the death of Bafta-winning actress and comedian Victoria Wood, we've taken a photo journey through her career.
