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1. • • She appeared on the talent spotting TV show New Faces in 1973 and won, however this did not bring instant stardom. As a singer of funny songs, she could not be classified as a comic or a musician.
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     Victoria Wood - British Comedienne, Singer and Writer

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   Who is Victoria Wood?

   • Victoria Wood CBE (19 May 1953 – 20 April 2016) was an English comedian, actress, lyricist, singer, composer, pianist, screenwriter, producer and director.

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   What happened to Victoria Wood?

   • 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 family member had been taken from them. Now an authorised biography looks at what lay behind her extraordinary and multifaceted talent. Journalist Jasper Rees first interviewed Wood in 1999.

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   Was Victoria Woods a real person?

   • Rees's introduction to the book bears the chapter title "Victoria Woods" - a misspelling of her surname she encountered before she became famous. "What I'm indicating is that there were two Victorias - the public figure who was a creation and then the private person.

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   Does Victoria Wood have a story?

   • Victoria Wood (six parts, 1989) featured Wood in several individual stories such as "We'd Quite Like To Apologise", set in an airport departure lounge, and "Over to Pam", set around a fictional talk show. [ 21 ]

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   Is Victoria Wood dead or still alive?

   • "Victoria Wood dead: Actress and comedian dies from cancer aged 62". The Independent. Archived from the original on 17 August 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2016. ^ "The popularity of non-religious Humanist ceremonies is soaring". i. 11 December 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2017. ^ "Victoria Wood: Trivia". IMDb. Retrieved 29 October 2023.

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   Did Victoria Wood keep cancer battle secret?

   • "Victoria Wood obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 May 2019. ^ Percival, Ash (21 April 2016). "Victoria Wood's Brother Claims She Was 'Determined' To Keep Cancer Battle Secret". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2 May 2016. ^ Saul, Heather (20 April 2016). "Victoria Wood dead: Actress and comedian dies from cancer aged 62". The Independent.

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3. www.bbc.com › news › entertainment-arts-54524241Victoria Wood biography explores her 'painful' childhood - BBC

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   When she died in 2016, for some fans it was as though a family member had been taken from them. Now an authorised biography looks at what lay behind her extraordinary and multifaceted talent ...

4. www.express.co.uk › showbiz › tv-radioVictoria Wood: What made her famous? Where did she come from?

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   Apr 20, 2016 · VICTORIA Wood has lost her battle with cancer to the shock of the nation and comedy world. But why was she so famous? How long has she been ill? By Alice Foster.

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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.

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     Victoria Wood: A look back on her life - BBC Newsnight

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7. www.irishtimes.com › life-and-style › peopleVictoria Wood: Multi-talented writer who changed the face of ...

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   Apr 23, 2016 · But there was another reason: Grenfell was an interloper in a male world. In her 1980 TV play, Nearly a Happy Ending, Wood played a frumpy character, Maureen, who tells her wannabe famous friend...

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   Nov 24, 2020 · But as a new biography of the much-missed star reveals, Victoria’s relationship with her hometown was a complicated one, influenced by an unhappy childhood and isolated upbringing in an old children’s home overlooking bleak moorland.

9. www.independent.co.uk › arts-entertainment › booksVictoria Wood: The warm, zany, outgoing stage persona was ...

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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...

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    She appeared on the talent spotting TV show New Faces in 1973 and won, however this did not bring instant stardom. As a singer of funny songs, she could not be classified as a comic or a musician.