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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.
Only Wood herself could have revealed more about how an introverted young drama student fretting about her body image at Birmingham University became one of Britain's great comic talents.
Oct 16, 2020 · 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 ...
Apr 20, 2016 · What made Victoria Wood famous? While still an undergraduate, Victoria won TV talent show New Faces in 1974 and had her first big break on BBC show That’s Life! in 1976.
Apr 20, 2016 · A Bafta award-winning comedian, actor, singer and writer, Wood was probably best known for her 1980s comedy series Victoria Wood: As Seen On TV and for her on-screen partnership with Julie...
In the same year Victoria wrote a TV drama, ' Housewife 49 ', based on the Mass Observation diary of Nella Last, which won two BAFTAs and an International Emmy nomination for Wood as Best Actress. Her three-part documentary, ' Victoria's Empire ' was shown the following year.
Dec 23, 2012 · She was a multi-talented English comedienne, writer, pianist and actress who became known for her one-woman shows on stage and television, as well as her work with Julie Walters and her sitcom dinnerladies (1998).
