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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.
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV is a British comedy sketch series written by and starring comedian Victoria Wood, with appearances from Julie Walters, Celia Imrie, Duncan Preston, Susie Blake and Patricia Routledge. The show was televised on BBC2 between 1985 and 1987 and included sketches that became famous in the United Kingdom.
Documentary: A Fairly Ordinary Man (Jim Broadbent, Victoria Wood, Christine Hargreaves) Margery and Joan (Julie Walters, Victoria Wood) Song – "Keep on Shopping" (Hope Jackman, Victoria Wood, Sue Jones-Davies, Meg Johnson) Continuity announcer: The weather and obesity (Susie Blake) [1] [2]
Academy Award for Best Costume Design [note 3]: Year Name Film Status Notes 1948 [note 1]Black-and-White: Irene: B.F.'s Daughter: Nominated Among the inaugural nominees in costume categories.
That Day We Sang is a British musical written and composed by Victoria Wood. [1] It is based on a true story of the reunion of a famous recording of " Nymphs and Shepherds " in 1929 by The Manchester Children's Choir.
Housewife, 49 is a 2006 television film based on the wartime diaries of Nella Last. [1] [2] Written by and starring English actress and comedian Victoria Wood, it follows the experiences of an ordinary housewife and mother in the northern English town of Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, during the Second World War. [3]
Victoria Wood decided to revive the original concept to satirise musical theatre with Acorn Antiques: The Musical!, with the intent to give people a "lovely, happy night in the theatre.". [ 1 ] It was directed by Trevor Nunn , and opened at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket in February 2005 for a three-month sell-out run. [ 2 ]
Pat and Margaret is a British television film written by comedian Victoria Wood.The story follows sisters Margaret, a cook, and Pat, a successful actress in the United States, after they are reunited on a television programme after spending 27 years apart.