Victoria Wood is a famous Comedian, born on May 19, 1953 in United Kingdom. As of January 9, 2023, Victoria Wood’s net worth is $12 Million. She won the ATV talent show New Faces in 1974.
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| Spouse | Geoffrey Durham |
| Children(s) | Henry Durham, Grace Durham |
Biography
English stand-up comedian who starred in her own ’80s television show, Victoria Wood As Seen On TV. She won a 2007 BAFTA Best Actress award for her role in Housewife, 49, which aired on ITV1 in 2006. Victoria Wood, CBE (19 May 1953 – 20 April 2016) was an English comedienne, actress, singer, composer, 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 observing culture and in satirising aspects of social class..
She separated from Geoffrey Durham in 2002, after 22 years of marriage. She had a son named Henry and a daughter named Grace.
Wood developed eating disorders, but in 1968, her father gave her a piano for her 15th birthday. She later said of this unhappy time “The good thing about being isolated is you get a good look at what goes on. I was reading, writing and working at the piano all the time. I was doing a lot of other things that helped me to perform”. Later that year, she joined the Rochdale Youth Theatre Workshop, where she felt she was “in the right place and knew what I was doing” and she made an impression with her comic skill and skill in writing. She went on to study drama at the University of Birmingham.
Ethnicity, religion & political views
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Victoria Wood Net Worth
Victoria Wood is one of the richest Comedian & listed on most popular Comedian. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Victoria Wood's net worth $12 Million.
| Net Worth | $12 Million |
| Salary | Under Review |
| Source of Income | Comedian |
| Cars | Not Available |
| House | Living in own house. |
She earned a degree in Drama from the University of Birmingham.
Wood began her show business career while an undergraduate, appearing on the TV talent show New Faces in 1974. It led to an appearance in a sketch show featuring the series’ winners The Summer Show. A further break came as a novelty act on the BBC’s consumer affairs programme That’s Life! in 1976. She met long-term collaborator Julie Walters in the early 1970s, when Wood applied for Manchester Polytechnic, and coincidentally met again when they appeared in the same theatre revue In at the Death in 1978 (for which Wood wrote a brief sketch). Its success led to the commissioning of Wood’s first play Talent (in 1978), starring Hazel Clyne (in a role originally written for Walters), for which Wood won an award for the Most Promising New Writer. Peter Eckersley, the head of drama at Granada Television, saw Talent and invited Wood to create a television adaptation. This time, Julie Walters took the lead role, while Wood reprised her stage role.
Wood started her career in 1974 by appearing on 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, 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. She won two more BAFTA TV Awards, including Best Actress, for her 2006 ITV1 television film, Housewife, 49. Her frequent long-term collaborators included Julie Walters, Celia Imrie, Duncan Preston, and Anne Reid. In 2006, Wood came tenth in ITV’s poll of the British public’s 50 Greatest TV Stars.
Wood married stage magician Geoffrey Durham in March 1980 and they had two children – Grace, born in October 1988, and Henry, born in May 1992. They separated in October 2002, but continued to live near one another and were on good terms. Her son Henry made a cameo appearance as a teenager in Victoria Wood’s Mid Life Christmas, listed in the show’s closing credits between Jennie Dale and Steve Elias on the rolling credits. He also appeared in the accompanying ‘behind the scenes’ programme Victoria Wood: What Larks! where his credit was placed over a still photo of himself, taken from the video footage of the recording.
Victoria Wood Husband
According to our records, Victoria Wood married to Geoffrey Durham. As of January 12, 2023, Victoria Wood’s is not dating anyone.
Relationships Record: We have no records of past relationships for Victoria Wood. You may help us to build the dating records for Victoria Wood!Wood left Granada in 1984 for the BBC, who promised her more creative control over projects. Later that year, her sketch show Victoria Wood as Seen on TV went into production. Wood chose the actors: her friend Julie Walters once again starred, as did Duncan Preston. Wood’s friend Celia Imrie and Susie Blake and Patricia Routledge were in the cast. As Seen on TV had the Acorn Antiques sketch, a parody of a low-budget soap opera, Crossroads, and rumoured to be named after an antiques shop in her birthplace. Acorn Antiques is remembered for characters such as “Mrs Overall” (played by Walters), the deliberately bad camera angles and wobbling sets, and Celia Imrie’s sarcastic tone as “Miss Babs”. Wood’s most popular comic song, “The Ballad of Barry and Freda (Let’s Do It)”, originated in this show. It tells the story of Freda (a woman eager for sex) and Barry (an introverted man terrified of sex), and makes clever use of allusions to a multitude of risqué activities while avoiding all taboo words.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
Victoria Wood's height 5 feet 5 inches weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.| Height | 5 feet 5 inches |
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Facts & Trivia
Ranked on the list of most popular Comedian. Also ranked in the elit list of famous celebrity born in United Kingdom. Victoria Wood celebrates birthday on May 19 of every year.
In October 1983, Wood performed her first solo stand-up show, Lucky Bag in a five-week run at the King’s Head Theatre in Islington. The show transferred to the Ambassadors Theatre for a twelve night run in February 1984. Lucky Bag went on a short UK tour in November and December 1984 and was also released as a live album recorded at the Edinburgh Festival in 1983.
What age was Victoria Wood when she died?
62 years (1953–2016)
Is Victoria Wood still alive?
April 20, 2016
Where is Victoria Wood from?
Prestwich, United Kingdom
What year was Victoria Wood?
| Original network | BBC1 |
| Picture format | 4:3 |
| Original release | 16 November – 21 December 1989 |
Why did Geoffrey Durham and Victoria Wood split?
The split has come as a shock in showbusiness circles because their marriage was considered to be one of the best in the industry. ‘Victoria and Geoffrey simply drifted apart,’ said a friend of the couple last night. ‘I think they simply outgrew each other. It has come as a tremendous shock to their friends.
Wood appeared as a presenter in Yorkshire Television’s 1984 schools television programme for hearing-impaired children, Insight, in a remake of the series originally presented by Derek Griffiths. In 1982 and 1983 she appeared as a panellist on BBC Radio 4’s Just a Minute.
Following the success of the first series of Victoria Wood as Seen on TV, Wood went on tour again with Lucky Bag in March 1985. A documentary for BBC2 Scene later that year showed footage of Wood preparing for the tour.
A second series of Victoria Wood as Seen on TV was made in 1986. Before filming began in the Summer, Wood went on a short 23 date tour of England and Scotland during March and April. A final ‘Special’ 40 minute episode of As Seen On TV was made in 1987 and broadcast later that year.
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