"She was an inspiration and will be terribly missed. She was so funny.#VictoriaWood.”The actress later added: “Vic was simply one of the funniest writers and performers this country has ever produced. Sadly, she passed away before she could see her big screen ambition completed.
I am shocked.
As long as you do it well, I don’t think there’s any problem.”A star of the stage and screen, Lancashire-born Victoria started her career in 1974 when she won the ATV talent show New Faces.She auditioned for the show while at university in Birmingham and followed it up with an appearance on Esther Rantzen's BBC consumer show That's Life! TV film Pat and Margaret with Walters followed in 1994, where the pair starred as long lost sisters.In 1998 she penned her first sitcom - Dinnerladies - set in the canteen of a fictional Manchester Factory.Unsurprisingly, it was a huge hit with viewers and critics as Wood proved once more she had a knack for finding the humour in everyday life.Running for two series it one again starred Wood - playing lead character Brenda - with Walters and Imrie both appearing in the acclaimed cast.During the 2000s Victoria kept her TV appearances down to one-off specials including Victoria Wood's Sketch Show Story in 2002 and Victoria Wood's Big Fat Documentary three years later.It wasn't just comedy that Victoria had a talent for turning her hand to drama in 2007 when she won two BAFTA awards for the one-off ITV drama Housewife 49.Again written by the star, it followed the hardship of life for a wife and mother during the Second World War, married to a domineering husband.Wood both wrote and starred in the moving program, picking up the award for Best Single Drama and Best Actress for her portrayal of Nella Last.She won a total of four BAFTAs from 14 nominations during her career and an honorary BAFTA in 2005 for her work in television.The accolades didn't stop and in 1997 she was awarded an OBE follwed by a CBE in 2008.Never one to take time off in 2011 she turned her attention to the stage, writing and directing musical The Day We Sang for the Manchester International Festival.Set in 1969, with flashback to 1929 it told the story of a middle-ages couple who found love after meeting on a TV show about their choir they sang in 40 years before.Speaking about her drive in 2014 Victoria admitted it was her "creativity" that defined her and since her children - Grace and Henry - had grown up she had even more time to work. RIP.,” the pair tweeted.Jennifer Saudners was close pals with Victoria Wood.The Absolutely Fabulous star has been left heartbroken after losing her friend to cancer.She tweeted: “Cant believe Vic has gone.She was truly an inspiration and had so much left to to give and we won’t see it. More, because the children are grown up so I have time and space for me. In a heartwarming tweet she wrote: “My locker at Bury Grammar School for girls had Victoria Wood was here written in it #rip”My locker at Bury Grammar School for girls had Victoria Wood was here written in it . "More recently she was seen in last year's The Great Comic Relief Bake Off alongisde Alexa Chung, Chris Moyles and Kayvan Novak and and in Sky 1's Fungus last December - believed to be one of her final TV appearances.Despite her phenomenal success, Wood was unaffected by fame and joked that if anyone called her a national treasure she'd "disown them". Unique and truly brilliant.”Victoria Wood’s two children are “devastated” after losing their mother,The star’s brother Chris Foote Wood, 75, spoke out on behalf of his family following the tragic news.He said: “Victoria’s two children, my niece Grace and nephew Henry will be absolutely devastated to lose their mother at such a relatively young age. RIP. Victoria Wood's brother has revealed she was "determined" to keep her cancer diagnosis a secret before her death on Wednesday (20 April).. "I feel I can work as hard as I ever did.
This has not been a good year. “Another reason I admire Victoria is that she was determined from the start to give her two children as normal an upbringing as possible and to shield them from unwanted media attention. Proving she could as easily turn her hand to drama as comedy, this touching scene with her onscreen son - played by Daniel Rigby - is one of her best.
There will never be another. Then she showed the world how much other stuff she could do.
She brought people from all walks of life together and made them laugh and cry. She was an inspiration and will be terribly missed. "I suppose so, though it’s more to do with the work than the exposure, the fame or the money. Fact.”All of us, bow down to Vic Wood. As the country continues to mourn for the comedy genius, here’s a look at the main updates after the news broke on Wednesday..Victoria’s close friend Duncan Preston has made a moving tribute to the comedy legend calling her the “champion of the common people”.In a column for the Mirror the actor admitted he was in “shock” at the death of his beloved pal and admitted it was hard to believe she had gone: “I am shocked.“All I know is it’s a great loss to comedy in this country. After she died, it was going to be Judi Dench, but then Joanna Lumley saved the Gurkhas so she got the gig," she said in 2014.Victoria Wood pictured in Salford in her native Greater Manchester in 2014Victoria Wood at the South Bank Awards in London in 2013Victoria Wood with children Henry and Grace Durham after receiving her CBE in 2008Victoria Wood with the cast of the hit comedy Dinner LadiesReceiving her OBE at Buckingham Palace in 1997 with her familyIn hugely successful comedy Dinnerladies, which she wrote and starred inShe was beloved across the world for her down-to-earth humourVictoria admitted her "creative drive" kept her workingComedian Victoria Wood has died aged 62 after a short battle with cancer Admitting she hoped they’d continue to work together in the future she said: “She’s my favourite person to work with and I’ve worked with her since 1978 on and off and I hope I always will work with her, I love her.” Proving that the partnership was comedy gold - Victoria revealed that despite early successes her career didn’t take off until she first worked with Julie in 1978 on play In at the Death.Saying it was the magical moment of her career, she explained: “It was a play all about death and I’d written a sketch and it was the only bit that was meant to be funny.”Coronation Street’s Tracey Barlow - Kate Ford - had a very personal tribute message for the comedienne following her death.
If there are any young kids who have never heard of Victoria Wood, look her up because she will make you laugh and she will make you giggle.“She had such an amazing talent.
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