Victoria Wood's life and work: In pictures
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Victoria Wood, pictured here last year, died at her home in north London with her family by her side on the morning of 20 April after a "short but brave battle with cancer", her publicist said.
Her big break was on That's Life in 1976, in which she sang a comedy song of the week.
Wood, pictured here in 1994 in Victoria Wood: Live in Your Home, went on to become famed for her comedy songs on the piano.
In 1986, Wood won a best light entertainment programme Bafta for Victoria Wood - As Seen on TV.
Wood wrote, and starred in, Acorn Antiques in the 1980s. The spoof soap opera sketch, set in an antiques shop, featured in Victoria Wood - As Seen on TV and also starred Duncan Preston, Julie Walters and Celia Imrie.
Victoria Wood and Julie Walters were long-time collaborators, working together on programmes including sketch show Wood and Walters and sitcom Dinnerladies.
Set in a Manchester canteen, Dinnerladies was written and co-produced by Wood and won several awards, including best TV comedy at the 2000 British Comedy Awards.
The pair had also starred together in Pat and Margaret, a TV film about long-lost sisters being reunited.
Wood, pictured here with children Henry and Grace at Buckingham Palace, was made a CBE in 2008.
Wood took part in the Great Comic Relief Bake Off in 2015 and was awarded the star baker prize for her efforts.
Wood, pictured here with Boyzone singers Keith Duffy and Stephen Gately, supported Comic Relief by making numerous appearances for the charity.
Wood was awarded two Baftas in 2007 - best actress and best single drama - in 2007 for one-off drama Housewife, 49.
Her acting credits also included 2011's Eric and Ernie, in which she starred as Eric Morecambe's mother Sadie.
- Published20 April 2016
