How To Adopt A Child Victoria

comedian, writer and actress victoria woodhas passed away at 62 after a short but brave battle with cancer. multi-talented she had a varied career thatspanned five decades. she's perhaps best known for her long running collaborations with julie walters the pair appeared in the short lived sketchshow wood and walters before appearing in

How To Adopt A Child Victoria, victoria wood as seen on tv - there victoriashowcased her musical abilities with her song the ballad of barry and freda ("let's do it") and becoming a firm fan favourite. acorn antiques- a spoof of a soap....

in 2005 wood turned that into a musical, withjulie walters, and her other long-running collaborator celia imrie both starring, woodalso wrote another musical called that day we sang, which was adapted for tv in 2014. the pair also appeared in the hit comedy seriesdinnerladies - which wood also wrote. but she was more than just a funny lady - shealso turned her hand to drama, writing and starring in bafta winning 'housewife, 49'in 2006. over the years she collected 5 bafta's aswell as six british comedy awards. in 2015 she appeared in the great sport reliefbake off she had two children with her former husbandgeoffery dunham - grace, who was born in 88

and henry born in 1992. she was fiercly protectiveof her private life - initially refusing to reveal the name of her son after his birth. she was appointed order of the british empirein 1997 and made a commander of the order of the british empire in 2008 her loss if being felt up and down the country,with many famous faces sharing their thoughts on her.. david cameron has said victoria wood was anational treasure loved by millions. james corden said she was so brilliantly talented,and it's a sad day. sarah millican called her a true comedy icon.

julian clarey said she always made him howlwith laughter and ricky gervais said she was innovative,funny and down to earth - adding it's not been a good year.