- Born
- Died
- Birth nameEllen Mape
- Nickname
- Nellie
- Helen Wood, was the comedian Victoria Wood's mother. She was born as Ellen Mape in Prestwich in 1919. She was later given the name Helen Colleen and so was known initially as Ellen Mape, later as Helen Mape and informally amongst friends and acquaintances as Nellie Mape, later she was known by her married name Helen Wood.
Nellie died in 2001, but in her later years she wrote an account of her childhood in Manchester between 1919 and 1933. After Nellie died her son Christopher (the politician Chris Foote Wood) edited this diary into 'Nellie's Book', which was published in 2006.
- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous
- SpouseStanley Wood(July 11, 1940 - November 13, 1993) (his death, 4 children)
- RelativesHenry Durham(Grandchild)Grace Durham(Grandchild)
- Mother of Chris Foote Wood.
- Daughter of Jack Mape (born John Mape 1886, died 30 March 1941) and Ada Mape (born Ada Cottrell 1895, died 1961) who married on 5 April 1913.
- Grandmother of Grace Durham and Henry Durham.
- Former mother-in-law of Geoffrey Durham.
- Mother of Victoria Wood.
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