Cilla Black
Priscilla Maria Veronica White is best known by her stage name Cilla Black. She rose to fame in the 1960s as a pop singer and her singles "Anyone Who Had a Heart" and "You're My World" both reached number one in the UK in 1964. She hosted her own variety show titled "Cilla" in the 60s and 70s and was an occasional comedy actress. Her career had a massive resurgence in the mid-80s and 1990s were she presented "Blind Date" were many tuned in for her acerbic comments, "Surprise Surprise" showed her softer side and "The Moment of Truth" was her successful peaktime game show. In the 2000s she put in memorable appearances on chat shows such as "The Paul O'Grady Show", "Loose Women" and "So Graham Norton". She died on 1st August 2015 after a fall in her villa in Estepona, Spain. The day after her funeral, the compilation album The Very Best of Cilla Black went to number one on the UK Albums Chart and the New Zealand Albums Chart; it was her first number one album.
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Films (25)
Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC
2023 · Self (archive footage)
Burt Bacharach at the BBC
2023 · Self (archive footage)
Derrière les murs des Studios Abbey Road
2022 · Self (archive footage)
Our Cilla: The One and Only
2021 · Self (archive footage)
Cilla at the BBC
2015 · Self - Performer
Produced by George Martin
2012 · Self
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
2011 · Self
The Day John Lennon Died
2010 · Self
...Sings the Beatles
2009 · Self (archive footage)
Cliff Richard: Castles in the Air
2004 · Self
Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle
2004 · Self (archive footage)
There's Only One Paul McCartney
2002 · Self
Boom! Boom! The Best of the Original Basil Brush Show
2001 · Self (archive footage)
The Abbey Road Story
1998 · Self
An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck
1994 · Self - Audience Member
The Ark
1993 · Self
Cilla Black's Christmas Eve
1983 · Self
Alfie Darling
1975 · Theme Song Performance
Cilla in Scandinavia
1971 · Self
The Frankie Howerd Show
1968 · Self
Work Is a 4-Letter Word
1968 · Betty Dorrick
Cilla at the Savoy
1966 · Self
The Music of Lennon & McCartney
1965 · Self
Ferry Cross the Mersey
1965 · Cilla Black
60s Legends in Concert
· Self
Séries (43)
Through the Keyhole
2013 · Self - Panelist
Keith Lemon's LemonAid
2012 · Self - Guest
Alan Carr: Chatty Man
2009 · Self
Feast
2009
Kate Garraway's Life Stories
2009 · Self
The 60s: The Beatles Decade
2008
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007 · Self
Benidorm
2007
Al Murray's Happy Hour
2007
The One Show
2006 · Self
The Story of Light Entertainment
2006 · Self
Eating With...
2006
The Friday Night Project
2005 · Self - Host
The Paul O'Grady Show
2004
Parkinson
2004 · Self - Guest
Loose Women
1999 · Self
The Moment of Truth
1998
So Graham Norton
1998 · Self
Parkinson
1998 · Self
The Brit Girls
1997 · Self (archive footage)
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
1996 · Self - Host
Room 101
1994 · Self
Live & Kicking
1993 · Self
Comic Relief
1988
Blind Date
1985
Surprise, Surprise
1984 · Self - Presenter
Wogan
1982 · Self
An Audience with...
1978 · Self
Cilla's World Of Comedy
1976
Seaside Special
1975
Cilla's Comedy Six
1975
The World Of Cilla
1973
The Two Ronnies
1971
Disco
1971 · Self
The Goodies
1970
TV Intim
1969 · Self
Cilla
1968 · Self
4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet
1966 · Self
Shindig!
1964 · Self - Singer
Top of the Pops
1964 · Self
Ready Steady Go!
1963 · Self
Christmas Night with the Stars
1958
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self