Cilla Black
Actor
Born May 27, 1943 in Vauxhall, Liverpool, England, UK
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.
Filmography
60s Legends in Concert
Self
Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC
Self (archive footage)
Burt Bacharach at the BBC
Self (archive footage)
If These Walls Could Sing
Self (archive footage)
Our Cilla: The One and Only
Self (archive footage)
Cilla at the BBC
Self - Performer
Through the Keyhole
Self - Panelist
Produced by George Martin
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Keith Lemon's LemonAid
Self - Guest
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
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The Day John Lennon Died
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...Sings the Beatles
Self (archive footage)
Alan Carr: Chatty Man
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Kate Garraway's Life Stories
Self
The 60s: The Beatles Decade
Benidorm
The One Show
Self
The Story of Light Entertainment
Self
The Friday Night Project
Self - Host
Cliff Richard: Castles in the Air
Self
The Paul O'Grady Show
Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle
Self (archive footage)
There's Only One Paul McCartney
Self
Boom! Boom! The Best of the Original Basil Brush Show
Self (archive footage)
Loose Women
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So Graham Norton
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Parkinson
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The Abbey Road Story
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The Brit Girls
Self (archive footage)
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Self - Host
An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck
Self - Audience Member
Room 101
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The Ark
Self
Live & Kicking
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Blind Date
Surprise, Surprise
Self - Presenter
Cilla Black's Christmas Eve
Self
Wogan
Self
An Audience with...
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Cilla's World Of Comedy
Alfie Darling
Seaside Special
Cilla's Comedy Six
Cilla in Scandinavia
Self
The Two Ronnies
Disco
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The Goodies
The Frankie Howerd Show
Self
Work Is a 4-Letter Word
Betty Dorrick
Cilla
Self
Cilla at the Savoy
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The Music of Lennon & McCartney
Self
Ferry Cross the Mersey
Cilla Black
Shindig!
Self - Singer
Top of the Pops
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Ready Steady Go!
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Christmas Night with the Stars
The Ed Sullivan Show
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