Cilla Black
Known for: Acting
Born: May 27, 1943
Died: August 1, 2015
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
25 movies · 41 TV shows, newest first
9.0
Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC
2023
NR
Burt Bacharach at the BBC
2023
6.5
If These Walls Could Sing
2022
NR
Our Cilla: The One and Only
2021
6.3
Cilla at the BBC
2015
6.3
Through the Keyhole
2013
7.4
Produced by George Martin
2012
NR
Keith Lemon's LemonAid
2012
NR
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
2011
8.0
The Day John Lennon Died
2010
NR
...Sings the Beatles
2009
5.2
Alan Carr: Chatty Man
2009NR
Feast
2009
5.9
Kate Garraway's Life Stories
2009
NR
The 60s: The Beatles Decade
20084.5
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007
7.6
Benidorm
20076.7
Al Murray's Happy Hour
2007
4.4
The One Show
2006
5.0
The Story of Light Entertainment
2006NR
Eating With...
2006
6.0
The Friday Night Project
2005
NR
Cliff Richard: Castles in the Air
2004
5.1
The Paul O'Grady Show
2004
NR
Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle
2004
8.0
There's Only One Paul McCartney
2002
9.0
Boom! Boom! The Best of the Original Basil Brush Show
2001
3.4
Loose Women
19997.0
The Moment of Truth
1998
7.4
So Graham Norton
1998
NR
Parkinson
1998
NR
The Abbey Road Story
1998
8.0
The Brit Girls
1997
7.0
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
1996
10.0
An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck
1994
6.6
Room 101
1994
NR
The Ark
1993
6.0
Live & Kicking
1993
6.7
Blind Date
1985
5.7
Surprise, Surprise
1984
NR
Cilla Black's Christmas Eve
1983
5.3
Wogan
1982
5.3
An Audience with...
1978
7.5
Cilla's World Of Comedy
1976
4.5
Alfie Darling
1975
2.0
Seaside Special
1975
5.0
Cilla's Comedy Six
1975NR
The World Of Cilla
1973
6.0
Cilla in Scandinavia
1971
7.8
The Two Ronnies
1971
NR
Disco
1971
7.7
The Goodies
1970NR
TV Intim
1969
NR
The Frankie Howerd Show
1968
6.0
Work Is a 4-Letter Word
1968
8.0
Cilla
1968
NR
Cilla at the Savoy
1966NR
4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet
1966
7.0
The Music of Lennon & McCartney
1965
6.1
Ferry Cross the Mersey
1965
6.4
Shindig!
1964
6.6
Top of the Pops
1964
7.0
Ready Steady Go!
1963
7.0
Christmas Night with the Stars
1958
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
NR
60s Legends in Concert
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