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Cilla Black
Born · May 27, 1943
Died · August 1, 2015 (72 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Vauxhall, Liverpool, England, UK
Bio
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.
Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC
Self (archive footage)
9.0
2023
Burt Bacharach at the BBC
Self (archive footage)
0.0
2023
If These Walls Could Sing
Self (archive footage)
6.6
2022
Our Cilla: The One and Only
Self (archive footage)
0.0
2021
Cilla at the BBC
Self - Performer
6.3
2015
Through the Keyhole
Self - Panelist · (1 episode)
6.0
2013
Produced By George Martin
Self
7.7
2012
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
Self
0.0
2011
The Day John Lennon Died
Self
8.0
2010
...Sings the Beatles
Self (archive footage)
0.0
2009
Alan Carr: Chatty Man
Self · (1 episode)
4.9
2009
Feast
(1 episode)
0.0
2009
Kate Garraway's Life Stories
Self · (1 episode)
5.9
2009
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
Self · (1 episode)
3.7
2007
Benidorm
(1 episode)
7.5
2007
Al Murray's Happy Hour
(1 episode)
6.7
2007
The One Show
Self · (1 episode)
4.6
2006
The Story of Light Entertainment
Self · (1 episode)
5.0
2006
Eating With...
(1 episode)
0.0
2006
Cliff Richard: Castles in the Air
Self
0.0
2004
The Paul O'Grady Show
(2 episodes)
4.6
2004
Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle
Self (archive footage)
0.0
2004
There's Only One Paul McCartney
Self
0.0
2002
Boom! Boom! The Best of the Original Basil Brush Show
Self (archive footage)
0.0
2001
The Moment of Truth
(36 episodes)
0.0
1998
So Graham Norton
Self · (1 episode)
6.3
1998
Parkinson
Self · (3 episodes)
0.0
1998
The Abbey Road Story
Self
0.0
1998
The Brit Girls
Self (archive footage) · (4 episodes)
0.0
1997
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Self - Host · (1 episode)
7.0
1996
The Beatles Anthology
Self (archive footage) · (3 episodes)
8.1
1995
An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck
Self - Audience Member
0.0
1994
Room 101
Self · (2 episodes)
6.2
1994
The Ark
Self
0.0
1993
Blind Date
(370 episodes)
6.5
1985
Surprise, Surprise
Self - Presenter · (127 episodes)
5.8
1984
Cilla Black's Christmas Eve
Self
0.0
1983
Wogan
Self · (2 episodes)
4.5
1982
An Audience with...
Self · (3 episodes)
5.3
1978
Cilla's World Of Comedy
(6 episodes)
7.5
1976
Seaside Special
(2 episodes)
2.0
1975
Cilla's Comedy Six
(6 episodes)
5.0
1975
The World Of Cilla
(1 episode)
0.0
1973
Cilla in Scandinavia
Self
6.0
1971
The Two Ronnies
(1 episode)
7.6
1971
Disco
Self · (2 episodes)
0.0
1971
The Goodies
(1 episode)
7.5
1970
TV Intim
Self · (1 episode)
0.0
1969
The Frankie Howerd Show
Self
0.0
1968
Work Is a 4-Letter Word
Betty Dorrick
3.0
1968
Cilla
Self · (69 episodes)
10.0
1968
Cilla at the Savoy
Self
0.0
1966
4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet
Self · (1 episode)
0.0
1966
The Music of Lennon & McCartney
Self
0.0
1965
Ferry Cross the Mersey
Cilla Black
6.1
1965
60s Legends in Concert
Self
0.0
Shindig!
Self - Singer · (1 episode)
6.2
1964
Top of the Pops
Self · (6 episodes)
6.5
1964
Top of the Pops
(1 episode)
6.5
1964
Ready Steady Go!
Self · (1 episode)
0.0
1963
The Bruce Forsyth Show
(1 episode)
0.0
1959
Christmas Night with the Stars
(14 episodes)
0.0
1958
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · (2 episodes)
6.6
1948