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.
Acted in
Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Burt Bacharach at the BBC
2023
as Self (archive footage)
If These Walls Could Sing
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Our Cilla: The One and Only
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Cilla at the BBC
2015
as Self - Performer
Through the Keyhole
2013
as Self - Panelist
Produced By George Martin
2012
as Self
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
2011
as Self
The Day John Lennon Died
2010
as Self
...Sings the Beatles
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Feast
2009
Benidorm
2007
Al Murray's Happy Hour
2007
The Story of Light Entertainment
2006
as Self
Eating With...
2006
Cliff Richard: Castles in the Air
2004
as Self
Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle
2004
as Self (archive footage)
There's Only One Paul McCartney
2002
as Self
Boom! Boom! The Best of the Original Basil Brush Show
2001
as Self (archive footage)
The Moment of Truth
1998
The Abbey Road Story
1998
as Self
The Brit Girls
1997
as Self (archive footage)
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
1996
as Self - Host
The Beatles Anthology
1995
as Self (archive footage)
An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck
1994
as Self - Audience Member
The Ark
1993
as Self
Blind Date
1985
Surprise, Surprise
1984
as Self - Presenter
Cilla Black's Christmas Eve
1983
as Self
Cilla's World Of Comedy
1976
Seaside Special
1975
Cilla's Comedy Six
1975
The World Of Cilla
1973
Cilla in Scandinavia
1971
as Self
The Two Ronnies
1971
The Goodies
1970
The Frankie Howerd Show
1968
as Self
Work Is a 4-Letter Word
1968
as Betty Dorrick
Cilla
1968
as Self
Cilla at the Savoy
1966
as Self
4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet
1966
as Self
The Music of Lennon & McCartney
1965
as Self
Ferry Cross the Mersey
1965
as Cilla Black
Shindig!
1964
as Self - Singer
Top of the Pops
1964
as Self
Ready Steady Go!
1963
as Self
The Bruce Forsyth Show
1959
Christmas Night with the Stars
1958
60s Legends in Concert
as Self