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.
Filmography (65 titles)
9.0MovieSounds of Liverpool at the BBC
Self (archive footage) · 2023
MovieBurt Bacharach at the BBC
Self (archive footage) · 2023
6.6MovieIf These Walls Could Sing
Self (archive footage) · 2022
MovieOur Cilla: The One and Only
Self (archive footage) · 2021
6.3MovieCilla at the BBC
Self - Performer · 2015
6.3ShowThrough the Keyhole
Self - Panelist · 2013
7.4MovieProduced by George Martin
Self · 2012
ShowKeith Lemon's LemonAid
Self - Guest · 2012
MovieEric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
Self · 2011
8.0MovieThe Day John Lennon Died
Self · 2010
Movie...Sings the Beatles
Self (archive footage) · 2009
5.2ShowAlan Carr: Chatty Man
Self · 2009
Feast
2009
5.9ShowKate Garraway's Life Stories
Self · 2009
ShowThe 60s: The Beatles Decade
2008
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
Self · 2007
7.6ShowBenidorm
2007
Al Murray's Happy Hour
2007
4.4ShowThe One Show
Self · 2006
5.0ShowThe Story of Light Entertainment
Self · 2006
Eating With...
2006
6.0ShowThe Friday Night Project
Self - Host · 2005
MovieCliff Richard: Castles in the Air
Self · 2004
5.1ShowThe Paul O'Grady Show
2004
MovieBrian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle
Self (archive footage) · 2004
8.0MovieThere's Only One Paul McCartney
Self · 2002
9.0MovieBoom! Boom! The Best of the Original Basil Brush Show
Self (archive footage) · 2001
3.4ShowLoose Women
Self · 1999
The Moment of Truth
1998
7.4ShowSo Graham Norton
Self · 1998