Cilla Black
ActingPriscilla 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.
Movies
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Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC
2023
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Burt Bacharach at the BBC
2023
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If These Walls Could Sing
2022
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Our Cilla: The One and Only
2021
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Cilla at the BBC
2015
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Produced by George Martin
2012
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Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
2011
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The Day John Lennon Died
2010
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...Sings the Beatles
2009
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Cliff Richard: Castles in the Air
2004
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Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle
2004
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There's Only One Paul McCartney
2002
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Boom! Boom! The Best of the Original Basil Brush Show
2001
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The Abbey Road Story
1998
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An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck
1994
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The Ark
1993
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Cilla Black's Christmas Eve
1983
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Cilla in Scandinavia
1971
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The Frankie Howerd Show
1968
Betty Dorrick
Work Is a 4-Letter Word
1968
TV Shows
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Through the Keyhole
2013
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Keith Lemon's LemonAid
2012
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Alan Carr: Chatty Man
2009
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Kate Garraway's Life Stories
2009
The 60s: The Beatles Decade
2008
Benidorm
2007
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The One Show
2006
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The Story of Light Entertainment
2006
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The Friday Night Project
2005
The Paul O'Grady Show
2004
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Parkinson
2004
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Loose Women
1999
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So Graham Norton
1998
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Parkinson
1998
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The Brit Girls
1997
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Never Mind the Buzzcocks
1996
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Room 101
1994
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Live & Kicking
1993
Blind Date
1985
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Surprise, Surprise
1984