About

Known credits:
36
Birthday:
1943-05-27
Place of birth:
Vauxhall, Liverpool, England, UK
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Cilla Black

Overview

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.

Known for

Acting
2023 Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC Actor Self (archive footage) 59
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2023 Burt Bacharach at the BBC Actor Self (archive footage) N/A
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2022 If These Walls Could Sing Actor Self (archive footage) 59
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2021 Our Cilla: The One and Only Actor Self (archive footage) N/A
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2015 Cilla at the BBC Actor Self - Performer 58
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2012 Produced By George Martin Actor Self 59
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2011 Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes Actor Self N/A
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2010 The Day John Lennon Died Actor Self 59
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2009 ...Sings the Beatles Actor Self (archive footage) N/A
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2008 Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll: The 60s Revealed Actor N/A
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2004 Cliff Richard: Castles in the Air Actor Self N/A
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2004 Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle Actor Self (archive footage) N/A
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2002 There's Only One Paul McCartney Actor Self N/A
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2001 Boom! Boom! The Best of the Original Basil Brush Show Actor Self (archive footage) N/A
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1998 The Moment of Truth Actor N/A
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1998 The Abbey Road Story Actor Self N/A
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1997 The Brit Girls Actor Self (archive footage) N/A
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1995 The Beatles Anthology Actor Self (archive footage) 75
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1994 An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck Actor Self - Audience Member N/A
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1993 The Ark Actor Self N/A
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1985 Blind Date Actor 69
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1984 Surprise, Surprise Actor Self - Presenter 69
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1983 Cilla Black's Christmas Eve Actor Self N/A
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1976 Cilla's World Of Comedy Actor 70
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1975 Cilla's Comedy Six Actor 69
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1973 The World Of Cilla Actor N/A
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1971 Cilla in Scandinavia Actor Self N/A
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1968 The Frankie Howerd Show Actor Self N/A
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1968 Work Is a 4-Letter Word Actor Betty Dorrick 58
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1968 Cilla Actor Self 70
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1966 Cilla at the Savoy Actor Self N/A
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1965 The Music of Lennon & McCartney Actor Self N/A
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1965 Ferry Cross the Mersey Actor Cilla Black 58
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1958 Christmas Night with the Stars Actor N/A
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60s Legends in Concert Actor Self N/A
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Sound
1975 Alfie Darling Sound Theme Song Performance 58
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