Cilla Black
Biography
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
Prominent works featuring Cilla Black
Top of the Pops
The One Show
Loose Women
Wogan
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Parkinson
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Paul O'Grady Show
Benidorm
An Audience with...
Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (67 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2023 |
 | Burt Bacharach at the BBC | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2023 |
 | If These Walls Could Sing | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2022 |
 | Our Cilla: The One and Only | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2021 |
 | Cilla at the BBC | Self - Performer | Movie | 2015 |
 | Through the Keyhole | Self - Panelist | TV Series | 2013 |
 | Produced by George Martin | Self | Movie | 2012 |
 | Keith Lemon's LemonAid | Self - Guest | TV Series | 2012 |
 | Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes | Self | Movie | 2011 |
 | The Day John Lennon Died | Self | Movie | 2010 |
 | ...Sings the Beatles | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2009 |
 | Alan Carr: Chatty Man | Self | TV Series | 2009 |
| Feast | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2009 | |
 | Kate Garraway's Life Stories | Self | TV Series | 2009 |
 | The 60s: The Beatles Decade | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2008 |
| The Alan Titchmarsh Show | Self | TV Series | 2007 | |
 | Benidorm | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2007 |
| Al Murray's Happy Hour | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2007 | |
 | The One Show | Self | TV Series | 2006 |
 | The Story of Light Entertainment | Self | TV Series | 2006 |
| Eating With... | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2006 | |
 | The Friday Night Project | Self - Host | TV Series | 2005 |
 | Cliff Richard: Castles in the Air | Self | Movie | 2004 |
 | The Paul O'Grady Show | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2004 |
 | Parkinson | Self - Guest | TV Series | 2004 |
 | Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2004 |
 | There's Only One Paul McCartney | Self | Movie | 2002 |
 | Boom! Boom! The Best of the Original Basil Brush Show | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2001 |
 | Loose Women | Self | TV Series | 1999 |
| The Moment of Truth | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1998 | |
 | So Graham Norton | Self | TV Series | 1998 |
 | Parkinson | Self | TV Series | 1998 |
 | The Abbey Road Story | Self | Movie | 1998 |
 | The Brit Girls | Self (archive footage) | TV Series | 1997 |
 | Never Mind the Buzzcocks | Self - Host | TV Series | 1996 |
 | An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck | Self - Audience Member | Movie | 1994 |
 | Room 101 | Self | TV Series | 1994 |
 | The Ark | Self | Movie | 1993 |
 | Live & Kicking | Self | TV Series | 1993 |
 | Blind Date | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1985 |
 | Surprise, Surprise | Self - Presenter | TV Series | 1984 |
 | Cilla Black's Christmas Eve | Self | Movie | 1983 |
 | Wogan | Self | TV Series | 1982 |
 | An Audience with... | Self | TV Series | 1978 |
 | Cilla's World Of Comedy | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1976 |
 | Alfie Darling | Theme Song Performance | Movie | 1975 |
 | Seaside Special | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1975 |
 | Cilla's Comedy Six | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1975 |
| The World Of Cilla | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1973 | |
 | Cilla in Scandinavia | Self | Movie | 1971 |
 | The Two Ronnies | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1971 |
 | Disco | Self | TV Series | 1971 |
 | The Goodies | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1970 |
| TV Intim | Self | TV Series | 1969 | |
 | The Frankie Howerd Show | Self | Movie | 1968 |
 | Work Is a 4-Letter Word | Betty Dorrick | Movie | 1968 |
 | Cilla | Self | TV Series | 1968 |
 | Cilla at the Savoy | Self | Movie | 1966 |
| 4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet | Self | TV Series | 1966 | |
 | The Music of Lennon & McCartney | Self | Movie | 1965 |
 | Ferry Cross the Mersey | Cilla Black | Movie | 1965 |
 | Shindig! | Self - Singer | TV Series | 1964 |
 | Top of the Pops | Self | TV Series | 1964 |
 | Ready Steady Go! | Self | TV Series | 1963 |
 | Christmas Night with the Stars | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1958 |
 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | TV Series | 1948 |
 | 60s Legends in Concert | Self | Movie | — |