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Cilla Black
b. 1943 — d. 2015 (aged 72)
Vauxhall, Liverpool, England, UK
Actress
Soundtrack
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
Filmography
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★ 7.8
Some Other Guys: The Story of the Big Three
2017 Self
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★ 6.6
Oh! You Pretty Things: The Story of British Music and Fashion
2014 Self
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Arqiva British Academy Television Awards
2014 Self
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★ 6.5
The One and Only Cilla Black
2013 Self
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★ 7.1
Les Dawson: An Audience with That Never Was
2013 Self
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★ 7.8
Paul O'Grady's Working Britain
2013 Self
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★ 6.1
Keith Lemon's Lemonaid
2012 Self
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★ 6.6
100 Years of the Royal Variety Performance
2012 Self
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The One and Only Des O'Connor
2012 Self
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Cilla's Unswung Sixties
2012 Self
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God Save the Queens
2012 Self
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Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
2011 Self
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★ 7.6
The Day John Lennon Died
2010 Self
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★ 8.6
The Girls Aloud Party
2008 Actress
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50 Greatest TV Endings
2008 Self
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★ 7.0
The Best of the Royal Variety
2006 Self
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Eating with...
2006 Self
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★ 7.7
2005 BAFTA/LA Cunard Britannia Awards
2005 Self
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★ 6.6
Avenue of the Stars: 50 Years of ITV
2005 Self
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Gloria's Greats
2005 Self
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Coming Home
2005 Self
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★ 5.4
The Paul O'Grady Show
2004 Self
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★ 7.8
Star Portraits with Rolf Harris
2004 Self
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★ 4.7
The Variety Club Showbusiness Awards 2004
2004 Self
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★ 8.7
Sport Relief 2004
2004 Self
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★ 8.0
One Night with Barry Manilow
2004 Self
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Cilla Live
2004 Self
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Johnny & Denise: Passport to Paradise
2004 Self
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Bob Monkhouse: A BAFTA Tribute
2004 Self
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★ 5.7
Dale's Wedding
2003 Self
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Still Cliff
2003 Self
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Happy Birthday Mr. Prime Minister
2003 Self
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Cilla in Black & White
2003 Self
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★ 7.9
There's Only One Paul McCartney
2002 Self
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★ 6.6
The Showbiz Set
2002 Self
Actor
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★ 8.7
There's Only One Elvis
2002 Self
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ITV1: That's Entertainment
2002 Self
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Pride of Britain Awards 2002
2002 Self
Actor
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Sing with a Star
2002 Self
Actor
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★ 3.7
The Royal Variety Performance 2001
2001 Self
Actor
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★ 6.8
An Audience with Ricky Martin
2001 Self
Actor
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★ 8.4
Paul O'Grady's America
2001 Self
Actor
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★ 6.6
40 Years on Coronation Street
2000 Self
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The Unforgettable Frankie Howerd
2000 Self
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★ 8.3
Martine McCutcheon: This Is My Moment
1999 Self
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★ 7.5
Moment of Truth
1998 Actress
Actor
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The Abbey Road Story
1998 Self
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Gloria's Time Off with...
1997 Self
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Children in Need
1996 Self
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CITV Awards
1996 Self
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The British Comedy Awards 1996
1996 Self
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The Beatles: All Together Now
1995 Self
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Cilla's World
1995 Self
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★ 8.1
An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck
1994 Self
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Stockton's Fling
1994 Self
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Cilla's World
1994 Self
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The Utterly Worst of Alright on the Night
1994 Self
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Russell Grant's All-Star Show
1994 Self
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★ 7.9
Blind Date
1993 Self
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★ 7.1
Comic Relief: The Invasion of the Comic Tomatoes
1993 Self
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The Royal Variety Performance 1993
1993 Self
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Cilla's Celebration
1993 Self
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Trading Places
1992 Self
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Happy Birthday, Coronation Street!
1990 Self
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★ 4.3
Cilla's Goodbye to the '80s
1989 Self
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Live from Coronation Street
1989 Self
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Cilla's Goodbye '88
1988 Self
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★ 5.4
Blind Date
1985 Self
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★ 5.1
Surprise! Surprise!
1984 Self
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★ 7.8
Ready Steady Go, Volume 1
1983 Self
Actor
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★ 7.4
The Green Tie on the Little Yellow Dog
1983 Actress
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The 22nd Annual TV Week Logie Awards
1980 Self
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London Night Out
1978 Self
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Night Out at the London Casino
1977 Self
Actor
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★ 7.5
So It Goes
1976 Actress
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★ 6.6
Cilla's World of Comedy
1976 Actress
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★ 6.6
Cilla's Comedy Six
1975 Actress
Actor
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The World of Cilla
1973 Self
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Burt Bacharach: Close to You
1972 Self
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Cilla Black und Sacha Distel - Ein Rendezvous in Berlin
1971 Self
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Aladdin
1971 Actress
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A Royal Television Gala Performance
1970 Self
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★ 7.7
Pop Go the Sixties!
1969 Self
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The Cliff Richard Show
1969 Self
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The Royal Variety Performance 1969
1969 Self
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The Bruce Forsyth Show
1969 Self
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★ 5.3
Work Is a Four Letter Word
1968 Actress
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★ 6.7
Cilla
1968 Self
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★ 7.8
The Harry Secombe Show
1968 Self
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The Frankie Howerd Show
1968 Self
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As You Like It
1967 Self
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Now and Then
1967 Self
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Frankie and Bruce
1966 Actress
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Cilla at the Savoy
1966 Self
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★ 8.4
The Music of Lennon & McCartney
1965 Self
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★ 8.9
New Musical Express Poll Winners' Concert
1965 Self
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★ 8.2
Around the Beatles
1964 Self
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★ 7.5
The Eamonn Andrews Show
1964 Self
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Ladybirds
1964 Self
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The Royal Variety Performance 1964
1964 Self