Biography
Who was the next biggest-selling music superstar to emerge from Liverpool following the Beatles? It wasn’t Gerry & the Pacemakers or Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas, nor was it the Searchers. It had been Cilla Dark, a onetime coat-check female in the Cavern Membership who was simply still understanding how to sing confidently, forget creating a technique, nearly the time the fact that Beatles were trimming their 1st EMI record. Cilla Dark holds a distinctive position in the annals of pop music, as well as the English Invasion. As Brian Epstein’s finding and protégée, she was the 1st and only essential feminine performer to emerge from Liverpool within the heyday from the English beat boom. Together with Epstein’s administration and George Martin’s creation abilities, she became a formidable ballad vocalist, her hits long lasting much longer than any Epstein customers apart from the Beatles. And she became one of the most beloved pop/rock and roll performers in Britain during the past due ’60s and ’70s, and something from the country’s most widely used television superstars. She was the 3rd Brian Epstein-managed performer to emerge from Liverpool within the wake from the Beatles’ achievement. Her name was Priscilla Light when she proved helpful on the Cavern Membership on lunchtime breaks from her work being a typist. She started singing being a anxious amateur on the Liverpool underground picture where the Beatles, with Pete Greatest still on drums (and Brian Epstein quite a distance removed from understanding them), were regarded as one of the most promising rings. By the summertime of 1961, she experienced gotten sufficient to appear like a visitor vocalist with such founded local talent because the Big Three Trio and Rory Surprise & the Hurricanes, and was a popular of Expenses Harry, the publisher from the music paper Mersey Defeat. Brian Epstein’s finding from the Beatles as well as the Cavern Golf club opened him up to whole globe of songs and performers. On Priscilla White colored, still an extremely gawky semi-professional, he lavished nearly as much interest as he do over the Beatles, but also for different factors. The Beatles had been a surprising rvelation to Epstein, making use of their fresh exuberance and uninhibited fun. Gerry & the Pacemakers had been a talented music group that helped verify his golden contact expanded beyond Lennon, McCartney, et al. Cilla Dark, as Epstein rechristened her, was non-e of these stuff. Rather, she was a non-distinct feminine persona — practically a tabula rasa, using a girl-next-door appear — onto whom the sexually ambiguous Epstein could task his tips of design and beauty. Neither was she an all natural vocalist, or performer. She do try hard, nevertheless, and, with the proper appear and display, and the proper song and manufacturer, had a opportunity for achievement. All those items Epstein secured on her behalf, either straight or within the guise of George Martin at Parlophone Information. Martin initially experienced his uncertainties about Cilla Dark, but he do his greatest and, with Epstein’s help plus some cautiously orchestrated press that broke simply at the idea when any five milkmen from Liverpool could easily get a hearing, her profession was launched effectively. Ironically, provided his initial uncertainties, Martin became Black’s maker for another 11 years, and combined with the Beatles, she was one of the few EMI works that he continuing to create after he remaining the business in 1966 to create AIR Studios. Dark was never likely to be considered a rival to Dusty Springfield, missing the latter’s power or subtlety. Alternatively, she did possess a fairly special and identifiable — and appealing — delivery, and she improved as she obtained encounter. Her debut solitary, a Lennon-McCartney leftover known as “Love from the Loved,” had not been among the prime types of actually the second-rate Lennon-McCartney that finished up within the hands of Kramer, Peter & Gordon, et al. It peaked at quantity 35, probably the most unsatisfactory debut of any post-Beatles Epstein work in 1963. Dark had much higher achievement with her next music, a ballad that demonstrated her real advantages and potential like a vocalist, known as “Anyone Who Acquired a Center”– the Burt Bacharach-Hal David melody acquired previously been cut by Dionne Warwick, but Dark quickly eclipsed Warwick’s edition. Issued on the ultimate time of January 1964, it became the biggest-selling one by a feminine artist in the annals of well-known music in Britain, getting her to number 1 on the United kingdom graphs three weeks afterwards. It marketed over 800,000 copies in Britain, and another million internationally. Sustained achievement was waiting for you for Dark three months afterwards using the discharge of “You’re My Globe,” an British version of the song originally created in Italian. What “I Just Desire to be together with you” would be to Dusty Springfield, “Shout” would be to Lulu, and “Constantly Something There to Remind Me” would be to Sandy Shaw, “You’re My Globe” would be to Cilla Dark — a personal music that stands astride her entire profession. After “You’re My Globe,” Black’s profession was produced. At her most severe, like a pop vocalist of uncertain range and intuition, she was nearly a throwback to Helen Shapiro, a significant female pop celebrity from the pre-Beatles period. At her greatest, as on “You’ve Shed That Loving Sense,” she got a rigorous soulful quality, comparable to Tom Jones being a ballad vocalist — certainly, she might’ve been Britain’s response to Dionne Warwick. She shown a surprisingly ambitious nature, much like “It’s for you personally,” a waltz-like amount that Paul McCartney individually selected on her behalf from among his greatest non-Beatles-destined originals. She protected it within a jazz agreement and the causing single reached amount seven in Britain. McCartney remained near her for a long time, although Black’s closest musical confidant was songwriter Bobby Willis, whom she afterwards wedded. She also produced her film debut in past due 1964 using the discharge of Ferry Combination the Mersey, starring Gerry & the Pacemakers, where Dark sang “COULD IT BE Love.” Dark maintained a complete plan of concert, radio, and tv looks in 1964-1965. Like almost every other Epstein customer, she was also active in America aswell, appearing for the Ed Sullivan Present and such non-rock & move venues because the Tonight Display. She was also a presented performer on the past due-1965 English television unique, The Beatles: The Music of Lennon and McCartney. By that point, she was, combined with the Beatles, among only two functions still personally handled by Brian Epstein, who considered her as you of his two most valuable musical discoveries — and, certainly, following the Beatles she was probably the most effective artist to emerge from Liverpool. Dark had two extra major strikes in 1966, “Alfie” and “Don’t Solution Me,” both which produced the British TOP. Up compared to that stage, her profession had been managed by Brian Epstein, in whose hands she’d turn into a superstar. She started having uncertainties about his administration in 1966, nevertheless, and regarded — but primarily abandoned — programs to keep him and only Robert Stigwood. During Epstein’s loss of life in the summertime of 1967, she was one of is own two remaining customers. Her strikes subsided in 1967, partially due to Epstein’s loss of life and her participation in an attribute film, Work Is really a Four-Letter Phrase, where she starred with David Warner. A science-fiction story set in the near future, and relating to the usage of hallucinogenic mushrooms (all predicated on a play by Henry Livings), the film demonstrated a misstep when it finally arrived. In 1968 she was back again on form, achieving the Top Ten double, with “Stage Inside Like,” a Lennon-McCartney track, and “I Couldn’t Consider My Eye Off You,” and the next year was backup there once again with “Encompass Yourself with Sorrow” and “Discussions.” These successes had been aided by Black’s English television range series, Cilla, which presented a number of the best pop/rock and roll musical skill of the time. After 1969, Black’s times of charting singles had been over. That same 12 months, she wedded songwriter Bobby Willis. Black’s documenting profession with EMI continuing into the middle-’70s, but a lot of her profession activity by that point was devoted to television as opposed to the documenting studio room. She still released singles and albums, including a significant collection of tracks from her previous entitled IN MY OWN Life. She eventually proved helpful in two well-known and critically effective series, Blind Time and Surprise Shock — the previous also gained her an award from BAFTA (the United kingdom Academy of Film and Tv Arts). In 1993, to commemorate her 30 years being a show-business professional, she lower an recording, released a retrospective video, released a publication, and presented a wedding anniversary unique, each which was entitled Over time. She remained probably one of the most well-known entertainers in Britain in to the 21st hundred years, with ITV honoring her 50 years in display business having a Television unique titled THE MAIN ONE & Just Cilla Dark in Oct 2013. That same month, Parlophone Information released THE MOST EFFECTIVE of Cilla Dark, a 26-monitor collection that included all 19 of her U.K. Best 40 singles. Cilla Dark passed away on August 1, 2015 at her house in Estepona, Spain.
Quick Facts
Full Name Cilla Black
Died August 1, 2015, Estepona, Spain
Height 1.69 m
Profession Entertainer, Author, Television presenter, Voice Actor, Singer-songwriter, Media Personality
Nationality English
Spouse Bobby Willis
Children Ben Willis, Jack Willis, Ellen Willis, Robert Willis
Parents John Patrick White, Priscilla Blythen
Siblings George White, Allan White, John White
Awards British Academy Television Special Award, NME Award for British Female Singer, British Comedy Award for Best ITV Personality, British Comedy Lifetime Achievement Award for Entertainment, British Comedy Award for Best ITV Entertainment Presenter
Music Songs You're My World, Anyone Who Had a Heart, Step Inside Love, Alfie, It's for You, Something Tells Me, Love of the Loved, I Only Live to Love You, You've lost that lovin' feelin, Where Is Tomorrow, Liverpool Lullaby, Love's Just a Broken Heart, Surround Yourself With Sorrow, For No One, A Fool Am I, Don't Answer Me, Baby We Can't Go Wrong, Surprise! Surprise!, Goin' Out of My Head, I've Been Wrong Before, Across the Universe, Make It Easy on Yourself, What the World Needs Now Is Love, The Long and Winding Road, I Couldn't Take My Eyes Off You, Shy of Love, Baby It's You, Suffer Now I Must, The World I Wish for You, What Good Am I, One Little Voice, Misty Roses
Albums Surround Yourself with Cilla, Cilla Sings a Rainbow, Modern Priscilla, Sweet Inspiration, Especially for You, It Makes Me Feel Good, Images, Surprisingly Cilla, Day by Day with Cilla, Cilla, The Very Best of Cilla Black, The Best of Cilla Black, Completely Cilla: 1963-1973, Beginnings: Greatest Hits & New Songs, Sher-oo!, Cilla's World, Through the Years, Is It Love?, In My Life, Cilla in the 60's, The Abbey Road Decade 1963-1973, The Definitive Collection (A Life in Music), The Best of 1963-1978, Cilla All Mixed Up, 35th Anniversary Collection, Cilla In The 70's, Beginnings: Revisited, A Life In Music, The Love of the Loved, 15 Classic Tracks: Cilla Black, Beginnings, You're My World
Nominations NME Award for World Female Singer, NME Award for British Vocal Personality
Movies Work Is a Four-Letter Word, Ferry Cross the Mersey, This is Coronation Street: The Anniversary Special
TV Shows Love at First Sight, Surprise Surprise, Cilla's World Of Comedy, The One and Only, The Moment of Truth, Cilla's Comedy Six, Cilla, The World Of Cilla, Blind Date, Loveland
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| # | Fact |
|---|
| 1 |
First female recording artist to be signed by Brian Epstein, manager of The Beatles. |
| 2 |
On Saturday 4 January 2003, she announced "on-air" that she was quitting as host of Blind Date (1985) after eighteen years, during a live transmission of the prime-time dating show. The programme's producers had not received prior notice of her decision. |
| 3 |
Her real last name is White, but a reporter who reviewed one of her appearances incorrectly printed her last name as "Black". He gave her a favorable review, so she went ahead and kept "Black" for her stage name. |
| 4 |
Revealed on Surprise Surprise! (1984) in 1996 that her favorite Doctor Who (1963) was Jon Pertwee. |
| 5 |
Cilla came proud grandmother after son Robert and his wife Fiona had a baby boy called Max in August 2004. |
| 6 |
Her children are Robert Willis (born 1970), Benjamin (born 1974), Ellen (born 1975) who only lived for 2 hours, and finally Jack (born 1980). |
| 7 |
She is a fan of Coronation Street (1960) and appeared in their 40th anniversary special. |
| 8 |
Was the highest paid female UK TV personality with her 1960s show, and then again with Blind Date (1985) (1985 - 2003) |
| 9 |
Close friend of Dale Winton and Paul O'Grady. |
| 10 |
Attended the wedding of Joan Collins and Percy Gibson. |
| 11 |
She was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1997 Queen's New Year Honours List for her services to entertainment. |
| 12 |
Paul McCartney wrote the theme song, "Step Inside Love" which was also a single for Cilla Black. The Beatles version was released on the Anthology CDs. |
| 13 |
Had a number 1 hit in the UK with: "You're My World". |
| 14 |
Her manager was Brian Epstein, who was also The Beatles manager. |
| 15 |
John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote songs for her to launch her career as a singer. |
| 16 |
A friend of The Beatles, she was a hat-check girl at the Cavern during their formative years as a group. |
Soundtrack
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|
| World Cup 1966: Alfie's Boys |
2016 |
TV Movie documentary performer: "Alfie" - uncredited |
|
| The One and Only Cilla Black |
2013 |
TV Movie documentary performer: "Liverpool Lullaby Oh you are a mucky kid" |
|
| Rude Tube |
2013 |
TV Series performer - 1 episode |
|
| ...Sings The Beatles |
2009 |
TV Movie documentary performer: "If I Fell" - as Cilla |
|
| 20 to 1 |
2009 |
TV Series documentary performer - 1 episode |
|
| The Wedding Tackle |
2000 |
performer: "Something Tells Me Something's Gonna Happen Tonight" |
|
| Edge of Seventeen |
1998 |
performer: "You're My World" |
|
| First Among Equals |
1986 |
TV Mini-Series performer - 1 episode |
|
| Top of the Pops |
1968-1978 |
TV Series performer - 4 episodes |
|
| Cilla |
1968-1976 |
TV Series performer - 18 episodes |
|
| Alfie Darling |
1975 |
performer: "Alfie Darling" |
|
| The Liver Birds |
1974 |
TV Series performer - 1 episode |
|
| Please Sir! |
1971 |
performer: "La La La Lu I Love You" |
|
| Pop Go the Sixties! |
1969 |
TV Movie performer: "Anyone Who Had A Heart" |
|
| Work Is a 4-Letter Word |
1968 |
performer: "Work Is a Four-Letter Word" |
|
| Alfie |
1966 |
performer: "Alfie" |
|
| Not Only... But Also |
1966 |
TV Series performer - 1 episode |
|
| The Ed Sullivan Show |
1965 |
TV Series performer - 1 episode |
|
| Shindig! |
1965 |
TV Series performer - 1 episode |
|
| Ferry Cross the Mersey |
1964 |
performer: "Is It Love?" |
|
| The Royal Variety Performance 1964 |
1964 |
TV Movie performer: "You're My World Il Mio Mondo" |
|
Actress
Actress
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|
| The Girls Aloud Party |
2008 |
TV Movie |
Nicola's Grandma |
| Cilla's World of Comedy |
1976 |
TV Series |
Vera Wilkinson / Christine Bradshaw / Carol Coombes / ... |
| Cilla's Comedy Six |
1975 |
TV Series |
Sally Norton / Vera Clayton / Christine Bradshaw / ... |
| The Goodies |
1971 |
TV Series |
Cilla Black |
| Work Is a 4-Letter Word |
1968 |
|
Betty Dorrick |
Thanks
Thanks
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|
| The Friday Night Project |
2007 |
TV Series thanks - 1 episode |
|
Self
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|
| 40 Years on Coronation Street |
2000 |
TV Special |
Herself |
| Martine McCutcheon: This Is My Moment |
1999 |
TV Movie documentary |
Herself |
| Comic Relief: The Record Breaker |
1999 |
TV Special |
Herself |
| Moment of Truth |
1998 |
TV Series |
Presenter |
| The Abbey Road Story |
1998 |
TV Movie documentary |
Herself |
| Children in Need |
1996 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| Stockton's Fling |
1996 |
TV Series documentary |
Herself |
| Great Performances |
1996 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| The Street Party |
1995 |
TV Movie |
Herself |
| The Beatles: All Together Now |
1995 |
TV Movie documentary |
Herself |
| Heroes of Comedy |
1995 |
TV Series documentary |
Herself |
| The Royal Variety Performance |
1994 |
TV Movie |
Herself - Host |
| An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck |
1994 |
TV Movie |
Herself |
| Russell Grant's All-Star Show |
1994 |
TV Series |
Herself - Guest |
| Cilla's World |
1994 |
TV Movie |
Herself - Host |
| Pebble Mill at One |
1993 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| Cilla's Celebration |
1993 |
TV Movie documentary |
Herself - Host |
| Comic Relief: The Invasion of the Comic Tomatoes |
1993 |
TV Special |
Herself |
| Mr Bean: Blind Date |
1993 |
Video |
Herself |
| Trading Places |
1992 |
TV Movie |
Herself - Hostess |
| Happy Birthday, Coronation Street! |
1990 |
TV Movie |
Herself - Host |
| Live from Coronation Street |
1990 |
TV Movie documentary |
Herself - Presenter |
| ITV Telethon |
1990 |
TV Series |
Herself - Singer |
| Cilla's Goodbye to the '80s |
1989 |
TV Movie |
Herself - Host |
| Cilla's Goodbye '88 |
1988 |
TV Movie |
Herself - Presenter |
| Sunday, Sunday |
1987 |
TV Series |
Herself - Guest |
| Ready Steady Go, Volume 1 |
1983 |
Documentary |
Herself |
| Blankety Blank |
1983 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| The Keith Harris Show |
1983 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| Punchlines! |
1983 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| Live from Her Majesty's |
1983 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| London Night Out |
1980 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| The 22nd Annual TV Week Logie Awards |
1980 |
TV Special |
Herself |
| This Is Your Life |
1980 |
TV Series documentary |
Herself |
| Seaside Special |
1975-1979 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| Wednesday at 8 |
1978 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| Top of the Pops |
1964-1978 |
TV Series |
Herself / Herself - Performer: 'Baby we cant go wrong' |
| The Basil Brush Show |
1977 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| Night Out at the London Casino |
1977 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| Cilla |
1968-1976 |
TV Series |
Herself - Host |
| The World of Cilla |
1973 |
TV Movie |
Herself |
| A Christmas Night with the Stars |
1969-1972 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| The Harry Secombe Show |
1969-1972 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| Musik aus Studio B |
1972 |
TV Series |
Herself - Singer |
| Engelbert with the Young Generation |
1972 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| Disco |
1971 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| Cilla Black Und Sacha Distel |
1971 |
TV Movie |
Herself - Musician |
| The Morecambe & Wise Show |
1971 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| TV Intim |
1971 |
TV Series documentary |
Herself |
| Rolf Harris Show |
1971 |
TV Series |
Herself - Singer |
| Tarbuck's Luck |
1970 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| 4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet |
1970 |
TV Series |
Herself - Musician |
| Galas del sábado |
1970 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| Pop Go the Sixties! |
1969 |
TV Movie |
Herself |
| The Royal Variety Performance 1969 |
1969 |
TV Special |
Herself |
| The Bruce Forsyth Show |
1965-1969 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| BBC Show of the Week |
1968 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| Billy Cotton Band Show |
1968 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| Now and Then |
1967 |
TV Series documentary short |
Herself |
| The Val Doonican Show |
1967 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| Dee Time |
1967 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| The Impresarios |
1967 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| The Blackpool Show |
1967 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| As You Like It |
1967 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| The London Palladium Show |
1966-1967 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| Frankie and Bruce |
1966 |
TV Series |
Herself (1966) |
| Ready, Steady, Go! |
1963-1966 |
TV Series |
Herself / Herself - The Storyteller |
| The Eamonn Andrews Show |
1965-1966 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| The Ken Dodd Show |
1966 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| Thank Your Lucky Stars |
1963-1966 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| A Whole Scene Going |
1966 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| Five O'Clock Club |
1964-1966 |
TV Series |
Herself / Herself - Guest |
| The Ed Sullivan Show |
1965-1966 |
TV Series |
Herself - Singer |
| Not Only... But Also |
1966 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| Juke Box Jury |
1963-1965 |
TV Series |
Herself - Panellist / Herself - Surprise Guest / Herself - Mystery Guest |
| The Music of Lennon & McCartney |
1965 |
TV Special documentary |
Herself |
| Discs a Go-Go |
1965 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| Blackpool Night Out |
1964-1965 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| Shindig! |
1965 |
TV Series |
Herself - Singer |
| Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium |
1965 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| New Musical Express Poll Winners' Concert |
1965 |
TV Movie documentary |
Herself |
| Ladybirds |
1965 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| Ferry Cross the Mersey |
1964 |
|
Herself |
| The Royal Variety Performance 1964 |
1964 |
TV Movie |
Herself |
| Around the Beatles |
1964 |
TV Movie |
Herself |
| Surprise Surprise! |
1984-2015 |
TV Series |
Herself - Presenter |
| Backchat |
2015 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| Oh! You Pretty Things: The Story of British Music and Fashion |
2014 |
TV Mini-Series documentary |
Herself |
| This Morning |
2003-2014 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| Arqiva British Academy Television Awards |
2014 |
TV Special |
Herself |
| Loose Women |
2008-2014 |
TV Series |
Herself - Presenter / Herself |
| The Paul O'Grady Show |
2004-2013 |
TV Series |
Herself / Herself - Guest Host |
| The One and Only Cilla Black |
2013 |
TV Movie documentary |
Herself |
| The Jonathan Ross Show |
2013 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| Through the Keyhole |
2013 |
TV Series |
Herself - Panellist |
| Paul O'Grady's Working Britain |
2013 |
TV Movie documentary |
Herself |
| Your Face Sounds Familiar |
2013 |
TV Series |
Herself - Guest Judge |
| Les Dawson: An Audience with That Never Was |
2013 |
TV Special documentary |
Herself (as Cilla Black OBE) |
| Room 101 |
2007-2013 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| 100 Years of the Royal Variety Performance |
2012 |
TV Movie documentary |
Herself |
| God Save the Queens |
2012 |
Documentary |
Herself |
| The One and Only Des O'Connor |
2012 |
TV Movie |
Herself |
| Cilla's Unswung Sixties |
2012 |
TV Movie documentary |
Herself - Presenter |
| Never Mind the Buzzcocks |
2011 |
TV Series |
Herself - Presenter |
| Arena |
2011 |
TV Series documentary |
Herself |
| Benidorm |
2011 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes |
2011 |
TV Movie documentary |
Herself (as Cilla Black OBE) |
| Paul O'Grady Live |
2010 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| The Day John Lennon Died |
2010 |
TV Movie documentary |
Herself |
| Breakfast |
2004-2010 |
TV Series |
Herself - Singer / Herself |
| Alan Carr: Chatty Man |
2009 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| Piers Morgan's Life Stories |
2009 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| The Alan Titchmarsh Show |
2009 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| The One Show |
2008-2009 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| Gok's Fashion Fix |
2009 |
TV Series documentary |
Herself |
| Heston's Feasts |
2009 |
TV Series documentary |
Herself |
| Sex Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll: The 60s Revealed |
2008 |
TV Series documentary |
Herself |
| Happy Hour |
2008 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| 50 Greatest TV Endings |
2008 |
TV Movie documentary |
Herself - Presenter |
| How TV Changed Britain |
2008 |
TV Series documentary |
Herself |
| The Friday Night Project |
2007 |
TV Series |
Herself - Guest Host |
| The Best of the Royal Variety |
2006 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| The Bigger Picture |
2006 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| The Story of Light Entertainment |
2006 |
TV Mini-Series documentary |
Herself |
| Eating with... |
2006 |
TV Series documentary |
Herself |
| Soapstar Superstar |
2006 |
TV Series |
Herself - Judge |
| Soapstar Superstar: Bonus Tracks |
2006 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| Parkinson |
2001-2005 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| Girls and Boys: Sex and British Pop |
2005 |
TV Mini-Series documentary |
Herself |
| Avenue of the Stars: 50 Years of ITV |
2005 |
TV Special |
Herself |
| ITV 50 Greatest Shows |
2005 |
TV Movie |
Herself |
| Star Portraits with Rolf Harris |
2005 |
TV Series documentary |
Herself |
| Gloria's Greats |
2005 |
TV Series documentary |
Herself |
| 2005 BAFTA/LA Cunard Britannia Awards |
2005 |
TV Movie documentary |
Herself |
| Cilla Live |
2004 |
TV Movie |
Herself |
| Friday Night with Jonathan Ross |
2002-2004 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| GMTV |
2002-2004 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| The Variety Club Showbusiness Awards 2004 |
2004 |
TV Special |
Herself - Daily Express Readers' Award |
| One Night with Barry Manilow |
2004 |
TV Movie documentary |
Herself - Guest |
| Johnny & Denise: Passport to Paradise |
2004 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| Sport Relief 2004 |
2004 |
TV Special |
Herself - Presenter: Superstars |
| Bob Monkhouse: A BAFTA Tribute |
2004 |
TV Special documentary |
Herself |
| Dale's Wedding |
2003 |
TV Movie documentary |
Herself |
| Still Cliff |
2003 |
TV Movie documentary |
Herself |
| The Kumars at No. 42 |
2003 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| Today with Des and Mel |
2003 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| The Late Late Show |
2003 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| Richard & Judy |
2003 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| Cilla in Black & White |
2003 |
TV Movie documentary |
Herself |
| Blind Date |
1985-2003 |
TV Series |
Herself - Presenter |
| Sing with a Star |
2002 |
TV Movie documentary |
Herself - Presenter |
| The Showbiz Set |
2002 |
TV Movie documentary |
Herself |
| There's Only One Paul McCartney |
2002 |
TV Movie documentary |
Herself |
| Pride of Britain Awards 2002 |
2002 |
TV Special |
Herself |
| So Graham Norton |
2002 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| There's Only One Elvis |
2002 |
TV Movie documentary |
Herself |
| The Royal Variety Performance 2001 |
2001 |
TV Special documentary |
Herself |
| SM:TV Live |
2001 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| Paul O'Grady's America |
2001 |
TV Series |
Herself |
| An Audience with Ricky Martin |
2001 |
TV Special |
Herself |
| The Unforgettable Frankie Howerd |
2000 |
TV Movie documentary |
Herself |
Archive Footage
Archive Footage
Won awards
Won awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie | Award shared with |
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| 2014 |
BAFTA TV Award |
BAFTA Awards |
Special Award |
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| 2000 |
Harvey Lee Award |
Broadcasting Press Guild Awards |
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| 1996 |
British Comedy Award |
British Comedy Awards |
Top ITV Entertainment Presenter |
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| # | Quote |
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| 1 |
I did fancy Paul (Paul McCartney). I went through the whole Beatles. I started fancying John Lennon and then he wasn't interested, obviously. And then I went on to Paul and he wasn't interested. And I got on to George (George Harrison) and he wasn't interested. And who'd have thought that Ringo (Ringo Starr) today would look the cute one? He does. He used to look like Yasser Arafat. |
| 2 |
I had to do the book because there was an unauthorized biography which didn't tell it like it was. |
| 3 |
I didn't think before that I'd done enough to justify publishing an autobiography but after 40 years in show business I'm now ready to tell my story. |
| # | Trademark |
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| 1 |
Mary Quant-style hairdos |
| 2 |
Red hair |
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