
Cilla Black
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1943-05-27
Day of Death
2015-08-01 (72 years old)
Place of Birth
Vauxhall, Liverpool, England, UK
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
Acting
60s Legends in Concert
as Self
(2023)
Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
(2023)
Burt Bacharach at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
(2022)
If These Walls Could Sing
as Self (archive footage)
(2021)
Our Cilla: The One and Only
as Self (archive footage)
(2015)
Cilla at the BBC
as Self - Performer
(2012)
Produced By George Martin
as Self
(2011)
(2010)
The Day John Lennon Died
as Self
(2009)
...Sings the Beatles
as Self (archive footage)
(2004)
Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle
as Self (archive footage)
(2004)
(2002)
(2001)
Boom! Boom! The Best of the Original Basil Brush Show
as Self (archive footage)
(1998)
The Abbey Road Story
as Self
(1994)
An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck
as Self - Audience Member
(1993)
The Ark
as Self
(1983)
Cilla Black's Christmas Eve
as Self
(1971)
Cilla in Scandinavia
as Self
(1968)
Work Is a 4-Letter Word
as Betty Dorrick
(1968)
The Frankie Howerd Show
as Self
(1966)
Cilla at the Savoy
as Self
(1965)
Ferry Cross the Mersey
as Cilla Black
(1965)
Crew
(1975)
Alfie Darling
Theme Song Performance