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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.
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 27, 1943
Day of Death
August 1, 2015
Age at Death
72 years old
Place of Birth
Vauxhall, Liverpool, England, UK
Popularity Score
0.5
Filmography
Burt Bacharach at the BBC
Self (archive footage)
2023Movie
Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC
Self (archive footage)
2023Movie
If These Walls Could Sing
Self (archive footage)
2022Movie
Our Cilla: The One and Only
Self (archive footage)
2021Movie
Cilla at the BBC
Self - Performer
2015Movie
Through the Keyhole
Self - Panelist
2013TV
Produced by George Martin
Self
2012Movie
Keith Lemon's LemonAid
Self - Guest
2012TV
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
Self
2011Movie
The Day John Lennon Died
Self
2010Movie
...Sings the Beatles
Self (archive footage)
2009Movie
Alan Carr: Chatty Man
Self
2009TV
Feast
2009TV
Kate Garraway's Life Stories
Self
2009TV
The 60s: The Beatles Decade
2008TV
Al Murray's Happy Hour
2007TV
Benidorm
2007TV
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
Self
2007TV
The One Show
Self
2006TV
Eating With...
2006TV
The Story of Light Entertainment
Self
2006TV
The Friday Night Project
Self - Host
2005TV
Cliff Richard: Castles in the Air
Self
2004Movie
Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle
Self (archive footage)
2004Movie
The Paul O'Grady Show
2004TV
There's Only One Paul McCartney
Self
2002Movie
Boom! Boom! The Best of the Original Basil Brush Show
Self (archive footage)
2001Movie
Loose Women
Self
1999TV
The Abbey Road Story
Self
1998Movie
The Moment of Truth
1998TV
So Graham Norton
Self
1998TV
Parkinson
Self
1998TV
The Brit Girls
Self (archive footage)
1997TV
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Self - Host
1996TV
An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck
Self - Audience Member
1994Movie
Room 101
Self
1994TV
The Ark
Self
1993Movie
Live & Kicking
Self
1993TV
Blind Date
1985TV
Surprise, Surprise
Self - Presenter
1984TV
Cilla Black's Christmas Eve
Self
1983Movie
Wogan
Self
1982TV
An Audience with...
Self
1978TV
Cilla's World Of Comedy
1976TV
Seaside Special
1975TV
Cilla's Comedy Six
1975TV
Alfie Darling
Theme Song Performance
1975Movie
The World Of Cilla
1973TV
Cilla in Scandinavia
Self
1971Movie
Disco
Self
1971TV
The Two Ronnies
1971TV
The Goodies
1970TV
TV Intim
Self
1969TV
Work Is a 4-Letter Word
Betty Dorrick
1968Movie
The Frankie Howerd Show
Self
1968Movie
Cilla
Self
1968TV
Cilla at the Savoy
Self
1966Movie
4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet
Self
1966TV
The Music of Lennon & McCartney
Self
1965Movie
Ferry Cross the Mersey
Cilla Black
1965Movie
Top of the Pops
Self
1964TV
Shindig!
Self - Singer
1964TV
Ready Steady Go!
Self
1963TV
Christmas Night with the Stars
1958TV
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948TV
60s Legends in Concert
Self
—Movie