Cilla Black
Known for Acting · 65 credits
- Born
- 1943-05-27
- Died
- 2015-08-01
- Place of birth
- Vauxhall, Liverpool, England, UK
- Also known as
- Priscilla Maria Veronica White
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
TV Shows (41)
Top of the Pops
1964
as Self
The One Show
2006
as Self
Wogan
1982
as Self
The Paul O'Grady Show
2004
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
1996
as Self - Host
Loose Women
1999
as Self
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007
as Self
Benidorm
2007
Live & Kicking
1993
as Self
Room 101
1994
as Self
Parkinson
1998
as Self
Blind Date
1985
Disco
1971
as Self
An Audience with...
1978
as Self
So Graham Norton
1998
as Self
Shindig!
1964
as Self - Singer
Ready Steady Go!
1963
as Self
The Two Ronnies
1971
Surprise, Surprise
1984
as Self - Presenter
Through the Keyhole
2013
as Self - Panelist
4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet
1966
as Self
The Goodies
1970
Kate Garraway's Life Stories
2009
as Self
Cilla
1968
as Self
Alan Carr: Chatty Man
2009
as Self
Seaside Special
1975
The Story of Light Entertainment
2006
as Self
TV Intim
1969
as Self
Al Murray's Happy Hour
2007
Eating With...
2006
Cilla's World Of Comedy
1976
Christmas Night with the Stars
1958
The 60s: The Beatles Decade
2008
The Brit Girls
1997
as Self (archive footage)
Cilla's Comedy Six
1975
The World Of Cilla
1973
The Friday Night Project
2005
as Self - Host
Feast
2009
The Moment of Truth
1998
Keith Lemon's LemonAid
2012
as Self - Guest
Movies (24)
Produced by George Martin
2012
as Self
If These Walls Could Sing
2022
as Self (archive footage)
There's Only One Paul McCartney
2002
as Self
Work Is a 4-Letter Word
1968
as Betty Dorrick
Cilla in Scandinavia
1971
as Self
...Sings the Beatles
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Our Cilla: The One and Only
2021
as Self (archive footage)
The Day John Lennon Died
2010
as Self
Ferry Cross the Mersey
1965
as Cilla Black
Burt Bacharach at the BBC
2023
as Self (archive footage)
The Abbey Road Story
1998
as Self
The Ark
1993
as Self
Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle
2004
as Self (archive footage)
Cilla Black's Christmas Eve
1983
as Self
An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck
1994
as Self - Audience Member
The Music of Lennon & McCartney
1965
as Self
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
2011
as Self
Cilla at the BBC
2015
as Self - Performer
Boom! Boom! The Best of the Original Basil Brush Show
2001
as Self (archive footage)
Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC
2023
as Self (archive footage)
60s Legends in Concert
as Self
Cilla at the Savoy
1966
as Self
The Frankie Howerd Show
1968
as Self
Cliff Richard: Castles in the Air
2004
as Self
About Cilla Black
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 su… With 65 credits spanning from 1948 to 2023, Cilla Black has appeared in 24 films and 41 TV shows.
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- Produced by George Martin (2012) — as Self
- If These Walls Could Sing (2022) — as Self (archive footage)
- There's Only One Paul McCartney (2002) — as Self
- Work Is a 4-Letter Word (1968) — as Betty Dorrick
- Cilla in Scandinavia (1971) — as Self
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