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 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

Homepage https://cillablack.com
Birth Location Vauxhall, Liverpool, England, UK
Born 1943-05-27
Died 2015-08-01

Movies

Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC as Self (archive footage)
2023
Burt Bacharach at the BBC as Self (archive footage)
2023
If These Walls Could Sing as Self (archive footage)
2022
2021
Cilla at the BBC as Self - Performer
2015
2010
...Sings the Beatles as Self (archive footage)
2009
Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle as Self (archive footage)
2004
1998
An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck as Self - Audience Member
1994
The Ark as Herself
1993
1971
Work Is a 4-Letter Word as Betty Dorrick
1968
Cilla at the Savoy as Herself
1966
Ferry Cross the Mersey as Cilla Black
1965

Movies

Alfie Darling Theme Song Performance
1975