Cilla Black
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 27, 1943
- Died
- August 1, 2015
- Birthplace
- Vauxhall, Liverpool, England, UK
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.
Filmography
60s Legends in Concert TBA
as Self
Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC 2023
as Self (archive footage)
Burt Bacharach at the BBC 2023
as Self (archive footage)
If These Walls Could Sing 2022
as Self (archive footage)
Our Cilla: The One and Only 2021
as Self (archive footage)
Cilla at the BBC 2015
as Self - Performer
Produced by George Martin 2012
as Self
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes 2011
as Self
The Day John Lennon Died 2010
as Self
...Sings the Beatles 2009
as Self (archive footage)
Cliff Richard: Castles in the Air 2004
as Self
Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle 2004
as Self (archive footage)
There's Only One Paul McCartney 2002
as Self
Boom! Boom! The Best of the Original Basil Brush Show 2001
as Self (archive footage)
The Abbey Road Story 1998
as Self
An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck 1994
as Self - Audience Member
The Ark 1993
as Self
Cilla Black's Christmas Eve 1983
as Self
Alfie Darling 1975
Theme Song Performance
Cilla in Scandinavia 1971
as Self
The Frankie Howerd Show 1968
as Self
Work Is a 4-Letter Word 1968
as Betty Dorrick
Cilla at the Savoy 1966
as Self
The Music of Lennon & McCartney 1965
as Self
Ferry Cross the Mersey 1965
as Cilla Black
Credits from TMDB.