Cilla Black
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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
65
Gender
Female
Birthday
1943-05-27 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
Vauxhall, Liverpool, England, UK
Acting

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

2013

Through the Keyhole as Self - Panelist

2009

Feast as Not available

2009

...Sings the Beatles as Self (archive footage)

2007

Benidorm as Not available

2007

Al Murray's Happy Hour as Not available

2006

The One Show as Self

2006

Eating With... as Not available

2005

The Friday Night Project as Self - Host

2004

The Paul O'Grady Show as Not available

2004

Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle as Self (archive footage)

1999

Loose Women as Self

1998

So Graham Norton as Self

1998

Parkinson as Self

1998

The Moment of Truth as Not available

1997

The Brit Girls as Self (archive footage)

1996

Never Mind the Buzzcocks as Self - Host

1994

Room 101 as Self

1994

An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck as Self - Audience Member

1993

The Ark as Self

1985

Blind Date as Not available

1984

Surprise, Surprise as Self - Presenter

1982

Wogan as Self

1978

An Audience with... as Self

1976

Cilla's World Of Comedy as Not available

1975

Seaside Special as Not available

1975

Cilla's Comedy Six as Not available

1973

The World Of Cilla as Not available

1971

The Two Ronnies as Not available

1971

Disco as Self

1970

The Goodies as Not available

1969

TV Intim as Self

1968

Cilla as Self

1968

Work Is a 4-Letter Word as Betty Dorrick

1966

Cilla at the Savoy as Self

1965

Ferry Cross the Mersey as Cilla Black

1964

Top of the Pops as Self

1964

Top of the Pops as Not available

1964

Shindig! as Self - Singer

1963

Ready Steady Go! as Self

1959

The Bruce Forsyth Show as Not available

1958

Christmas Night with the Stars as Not available
Crew

1975

Alfie Darling Theme Song Performance