Cilla Black
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 27, 1943
- Died
- August 1, 2015 (aged 72)
- Birthplace
- Vauxhall, Liverpool, England, UK
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
Filmography
60s Legends in Concert
Movie · as Self
Burt Bacharach at the BBC
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
If These Walls Could Sing
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Our Cilla: The One and Only
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Cilla at the BBC
Movie · as Self - Performer
Through the Keyhole
TV · as Self - Panelist · 1 ep
Produced by George Martin
Movie · as Self
Keith Lemon's LemonAid
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
Movie · as Self
The Day John Lennon Died
Movie · as Self
...Sings the Beatles
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Alan Carr: Chatty Man
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Feast
TV · 1 ep
Kate Garraway's Life Stories
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The 60s: The Beatles Decade
TV · 1 ep
Al Murray's Happy Hour
TV · 1 ep
Benidorm
TV · 1 ep
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The One Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Eating With...
TV · 1 ep
The Story of Light Entertainment
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Friday Night Project
TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep
Cliff Richard: Castles in the Air
Movie · as Self
Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Paul O'Grady Show
TV · 2 eps
Parkinson
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
There's Only One Paul McCartney
Movie · as Self
Boom! Boom! The Best of the Original Basil Brush Show
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Loose Women
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Abbey Road Story
Movie · as Self
The Moment of Truth
TV · 36 eps
So Graham Norton
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Parkinson
TV · as Self · 3 eps
The Brit Girls
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 4 eps
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep
An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck
Movie · as Self - Audience Member
Room 101
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Ark
Movie · as Self
Live & Kicking
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Comic Relief
TV · 2 eps
Blind Date
TV · 370 eps
Surprise, Surprise
TV · as Self - Presenter · 127 eps
Cilla Black's Christmas Eve
Movie · as Self
Wogan
TV · as Self · 1 ep
An Audience with...
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Cilla's World Of Comedy
TV · 6 eps
Seaside Special
TV · 2 eps
Cilla's Comedy Six
TV · 6 eps
The World Of Cilla
TV · 1 ep
Cilla in Scandinavia
Movie · as Self
Disco
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Two Ronnies
TV · 1 ep
The Goodies
TV · 1 ep
TV Intim
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Work Is a 4-Letter Word
Movie · as Betty Dorrick
The Frankie Howerd Show
Movie · as Self
Cilla
TV · as Self · 69 eps
Cilla at the Savoy
Movie · as Self
4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Music of Lennon & McCartney
Movie · as Self
Ferry Cross the Mersey
Movie · as Cilla Black
Top of the Pops
TV · as Self · 6 eps
Shindig!
TV · as Self - Singer · 1 ep
Ready Steady Go!
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Christmas Night with the Stars
TV · 14 eps
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps