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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
The Music of Lennon & McCartney
as Self
1965
There's Only One Paul McCartney
as Self
2002
Cliff Richard: Castles in the Air
as Self
2004
Burt Bacharach at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Cilla in Scandinavia
as Self
1971
Cilla Black's Christmas Eve
as Self
1983
Ferry Cross the Mersey
as Cilla Black
1965
Work Is a 4-Letter Word
as Betty Dorrick
1968
The Frankie Howerd Show
as Self
1968
Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle
as Self (archive footage)
2004
Cilla at the BBC
as Self - Performer
2015
...Sings the Beatles
as Self (archive footage)
2009
Boom! Boom! The Best of the Original Basil Brush Show
as Self (archive footage)
2001
60s Legends in Concert
as Self
TBA
The Ark
as Self
1993
An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck
as Self - Audience Member
1994
Our Cilla: The One and Only
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
as Self
2011
If These Walls Could Sing
as Self (archive footage)
2022
TV Appearances
Blind Date
1985
The One Show
as Self
2006
Top of the Pops
as Self
1964
4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet
as Self
1966
Surprise, Surprise
as Self - Presenter
1984
The Paul O'Grady Show
2004
The Goodies
1970
TV Intim
as Self
1969
Ready Steady Go!
as Self
1963
Al Murray's Happy Hour
2007
The Moment of Truth
1998
Alan Carr: Chatty Man
as Self
2009