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
ActingBirthday
May 27, 1943Deathday
August 1, 2015Gender
FemaleKnown Movie Credits
25Place of birth
Vauxhall, Liverpool, England, UKAlso known as
Priscilla Maria Veronica WhiteCast credits
The Music of Lennon & McCartney
SelfThere's Only One Paul McCartney
SelfCliff Richard: Castles in the Air
SelfBurt Bacharach at the BBC
Self (archive footage)Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC
Self (archive footage)Cilla in Scandinavia
SelfCilla Black's Christmas Eve
SelfFerry Cross the Mersey
Cilla BlackWork Is a 4-Letter Word
Betty DorrickThe Frankie Howerd Show
SelfBrian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle
Self (archive footage)Cilla at the BBC
Self - PerformerBoom! Boom! The Best of the Original Basil Brush Show
Self (archive footage)60s Legends in Concert
SelfThe Ark
HerselfAn Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck
Self - Audience MemberOur Cilla: The One and Only
HerselfIf These Walls Could Sing
Self (archive footage)The Abbey Road Story
Herself