Cilla Black
Born: 1943-05-27 in Vauxhall, Liverpool, England, UK
Died: 2015-08-01
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2023
- Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC as Self (archive footage)
- 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
2012
- Produced By George Martin as Self
2011
- Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes as Self
2010
- The Day John Lennon Died as Self
2009
- Alan Carr: Chatty Man as Self
- Kate Garraway's Life Stories as Self
- ...Sings the Beatles as Self (archive footage)
- Feast
2007
2006
- The One Show as Self
- The Story of Light Entertainment as Self
- Eating With...
2005
- The Friday Night Project as Self - Host
2004
- The Paul O'Grady Show
- Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle as Self (archive footage)
- Cliff Richard: Castles in the Air as Self
2002
- There's Only One Paul McCartney as Self
2001
- Boom! Boom! The Best of the Original Basil Brush Show as Self (archive footage)
1999
- Loose Women as Self
1998
- Parkinson as Self
- So Graham Norton as Self
- The Moment of Truth
- The Abbey Road Story as Self
1997
- The Brit Girls as Self (archive footage)
1996
- Never Mind the Buzzcocks as Self - Host
1994
- Room 101 as Self
- An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck as Self - Audience Member
1993
- The Ark as Self
1985
1984
- Surprise, Surprise as Self - Presenter
1983
- Cilla Black's Christmas Eve as Self
1982
- Wogan as Self
1978
- An Audience with... as Self
1975
- Alfie Darling ... (Theme Song Performance)
- Seaside Special
- Cilla's Comedy Six
1973
1971
- Disco as Self
- The Two Ronnies
- Cilla in Scandinavia as Self
1970
1969
- TV Intim as Self
1968
- Cilla as Self
- Work Is a 4-Letter Word as Betty Dorrick
- The Frankie Howerd Show as Self
1966
- 4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet as Self
- Cilla at the Savoy as Self
1965
- Ferry Cross the Mersey as Cilla Black
- The Music of Lennon & McCartney as Self
1964
- Top of the Pops as Self
- Shindig! as Self - Singer
1963
- Ready Steady Go! as Self
1948
- The Ed Sullivan Show as Self