Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1943-05-27
Day of Death
2015-08-01
Place of Birth
Vauxhall, Liverpool, England, UK
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.
Filmography (23)
Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC
2023
Burt Bacharach at the BBC
2023
If These Walls Could Sing
2022
Our Cilla: The One and Only
2021
Cilla at the BBC
2015
Produced by George Martin
2012
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
2011
The Day John Lennon Died
2010
...Sings the Beatles
2009
Cliff Richard: Castles in the Air
2004
Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle
2004
There's Only One Paul McCartney
2002
Boom! Boom! The Best of the Original Basil Brush Show
2001
The Abbey Road Story
1998
