Cilla Black
Acting
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
Acting65
movieSounds of Liverpool at the BBC
2023
Self (archive footage)
movieBurt Bacharach at the BBC
2023
Self (archive footage)
movieIf These Walls Could Sing
2022
Self (archive footage)
movieOur Cilla: The One and Only
2021
Self (archive footage)
movieCilla at the BBC
2015
Self - Performer
tvThrough the Keyhole
2013
Self - Panelist
tvKeith Lemon's LemonAid
2012
Self - Guest
movie...Sings the Beatles
2009
Self (archive footage)
tvThe Friday Night Project
2005
Self - Host
movieBrian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle
2004
Self (archive footage)
movieBoom! Boom! The Best of the Original Basil Brush Show
2001
Self (archive footage)
tvParkinson
1998
Self
tvThe Brit Girls
1997
Self (archive footage)
tvNever Mind the Buzzcocks
1996
Self - Host
movieAn Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck
1994
Self - Audience Member
tvRoom 101
1994
Self
movieThe Ark
1993
Self
tvSurprise, Surprise
1984
Self - Presenter
tvWogan
1982
Self
tvDisco
1971
Self
movieWork Is a 4-Letter Word
1968
Betty Dorrick
tvCilla
1968
Self
movieFerry Cross the Mersey
1965
Cilla Black
tvShindig!
1964
Self - Singer
Sound1
movieAlfie Darling
1975
Theme Song Performance