Cilla Black
Acting
- Born:
- 1943-05-27
- Died:
- 2015-08-01
- Place of birth:
- Vauxhall, Liverpool, England, UK
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.
Known For
Filmography
Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC
Burt Bacharach at the BBC
If These Walls Could Sing
Our Cilla: The One and Only
Cilla at the BBC
Through the Keyhole
Produced by George Martin
Keith Lemon's LemonAid
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
The Day John Lennon Died
...Sings the Beatles
Alan Carr: Chatty Man
Feast
Kate Garraway's Life Stories
The 60s: The Beatles Decade
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
Benidorm
Al Murray's Happy Hour
The One Show
The Story of Light Entertainment
Eating With...
The Friday Night Project
Cliff Richard: Castles in the Air
The Paul O'Grady Show
Parkinson
Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle
There's Only One Paul McCartney
Boom! Boom! The Best of the Original Basil Brush Show
Loose Women
The Moment of Truth
So Graham Norton
Parkinson
The Abbey Road Story
The Brit Girls
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck
Room 101
The Ark
Live & Kicking
Comic Relief
Blind Date
Surprise, Surprise
Cilla Black's Christmas Eve
Wogan
An Audience with...
Cilla's World Of Comedy
Alfie Darling
Seaside Special
Cilla's Comedy Six
The World Of Cilla
Cilla in Scandinavia
The Two Ronnies
Disco
The Goodies
TV Intim
The Frankie Howerd Show
Work Is a 4-Letter Word
Cilla
Cilla at the Savoy
4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet