Cilla Black

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

63

Gender

Female

Birthday

1943-05-27

Day of death

2015-08-01 (72 years old)

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.

Known For

  • Top of the Pops

    Top of the Pops

  • The One Show

    The One Show

  • Loose Women

    Loose Women

  • Wogan

    Wogan

  • Never Mind the Buzzcocks

    Never Mind the Buzzcocks

  • Benidorm

    Benidorm

  • Disco

    Disco

  • 4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet

    4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • Parkinson

    Parkinson

  • The Alan Titchmarsh Show

    The Alan Titchmarsh Show

  • An Audience with...

    An Audience with...

  • The Paul O'Grady Show

    The Paul O'Grady Show

  • The Goodies

    The Goodies

  • Room 101

    Room 101

  • Shindig!

    Shindig!

  • Surprise, Surprise

    Surprise, Surprise

  • Through the Keyhole

    Through the Keyhole

  • So Graham Norton

    So Graham Norton

  • Alan Carr: Chatty Man

    Alan Carr: Chatty Man

  • Oh! You Pretty Things: The Story of British Music and Fashion

    Oh! You Pretty Things: The Story of British Music and Fashion

  • Cilla

    Cilla

  • The Two Ronnies

    The Two Ronnies

  • The Day John Lennon Died

    The Day John Lennon Died

  • Ready Steady Go!

    Ready Steady Go!

  • The Abbey Road Story

    The Abbey Road Story

  • Blind Date

    Blind Date

  • Kate Garraway's Life Stories

    Kate Garraway's Life Stories

  • Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC

    Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC

  • Seaside Special

    Seaside Special

  • Boom! Boom! The Best of the Original Basil Brush Show

    Boom! Boom! The Best of the Original Basil Brush Show

  • An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck

    An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck

  • The Story of Light Entertainment

    The Story of Light Entertainment

  • TV Intim

    TV Intim

  • If These Walls Could Sing

    If These Walls Could Sing

  • Cilla in Scandinavia

    Cilla in Scandinavia

  • Feast

    Feast

  • Work Is a 4-Letter Word

    Work Is a 4-Letter Word

  • Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle

    Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle

  • Cilla's World Of Comedy

    Cilla's World Of Comedy

  • Cilla's Comedy Six

    Cilla's Comedy Six

  • Our Cilla: The One and Only

    Our Cilla: The One and Only

  • Al Murray's Happy Hour

    Al Murray's Happy Hour

  • Christmas Night with the Stars

    Christmas Night with the Stars

  • Cliff Richard: Castles in the Air

    Cliff Richard: Castles in the Air

  • The Brit Girls

    The Brit Girls

  • Produced By George Martin

    Produced By George Martin

  • Cilla Black's Christmas Eve

    Cilla Black's Christmas Eve

  • Eating With...

    Eating With...

  • The Moment of Truth

    The Moment of Truth

  • Ferry Cross the Mersey

    Ferry Cross the Mersey

  • Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes

    Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes

  • The World Of Cilla

    The World Of Cilla

  • ...Sings the Beatles

    ...Sings the Beatles

  • The Frankie Howerd Show

    The Frankie Howerd Show

  • The Friday Night Project

    The Friday Night Project

  • The Music of Lennon & McCartney

    The Music of Lennon & McCartney

  • There's Only One Paul McCartney

    There's Only One Paul McCartney

  • Cilla at the Savoy

    Cilla at the Savoy

  • Burt Bacharach at the BBC

    Burt Bacharach at the BBC

  • The Ark

    The Ark

  • 60s Legends in Concert

    60s Legends in Concert

  • Cilla at the BBC

    Cilla at the BBC