Cilla Black
Actor
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
Produced by George Martin
as Self 2012
Ferry Cross the Mersey
as Cilla Black 1965
Cilla at the BBC
as Self - Performer 2015
Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC
as Self (archive footage) 2023
The Day John Lennon Died
as Self 2010
Cilla in Scandinavia
as Self 1971
Work Is a 4-Letter Word
as Betty Dorrick 1968
The Music of Lennon & McCartney
as Self 1965
There's Only One Paul McCartney
as Self 2002
Cliff Richard: Castles in the Air
as Self 2004
Burt Bacharach at the BBC
as Self (archive footage) 2023
Cilla Black's Christmas Eve
as Self 1983
The Frankie Howerd Show
as Self 1968
Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle
as Self (archive footage) 2004
...Sings the Beatles
as Self (archive footage) 2009
Boom! Boom! The Best of the Original Basil Brush Show
as Self (archive footage) 2001