Acting
Cilla Black
EN cinema · 25 credits
Born
27 May 1943
Died
1 August 2015 (aged 72)
Birthplace
Vauxhall, Liverpool, England, UK
Also known as Priscilla Maria Veronica White
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
Burt Bacharach at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
If These Walls Could Sing
as Self (archive footage)
Our Cilla: The One and Only
as Self (archive footage)
Cilla at the BBC
as Self - Performer
...Sings the Beatles
as Self (archive footage)
Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle
as Self (archive footage)
Boom! Boom! The Best of the Original Basil Brush Show
as Self (archive footage)
An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck
as Self - Audience Member
The Ark
as Self
Alfie Darling
Theme Song Performance
Work Is a 4-Letter Word
as Betty Dorrick
Ferry Cross the Mersey
as Cilla Black