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Cilla Black

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.


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Born:
May 27, 1943 In Vauxhall, Liverpool, England, UK
Movie/TV Credits:
19
First Appeared:
In the movie 60s Legends in Concert
Latest Project:
Movie If These Walls Could Sing 2022-09-03
Known For
Filmography
Movie 60s Legends in Concert Self 2025
Movie If These Walls Could Sing Self (archive footage) 2022-09-03
Movie Produced By George Martin Self 2012-09-11
Movie Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes Self 2011-01-01
Movie The Day John Lennon Died Self 2010-12-06
Movie Brian Epstein: Inside the Fifth Beatle Self (archive footage) 2004-01-01
Movie Boom! Boom! The Best of the Original Basil Brush Show Self (archive footage) 2001-10-22
Movie The Abbey Road Story Self 1998-01-04
Series The Beatles Anthology Self (archive footage) 1995-11-19
Movie An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck Self - Audience Member 1994-10-22
Movie The Ark Self 1993-11-01
Series Blind Date 1985-11-30
Series Surprise, Surprise Self - Presenter 1984-05-06
Series Cilla's World Of Comedy 1976-08-31
Series Cilla's Comedy Six 1975-01-15
Series The World Of Cilla 1973-02-03
Movie Work Is a 4-Letter Word Betty Dorrick 1968-09-15
Movie Ferry Cross the Mersey Cilla Black 1965-02-10
Movie The Music of Lennon & McCartney Self 1965-12-16