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Cilla Black

Cilla Black

Birthday: 1943-05-27 | Place of Birth: Vauxhall, Liverpool, England, UK

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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2023
Burt Bacharach at the BBC

as    Self (archive footage)

2023
Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC

as    Self (archive footage)

2021
Our Cilla: The One and Only

as    Self (archive footage)

2015
Cilla at the BBC

as    Self - Performer

2012
Produced By George Martin

as    Self

2011
2010
The Day John Lennon Died

as    Herself

2002
2001
1998
The Abbey Road Story

as    Self

1993
The Ark

as    Self

1984
Surprise, Surprise

as    Self - Presenter

1983
1968
Work Is a 4-Letter Word

as    Betty Dorrick

1968
The Frankie Howerd Show

as    Self

1966
Cilla at the Savoy

as    Self

1965
Ferry Cross the Mersey

as    Cilla Black

1
60s Legends in Concert

as    Self