Cilla Black

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1943-05-27 (72 years old)

Deathday

2015-08-01

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...

Acting

2023

Burt Bacharach at the BBC

as Self (archive footage)

2023

Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC

as Self (archive footage)

1965

1968

Work Is a 4-Letter Word

as Betty Dorrick

2004

2015

Cilla at the BBC

as Self - Performer

2009

...Sings the Beatles

as Self (archive footage)

1993

The Ark

as Self

1994

An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck

as Self - Audience Member

2021

Our Cilla: The One and Only

as Self (archive footage)

2022

If These Walls Could Sing

as Self (archive footage)

Production

1975

Alfie Darling

as Theme Song Performance

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