Person Details

Birthday: 1943-05-27 00:27:29

Death: 2015-08-01 00:27:29

Aliases: Priscilla Maria Veronica White

Gender: N/A

Place of birth: Vauxhall, Liverpool, England, UK

Homepage:

Movie Involvements: 19

TV Involvements: 8


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Top of the Pops
Average
7

Top of the Pops

(1964) Self
Surprise, Surprise
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6

Surprise, Surprise

(1984) Self - Presenter
4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet
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0

4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet

(1966) Self
The Beatles Anthology
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8

The Beatles Anthology

(1995) Self (archive footage)
Shindig!
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6

Shindig!

(1964) Self - Singer
Ready Steady Go!
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0

Ready Steady Go!

(1963) Self
Cilla
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10

Cilla

(1968) Self
The Brit Girls
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0

The Brit Girls

(1997) Self (archive footage)

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2023 Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
2021 Herself
2015 Self - Performer
2012 N/A
2010 Herself
2009 Self (archive footage)
Herself
N/A
Self
2007 Self
N/A
N/A
2006 Self
Self
N/A
2004 Self
N/A
Self (archive footage)
2002 Self
2001 Self (archive footage)
1998 N/A
Self
Herself
1997 Self (archive footage)
1995 Self (archive footage)
1994 Self - Audience Member
Self
1993 Herself
1985 N/A
1984 Self - Presenter
1983 Self
1982 Self
1978 Self
1976 N/A
1975 N/A
N/A
1973 N/A
1971 Self
N/A
Self
1970 N/A
1969 Self
1968 Self
Betty Dorrick
Self
1966 Herself
Self
1965 Self
Cilla Black
1964 Self - Singer
Self
1963 Self
1959 N/A
1958 N/A
1948 Self - Singer
Self
Year Character Movie/Tv

Sound

Year Role Movie/Tv
1975 Theme Song Performance
Year Role Movie/Tv

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