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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1943-05-27 (81 years old)

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 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

Acting

2023

Burt Bacharach at the BBC as Self (archive footage)
Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC as Self (archive footage)

2022

If These Walls Could Sing as Self (archive footage)

2021

Our Cilla: The One and Only as Self (archive footage)

2015

Cilla at the BBC as Self - Performer

2013

Through the Keyhole as Self - Panelist

2012

2011

2010

2009

2007

2006

2005

2004

2002

2001

1999

Loose Women as Self

1998

1997

The Brit Girls as Self (archive footage)

1996

1994

An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck as Self - Audience Member
Room 101 as Self

1993

The Ark as Self

1985

1984

Surprise, Surprise as Self - Presenter

1983

1982

Wogan as Self

1978

1976

1975

1973

1971

1970

1969

TV Intim as Self

1968

1966

1965

1964

1963

1959

1958

1948

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Sound

1975

Alfie Darling as Theme Song Performance