
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.
24
Films
30
TV Shows
Known For
54 Credits
Top of the Pops
as Self
1964

The One Show
as Self
2006

Wogan
as Self
1982

Never Mind the Buzzcocks
as Self - Host
1996

Loose Women
as Self
1999

Parkinson
as Self
1998

The Paul O'Grady Show
2004

The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948

Benidorm
2007

An Audience with...
as Self
1978

Room 101
as Self
1994

Surprise, Surprise
as Self - Presenter
1984