Littlesue says on 24/Dec/09
She has a short body and very long skinny legs too which give the appearance of extra height, a bit like Tina Turner

Anonymous says on 23/Dec/09
Shes not a short lady by any stretch, I think 5'6.5 is about right. Shes always in a pretty high heel so she can look closer to 5'9 in heels.

Sea says on 12/Nov/08
When Cilla and Paul were doing the RVP they were wearing the same size shoes and there was about a half foot difference in height. Paul is 6' so i would guess 5'6" at the most.

Anonymous says on 16/Mar/07
I allways thought she was 5foot 9 inches as allways read that in the papers

Editor Rob says on 27/Apr/06
In book, "Cilla the biography" it says: "Cilla's height takes the tape measure to 5ft 6.5 inches...when in best shape, hovers around 9.5 stone and she's a (uk) size 12"

Cilla Fan says on 7/Jan/06
Cilla's height was recorded at 5ft 5 inches when she was launched in the 60's. In her book, 'What's It All About' she claims to be taller...nonsense. Check those archives and you'll see she admits to being 5ft 5inches.

JonB says on 2/Jan/06
Cilla was 5'6" in her 20's & may now be slightly shorter now. I don't know where 5'8" came from! She used to have a show on TV & once had Sandie Shaw on who is that height but doesn't wear shoes. When she put on her shoes she was noticeably taller than Cilla and actually said "I'm bigger than you now"

[Editor Rob: nowadays she looks in the 5ft 6 range, I thought she may have been an inch under her often quoted (well, in newspapers anyway) 5ft 9 ;) I've not seen much pics of her from 60's to compare yet, but I'll downgrade her as she isn't this height nowadays...although 13 years ago, Zeta Jones and Cilla]

Correction says on 1/Jan/06
Actually I've seen Cilla Black listed as 5'6, and I think that is closer to the truth. No way is she as tall as 5'8 or 5'9. If you notice, she always wears what seems to be at least 3 & 1/2 inch stilettoes, and if she were 5'8 that would put her up around 5'11 or approaching 6ft, and she is nowhere near that for sure.
I saw many contestants on "Blind Date" who towered over her. I recall one woman back years ago and Cilla commented how tall she was and she answered 5'10. The woman was wearing flat shoes and was still taller than Cilla in her usual high heels.
So I think 5'6, maybe even 5'5 is more closer to the truth for her height. She does have the appearance of being tall because of her build and her long legs which are very shapely, and that gives the impression of height.