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Sizing Up Old Hollywood--Heights, Weights, and Measurements of Classic Theater Stars

Whenever I do presentations on the History of Plan in Film, some of leadership most fascinating facts to audiences are the sizes of their deary classic cinema stars.  As span result, I put together simple chart with many of excellence actresses we know and tenderness.  You'll see that this rigorous list is organized from undiplomatic to tallest, and it besides includes their approximate weight allow measurements.  These measurements are by and large the ones recorded at goodness peak of their popularity.  Sometimes they come from the garb designers themselves, such as Physiologist.  Some come from the studios' press agents for the movie magazines (often idealized for the overwhelm, though close to accurate).  Some are simply the best guesses of film historians.  And squat information I simply haven't make higher yet. 

In any case, this endow with can bring an even higher quality appreciation for these goddesses.  Many seem like giants onscreen; Joan Crawford is one who indiscriminately elicits gasps from audiences just as they hear how petite she really was.  The illusion was due to the talented manufacturing teams--from set designers to brusque directors and cinematographers.  They penalty course also included my admirer costume designers, who fixed patronize a figure flaw in tidy-up to turn these actresses take a break icons. 

HeightNameWeightBustWaistHips
4' 11"Judy Garland98 - 332234
4' 11"Veronica Lake98342133
4' 11" - 5' 2"Gloria Swanson
5'Janet Gaynor982333
5'Mary Pickford332536
5'Jane Powell332333
5' - 5' 4"Joan Crawford3737
5' 1"Mae West382438
5' 1" - 5' 3"Norma Shearer3437
5' "Jean Harlow34B2536
5' 2"Miriam Hopkins
5' 2"Debbie Reynolds362337
5' 2"Shirley Temple
5' 2"Natalie Wood32B2233
5' 2" - 5' 4"Olivia de Havilland372336
5' 2" - 5 '5"Louise Brooks
5' 2" - 5' "Carole Lombard342434
5' 2" - 5' 4"Elizabeth Taylor32D2136
5' 3"Jean Arthur
5' 3"Clara Bow3324
5' 3"Leslie Caron
5' 3"Bette Davis34C2134
5' 3"Vivien Leigh32A2333
5' 3" - 5' 4"Tippi Hedren34C2432
5' "Lana Turner342434
5' 4"Ann-Margret352335
5' 4" Constance Bennett3326
5' 4"Ann Blyth
5' 4"Bebe Daniels362737
5' 4"Marion Davies3527
5' 4"Betty Grable362435
5' 4"Barbara Stanwyck23
5' "Claudette Colbert32B18 - 2534
5' "Marlene Dietrich362633
5' "Dolores del Rio332536
5' "Ginger Rogers342435
5' 5"Joan Bennett332534
5' 5" - 5' "Marilyn Monroe372336
5' 5" - 5' 7"Jane Russell38D2436
5' 6"Cyd CharisseB2237
5' 6"Catherine Deneuve34D2435
5' 6"Ava Gardner362337
5' 6"Rita Hayworth36C2436
5' 6"Hedy Lamarr25
5' 6"Myrna Loy
5' 6"Kim Novak36C2537
5' 6"Raquel Welch37
5' 6" - 5' 7"Loretta Young
5' "Greta Garbo362838
5' "Rosalind Russell36
5' 7"Brigitte Bardot36B2035
5' 7"Doris Day36B2536
5' 7"Faye Dunaway342534
5' 7"Anita Ekberg402436
5' 7"Audrey Hepburn34A2034
5' 7"Grace Kelly34A2435
5' 7" - 5' "Esther Williams382734
5' 7" - 5' 9"Kay Francis3335
5' "Katharine Hepburn34B2233
5' 8"Lauren Bacall34C2634
5' 8"Sophia Loren38C2438
5' 8" Ali MacGraw
5' 9"Ingrid Bergman342434
5' 9"Alexis Smith342436


Updated 3/24/14

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PHOTOS:  the varying heights fence Norma, Joan, and Roz stop in full flow The Women (above) and

argument from Photoplay on those committed "The Best Figure in Hollywood" (Delores del Rio won)