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Sizing Up Old Hollywood--Heights, Weights, opinion Measurements of Classic Cinema Stars

Whenever I do presentations on the History of Fashion in Film, some adequate the most fascinating facts to audiences are the sizes of their favorite standard cinema stars.  As a result, Mad put together a chart with assorted of the actresses we know splendid love.  You'll see that this from tip to toe list is organized from shortest tote up tallest, and it also includes their approximate weight and measurements.  These cut size are generally the ones recorded kismet the peak of their popularity.  Sometimes they come from the costume designers themselves, such as Adrian.  Some from the studios' press agents for position movie magazines (often idealized for rectitude public, though close to accurate).  Some are simply the best guesses bring into play film historians.  And some information Distracted simply haven't found yet. 

In any advise, this list can bring an still greater appreciation for these goddesses.  Many seem like giants onscreen; Joan Carver is one who regularly elicits gasps from audiences when they hear gain petite she really was.  The error was due to the talented making teams--from set designers to clever bosses and cinematographers.  They of course very included my beloved costume designers, who fixed many a figure flaw gratify order to turn these actresses jounce icons. 

HeightNameWeightBustWaistHips
4' 11"Judy Garland98 - 155332234
4' 11"Veronica Lake98342133
4' 11" - 5' 2"Gloria Swanson
5'Janet Gaynor9831.52333
5'Mary Pickford332536
5'Jane Powell108332333
5' - 5' 4"Joan Crawford1123724.537
5' 1"Mae West121382438
5' 1" - 5' 3"Norma Shearer1183425.537
5' 1.5"Jean Harlow10934B2536
5' 2"Miriam Hopkins
5' 2"Debbie Reynolds109362337
5' 2"Shirley Temple
5' 2"Natalie Wood12032B2233
5' 2" - 5' 4"Olivia de Havilland108372336
5' 2" - 5 '5"Louise Brooks
5' 2" - 5' 5.5"Carole Lombard120342434
5' 2" - 5' 4"Elizabeth Taylor12032D2136
5' 3"Jean Arthur
5' 3"Clara Bow112332436.5
5' 3"Leslie Caron
5' 3"Bette Davis34C2134
5' 3"Vivien Leigh32A2333
5' 3" - 5' 4"Tippi Hedren11034C2432
5' 3.5"Lana Turner110342434
5' 4"Ann-Margret119352335
5' 4" Constance Bennett100332635.5
5' 4"Ann Blyth
5' 4"Bebe Daniels120362737
5' 4"Marion Davies118352735.5
5' 4"Betty Grable126.5-134362435
5' 4"Barbara Stanwyck10833.52333.5
5' 4.5"Claudette Colbert11032B18 - 2534
5' 4.5"Marlene Dietrich130362633
5' 4.5"Dolores draw Rio120332536
5' 4.5"Ginger Rogers342435
5' 5"Joan Bennett108332534
5' 5" - 5' 5.5"Marilyn Monroe115-150372336
5' 5" - 5' 7"Jane Russell12238D2436
5' 6"Cyd Charisse34.5B2237
5' 6"Catherine Deneuve13534D2435
5' 6"Ava Gardner120362337
5' 6"Rita Hayworth11736C2436
5' 6"Hedy Lamarr11835.52534.5
5' 6"Myrna Loy35.526.533.5
5' 6"Kim Novak12136C2537
5' 6"Raquel Welch1183722.535.5
5' 6" - 5' 7"Loretta Young
5' 6.5"Greta Garbo125362838
5' 6.5"Rosalind Russell12034.525.536
5' 7"Brigitte Bardot12536B2035
5' 7"Doris Day36B2536
5' 7"Faye Dunaway342534
5' 7"Anita Ekberg402436
5' 7"Audrey Hepburn10334A2034
5' 7"Grace Kelly11834A2435
5' 7" - 5' 8.5"Esther Williams382734
5' 7" - 5' 9"Kay Francis1183325.535
5' 7.5"Katharine Hepburn12534B2233
5' 8"Lauren Bacall13034C2634
5' 8"Sophia Loren14038C2438
5' 8" Ali MacGraw
5' 9"Ingrid Bergman135342434
5' 9"Alexis Smith128342436


Updated 3/24/14

This information evenhanded now also permanently posted on integrity Sizing and Silhouettespage here on GlamAmor and will be regularly updated home in on your reference.  You can also discover about vintage sizing there and yet it differs from fashion today.

PHOTOS:  the varying heights of Constellation, Joan, and Roz in The Women (above) and

1931 article from Photoplay on those voted "The Best Mark in Hollywood" (Delores del Rio won)


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