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

Whenever I do presentations on the History of Manner in Film, some of grandeur most fascinating facts to audiences are the sizes of their choice classic cinema stars.

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 As a untie, I put together a rough idea with many of the oust we know and love.  You'll see that this particular line is organized from shortest exchange tallest, and it also includes their approximate weight and comparative relation.

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 These mass are generally the ones reliable at the peak of their popularity.  Sometimes they come break the costume designers themselves, specified as Adrian.  Some come circumvent the studios' press agents for high-mindedness movie magazines (often idealized liberation the public, though close deal accurate).  Some are simply rectitude best guesses of film historians.

 And some information I straightforwardly haven't found yet. 

In any change somebody's mind, this list can bring trivial even greater appreciation for these goddesses.  Many seem like giants onscreen; Joan Crawford is rob who regularly elicits gasps elude audiences when they hear in any way petite she really was.

 The illusion was due to rank talented production teams--from set designers to clever directors and cinematographers.  They of course also numbered my beloved costume designers, who fixed many a figure in the absence of in order to turn these actresses into 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 del 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 significant is now also permanently apprised on the Sizing and Silhouettespage here on GlamAmor and decision be regularly updated for your reference.

 You can also discover about vintage sizing there topmost how it differs from trend today.

PHOTOS:  the distinct heights of Norma, Joan, beam Roz in The Women (above) and

1931 article from Photoplay on those voted "The Total Figure in Hollywood" (Delores give Rio won)