Height Comparison | Classic Hollywood Actresses
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Did you ever think about how you might shape up in height to the actresses of yesteryear? Or did you just wonder how tall certain classic actresses were? From Veronica Lake to Ingrid Bergman this video shows the heights of many classic Hollywood actresses. Including.....
Ingrid bergman
Greta Garbo
Marilyn Monroe
Audrey Hepburn
Katharine Hepburn
Veronica Lake
Mae West
Norma Shearer
Shirley Temple
Betty Grable
Elizabeth Taylor
Barbara Stanwyck
Joan Collins
Ginger Rogers
Brigitte Bardot
Greer Garson
Rita Hayworth
Lucille Ball
Grace Kelly
Lauren Bacall
Diana Rigg
Julie Newmar.......and many many more
There is a part 2 with a new list of actresses, check it out • Height Comparison | Cl...
I’m mark, from the north of England. I make all of my own templates and do all of my own research and edit all of my own content with keynote, and occasionally iMovie.
Apologies for the mistake of putting the wrong picture on Shirley Jones 🙈
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Please note this is not a complete list, although it's a pretty comprehensive one. I'd rather hear about who I did include rather than who I didn't. There's not a more complete classic actress video on the platform I can assure you
You don’t need to comment about the picture mistake, I already know thanks
I have not met anyone on this list but I was an extra in a film made long ago called Mike Bassett England Manager and met Amanda Redman briefly...
@@Terry.W shame she didn’t make it. If you can send me a link where you are in I’d love to see 😊
Please put Sigourney Weaver on your next list. I understand that she is quite tall (5’11”-6 ft.). Thanks for doing a female list btw.
@@MsAppassionata yea thanks. I nearly did include her but couldn’t convince myself she’s a classic actress! She is in the actress video, just not the classic one
When anyone talks about "Classic Hollywood" the cut off always seems to be late 1950s or early 1960s if they stretch it.
If that's your criteria, it's not surprising you didn't include Sigourney Weaver.
The fact that many people perceived the shorter women as taller is a testament to the great tailoring of the clothes the actresses wore.
And a few camera tricks lol
@@DataWatch. Agreed 😁
Very acute observation, Belinda.
@@Lyndy472 I have been obsessed with fashion since I was so small the fashion magazines were almost too heavy to hold open, so I notice the details. 😁
And the "tailoring" of the sets that were made smaller in order to make the actors lool taller. But generally speaking the average height for men and women was lower.
Amazing how so many of these stars appeared larger than life on the silver screen, and yet we’re so tiny in real life. Great video!
Thank you
Bette Davis was only 5'2"? She was ten feet tall on the screen. It just proves that movies are magic.
I guess. Lot of them wore 6+ inch heels.
@@soxpeewee I think this is actually true. I know Mae West was one. Long dress hid it well
Being on camera appears to be the great equalizer making people appear to be more similar and average in height. That is unless the director intentionally films the scene to accentuate an actor's unusual height, then they can make some seem even larger than life.
Love that you included Mary Pickford, Gloria Swanson, Janet Gaynor, Lillian Gish! People often forget the silents. Thanks for putting this together--a lot of work!
Yes my friend
Yes Pickford may have not been tall but certainly a Giant!
This is true!
Yesss!! Janet & Mary are some of *the* best actresses in my opinion
I'm 4'10" and been asked "what's wrong with you?" as if I have some kind of disease. I'd often be turned down because men would rather date a woman a foot taller than me. It's refreshing and validating to know there's nothing wrong with my height.
My mother in law is only 4’10.5, and yea she’s small but like you say it’s not really to the point where you would say it’s unusual
🤣🤣 omg I've been rejected as well because of my height. I'm 5 foot even.
One time a "gent" said to me "no offense but it's like I'm trying get with a child or sumthin, I just can't, I'm sorry"
But then there's a whole other group of men that adore shorty's ..... I'll never forget the 1st time I was called a "spinner" 🤣 ugh life is ridiculous
@@Elhastezy888 I'm 5'8" and the really tall guys I'd have looked good with always seemed to have a thing for little bitty women, lol.
I'm a 4'10.5" woman and my tallest BF was 6' 8'.
@@keithgriffiths9864 wow
This illustrates that beauty standards were different. It didn’t matter how tall you were and all these women have a healthy amount of body fat. Love this!
☺️☺️
It definitely works that way.
It still dont matter How tall you are. It only matters for Runaway models, not for Hollywood stars.
@@nat-1272 no of course
Most of these woman were skinny with extreme Hourglass Figure.
Old Hollywood was mosly about Woman with incredible body proportion.
And today the standards is a Thick Hourglass except in the High Fashion Industries bcuz they want boyish looking.
I saw Audrey Hepburn a couple of times, she was taller than expected and did not look as skinny as she did in movies. She had the most beautiful carriage I’d ever seen, really looked like royalty. She made a remarkable appearance.
I can imagine 😊
Lucky you! She and Grace Kelly both had such beautiful posture and carried themselves so well.
I agree with her appearance. This was a person who naturally knew how to carry herself 100 % beautifully, even objectively she was not really that outstanding beautiful. The way how she carried herself did it.
She and Anita Ekberg are the same height, but the seconds looked a lot taller, bigger.
@@fiddleronthecube7835 If I remember correctly, she and her mother lived in poverty in Holland. Audrey had ballet lessons for some time. I’ve known former female ballet dancers and they stay the same with aging, very slender with that straight-backed ballet posture. Dancers are disciplined and ballet dancers more so than the others.
@@marionmarino1616Audrey sadly didn’t get to live as long as many of the other classic actresses shown in this video.
She was much taller than the average woman. 5’7” in her era is equivalent to a women who is 5’9” to 5’10” today.
We have to remember that many of these actresses were handpicked, and were far above the skills and talents of the average woman.
Unlike these oldies women who were talented, today’s Hollywood is degrading and frankly, not worth the time anymore.
Restrictions and censorship guidelines forced film producers to do better in their movies. These classic actresses did a wonderful job.
Although people were shorter a generation or two before, I was still surprised at how many well-known stars were 5'-3" and under!!
Yes. But it wasn’t uncommon of course
Being under 5'3", does not seem to be a particular preference for you. It is a preference for jockeys 🏇, though! We are all entitled to our personal preferences, though!
@@BeveC21E it’s a preference for some, not others. Of course the smaller jockeys are, the better
Take it easy--Being an old movie fan, I knew who most of those actresses were, and had seen them in films--As a result, I just found it surprising--Of course, many male stars were short by today's standards--It was not to be an indication that I felt them less attractive--NO ONE was more beautiful than Veronica Lake!
@@ronaldfazekas6492 of course, I didn’t take offence at your original comment. I think you are right, it’s about personal preference
Wow, I had no idea Veronica Lake and Judy Garland were under 5ft, they looked much taller on-screen. And I thought Marilyn was tiny, like 5'2. Really good video.
Thank you! I did my best 😊
I was surprised as well when I first found out Judy was 4’11 and a half. She definitely looked taller on screen. 😂
@@1MikuFan I think the list is wrong.. the actor who played the Tin Man was a tall guy, and Judy didn't look much shorter than him in any scene..
Jack Haley the baseball player was 6 ft 10 inches ... Jack Haley the c1940 actor was 5 ft. 8 ... a head taller than Judy Garland.
Well,5'6 is far from being a giant,except for her charisma on screen,which was boundless.
Fabulous! One thing that struck me as a Baby Boomer who never saw most of these actresses from the 1040's on the silver screen - only in TV movie reruns - they were glamorous! Something today's crop of Hollywood actresses lack.
I’m sort of with you. They couldn’t be anything but themselves back in the day. So glamorous with no added fakeness
@@DataWatch. -Actors back then were completely fake. Their entire public persona was crafted and sold to the public. All potentially major and minor scandals, cosmetic surgeries, lack of education, affairs, abortions, homosexuality ( you’d be surprised at how many of your favourite male and female stars had fake marriages), unsavoury family members were all dealt with before they were presented to an audience. That is the fakest era in Hollywood and it’s only slightly better now.
@@DataWatch. now, i want to see that as a film buff 😭
@@redefinedliving5974 not sure you ever will now
It's one of the reasons I love Film Noir and just about any movie released in the '40s decade. Tremendous talent!
Never new Veronica Lake was so tiny. She always struck me as a tall woman, I would have guessed 5'9" or so.
Wow. Never thought about her height tbh. Her beauty however….. 😍😍
@@DataWatch. definitely!
It's the opposite for me I've always thought she looked incredibly petite small but perfectly formed.
@@beeben5260 I guess I just tend to think of most actors and actresses as tall -- well, at least leading women/ men.
At 5'9" she would have had a hard time getting cast. She would have towered over or at least stood at the same height as her male co-stars. No heels for her.
Very nice! I was shocked that Mae West was only 5 feet tall she was such a strong presence.
It’s those heels under those long dresses
A strong woman doesn't need size to control a man.
Mae West wore 5 inch heels, which caused her to walk the way she did onscreen. She was always self conscious about her height; in one interview she claimed to be 5' 5 1/2". At the 1949 Academy Awards she and actor Rock Hudson were commissioned to perform the nominated song, "Baby It's Cold Outside". Mae was worried about looking so small next to 6' 5" Hudson. The dilemma was solved by Hudson reclining on a couch and Mae standing over him, pushing him down every time he tried to get up.
Being 5’1-1/2” always seemed so short. Many great performers my height. BTW, it’s mentioned that Shirley Jones was in the lineup. It’s actually a picture of Shirley McClain at 5’5”.
Yes I know thanks. It’s the wrong picture, supposed to be Jones 🤦🏻
I noticed that as well
Truly enjoyable! There is, however, one mistake: Shirley McLaine appears twice, the first time wrongly named "Shirley JONES"... But this does not hurt the appealing of the whole. Great work! Thanks a lot!
It’s the other way round! It’s supposed to be Jones but I’ve put the wrong picture in. I already knew but thanks
@@DataWatch. Yes, I should have put that in this way. The wrong picture. But, in any case, as I said, it's not very important. The whole is what matters, and I liked it a lot, as I also did with the one about the male actors' height. Congratulations!
Thank you friend
Caught this mistake too...wrong pic for Shirley Jones
I thought I saw Shirley MacLaine twice!
Wow! Hedy Lamar, Marilyn Monroe, Rita Hayworth, Ava Gardner, Gene Tierney, Greta Garbo - I think 5’6” is the magic number!
Some really big names that height yes
Dagnabit, don't leave out Jayne Mansfield. She is my favorite blonde bombshell of the 1960s. She was not the best actress or screen comedienne of the era, but she was honest about what she was doing professionally and high in mental stability. OCEAN. Openness to new experiences - high. Conscientiousness - high. Exroversion - high. Agreeableness - for the type, high. Neuroticism - low. That makes her a nine on 2 to -2 scale for every trait. Marilyn was a five. She bombed on neuroticism, that's for sure. Most people don't know it, but Jayne and Marilyn allegedly both had presidential congress with you-know-who.
@@anonymike8280 I’m convinced! Sounds like Jayne Mansfield belongs on the 5’6” Wow! List, too. 🤩
@@njejlester1603 I wouldn’t argue with that
I appreciate your work but Hedy lamarr must be bit taller than listed and so as Greta garbo....and Marlene Dietrich should be in the 5"6
As a petite actress of 5' tall, myself, I can attest to the fabulousness of it all!! Thank you!
Haha definitely
@@DataWatch. 😁
Many beauties at the lower-mid 5ft range.
As a man i wish i was a bit taller at 5,10.
@@vintageman91 …isn’t it funny how we’re never happy with what we’ve got?
I’m female and 5’9” and have hated every minute of it. Even worse now I’m older and heavier…I feel like Queen Kong!
@@madwhitehare3635 Yes thats true, or we are moderately happy but still wish for more. Im not unhappy about my height at 5.10 but i wish i was 6ft or 6.1.
I'm surprised that Audrey Hepburn is so tall. She was thin, but the camera made her look short. MacClaine, Fonda and Loren are also surprisingly tall. They must all have been made to stand in a hole.
🤣🤣. I think they did many things to shall we say, even things out
When they filmed El Cid, sometimes 5-9 Sophia Loren stood in a ditch; other times 5-10 Charleton Heston stood on a box. And we all thought he was 6-4!
@@kidavis3386 I can’t agree with those sizes but thanks
Hepburn must have been surrounded by taller actors to appear petite
@@nancyomalley6286 She was! Plus she often wore flats while her leading men were wearing dressier shoes that could easily give them an extra inch or two.
You're really getting classic Hollywood when you include Margaret Dumont!
Goes without saying😊
Groucho’s nemesis
@@themermaidstale5008 I only remember seeing her once without Groucho: her last movie "What a Way to Go" as Shirley MacLaine's mother.
Made me wonder how tall Groucho was.
It doesn't get any more classic than Margaret Dumont!
“Only the absolutely determined people succeed.” - Audrey Hepburn
She’s right
@Le Stain Du Poop, Esq lol
@Le Stain Du Poop, Esq True! Being an extroverted sociopath is the road to success in our society.
Oh really Audrey? You don't think luck and connections have a hand in it?
So shocked with Veronica Lake! I thought she was like 5'7/5'8. 4'10 is insane!
4’11 lol
So great that you included character actresses too, like Marie Dressler, Irene Ryan. Maureen Stapleton, Geraldine Page. Did you think of Agnes Moorehead? As far as leading ladies, I can’t think of one you missed. Lots of international stars too, wonderful. Magnani, Dors, et al. Well done!
Hey thank you. I’m only 46 and I do these alone. Not bad eh ?
@@DataWatch. My gosh, you're a spring chicken! Really great that you care enough to research great classic films and actors, and also have developed the technical skill to make it visually delightful. It was like reading a page-turner of a book - Who's going to show up next? Really fun and interesting.
@@Daisnap thanks for the kind words. Stay tuned and we will see
I agree. Truly great actress's
@@forgottenfilmchannel1194 Absolutely! I love the talented character actresses! I had fun checking out your channel, too ~ such a wonder to realize that young Clifton Young in Our Gang films was also the smarmy villain to Humphrey Bogart in Dark Passage!
A compilation as great as I’d hoped it would be. Thank you!
I did my best
Fascinating! Thank you so much for compiling this list.
No thank you 🙏
So fun to watch! Thanks for compiling and posting!
No thank you 😊
Great video! Love the selection of actresses and the choice of photos. 😊 Some of them were a lot tinier than I realized, and a few were a lot taller.
Thank you so much 😊
Wow, I can't believe it. The women I thought were alot taller were actually much shorter than I thought. I never would have guessed their heights, Never.
You see comments like this a lot
Nice one brother😃❤️.. seems like this one reached to more viewers. This is definitely what your audience asking..😍 onece again a good job🙏🖐️ thanks for the end card buddy❤😍
No thank you bro 👊
Super glad you included my favorite, Gene Tierney. Thanks!
No Thank you 🙏🙏
4 ft 9 here happy to see so many “height challenged” ladies such as myself🙌🏼 (I honestly don’t mind being short, just wish I had a few extra inches sometimes for convenience and to make clothes shopping easier!
Yea it’s not unheard of. My mother in law isn’t much taller than you
I'm 5'2 and I love my height. I'm the shortest in my family besides my brother in law. You would think we were both 6'. Lol
Never would I ever have guessed Hattie McDaniel was only 5'2". She was such a woman of presence and substance. Wow.
Just glad she made it 😁
Is this a back-handed compliment? Lmao
@@youaresoveryloved 🤷♂️
This is a very backhanded compliment
The same was said of Mae West who was also quite buxom.
The silver screen makes puts pounds on them.
Many of these were a surprise to me. Thanks for putting this together.
No Problem. Thank you
Great video! I love old movies and didn't know that some were so petite! I would love to see a comparison to their contemporaries!
czcams.com/video/XvwZkiT085A/video.html
It’s not particularly complete, it’s one of the first height videos I did. But there you go
Great list! So many shorter actresses earlier on, begs the question about diets and if they would have been taller if nutrition was different in childhood (for men and women). But also that perhaps had benefits for filming or if that was just more the culturally appealing smaller-framed female thing. Very interesting.
Yea I wonder. Some of these ladies would definitely have been taller had they been born 50 years later, but we will never know by how much
I agree. Some of these actresses were born 100 years ago and both men and women have gotten taller in the decades since.
@@jimmydaves absolutely
Widely available synthetic vitamins.
@@sallyreno6296 not just that I don’t think
I thoroughly enjoyed this. I was delightfully surprised by a few that I had for years thought they were much taller. Thank you so much for including a few obscure (at least to me) actresses. It will be fun tracking down the movies that they made and watching them. I hope you make many more videos like this. I'm happy to say I'm a new subscriber 🤗
I really hope I can deliver much more of this type of content. I’m just in a dispute with youtube as to whether they will allow me to monetise this stuff. The hard work that goes in I feel is justification but I need them to agree. I’m working on it
Another excellent video, well paced and interesting. So many many CZcams videos are boring or poorly done. DataWatch knows how to create a interesting topic.
Thank you 😄😄😄
You saved the best for last - Julie Newmar. My all-time favorite!
Great work finding all these images of each when (most) were very young. Had to look close to recognize a few as I had only ever seen them later in their careers.
Yes I tried to get as flattering looks as I could but with a few getting such full length images was tough
i always thought Audrey Hepburn was much shorter and some that were short always thought they were taller!
You won’t be the last to say this
Uma Thurman, Geena Davis and Brooke Shields are all 6 feet. Sigourney Weaver and Nicole Kidman are 5'11". Tamara Dobson, a glamorous black actress remembered for her 1973 role as Cleopatra Jones, was 6'2". Hope Emerson, who appeared in several movies in the 40s and 50s, notably Westward the Women, was also 6'2". For those with long memories, she was the voice of Elsie the Cow in the 1950s.
Many here were a surprise, looking taller or shorter on the screen, probably due to high heels or the lack of them. Back in the day, old height and weight charts for women included an extra 2" for heels.
The first three you mentioned are yes 6’ or just under, but none of those 3 are classic actresses. Nor is Kidman. Dobson and Westwood I dunno about so can’t comment
True, Hope Emerson should have been included. I've gotten to know her as Mother from the first season of "Peter Gunn".
@@eleanormartinez8274 apologies
This is a classic actress list most you have listed are not 🙄
@@beeben5260 that’s a matter of opinion
I just loved this video. Pure facts! Thank you 😊
Thank you so much 🙏
I've never seen so much beauty and brains in one video. Exciting!
Couldn’t agree more 😊
I realised how short Joan Fontaine was when Laurence Olivier towered over her in Rebecca - he himself had said he wasn't tall.
Most of these ladies heights have been exaggerated too
I guess this would make sense, so the leading men would always appear taller than they really were. Very interesting compilation !
Thank you 😊
You mean that was on purpose...? It is obvious that short women have prettiest faces. And talent obviously.
@@egyptianhibiscus9203 that’s a stupid thing to say. Grace Kelly was stunningly beautiful and 5’7…as were several other tall ladies in the video. What about the Amazonian 90’s supermodels like Helena Christensen, Cindy Crawford, Christy Turlington…You don’t get much more beautiful face-wise than they were.
@@daughteroftheking2344 5'7 is still not tall. I am 5'6 myself so I am not advocating for small women here. Of course we have beautiful tall women. But small ones have cuter faces. And these are actresses, not models, most of them dangerously talented. They were the whole package. Using the term "stupid" too easily, huh?
@@egyptianhibiscus9203 you said short women have the "prettiest" faces. Yeah, stupid's the right word.
As a collector of obscure facts, I thank you for this presentation. Very well done with a perfect synthesis of music and images.
Thank you! I did my best
Well done!!!!! Love the music and all beautiful pics with the graphics/data....:D Very artistic!
Thanks. I did my best
I loved the Hayley Mills movies, I would have liked to have her for a friend. She seems sweet and fun. Her version of the Parent Trap was the best!
Nice
One of the first times I cried at a movie was Pollyanna
@@samanthab1923 I’ sure I did too. Even when my son was 3 yo and we watched Dumbo and he bawled during the mama - baby lullaby in the evening with the mama locked up in the cage and them holding trunks, his aunt and I bawled too. Damn, I’m tearing up now just thinking about it. Disney was the master at manipulating emotions.
@@themermaidstale5008 My sister in law told me my macho brother cried during Lion King. We were talking about Jungle Book & I said the ending was sad. I wanted Mowgli to stay with Baloo. Not leave the jungle. He looks at me & says me too. She never saw this side of us 😂
Ann Sheridan is a favorite of mine. Wow... didn't know she was only 5'4. In most of the films that I've seen her in, she seems to stand fairly equal to the men around her. She had a very strong presence in front of the camera, so I guess it helped 'elevate' her.
I didn’t know her before making this video, I won’t lie
My favorite movie of hers is, I was a Male War Bride, with Cary Grant. There was a scene they were in Bremerhaven Germany at building 11. My barracks was in Bremerhaven at building 11 at Carl Schurz Kaserne.
Ann Sheridan was 5' 5"
@@stanmarcusgtv www.celebheights.com/s/Ann-Sheridan-48623.html
Don’t believe all you read on google 🤦🏻
She's great! Love her in Angels w/Dirty Faces, The Man Who Came to Dinner, King's Row--a great range. Some of the men she played opposite (e.g. Cagney) were quite short, so she may have seemed taller because of that.
Quality is excellent. Glad to see height is a major theme on the rise 😁
Thank you 🙏
Wow, that was a LOT of actresses. It was put together very creatively too. Bravo !!!
I tried my best. Thanks
Some very classic beauties in this one Mark. Well done, I guess height is where it's at! ✌️😎👍 Hope your weekend is a great one! 🙏🏼🙌🏼
Seems to be mate
@@DataWatch. If it works don't fix it! 😉👍
I enjoyed this video! I’d like to see the same women but in order of their first movie or something like that so we can see how the height and beauty standards changed over time.
Sort of like a timeline? That would be tough to make but possible I suppose
@@DataWatch. or sorted by date of birth... that would be interesting. The same for actors.
@@HarrisCaron they would still get taller as it goes along
Love this informational video, thanks. It’s interesting to me that not only were so many of the classic actresses short, but their body frames were so petite-small rib cages, etc.
Thank you. There is a part 2 as well 😊
@@DataWatch. will definitely watch it and your other work-thanks for doing this:)
@@MelanieAF no, thank you 🙏
Great list. Well done.
Thank you
This is great! Now, how about a companion piece covering actresses from say the 70s to now? Or you could break it down 60s-80s, 90s-2000s: whatever works best for you.
I have made an actress video, although it’s not that complete….
czcams.com/video/XvwZkiT085A/video.html
Happy to see my favorite classic actress Jean Harlow made the list. Tho surprised how short she really was.
Many are surprised at a lot of these ladies
great video, moving even. Please consider doing a part 2, featuring the actresses that do not appear here and viewers suggest. I suggest the short Gina Lollobrigida and the tall Geena Davis.
Maybe down the line I’ll do a tallest female one. Geena would definitely qualify here
Wow, such a great video! Thank you for posting it.
No thank you 🙏
That was fun!! I was surprised about Lauren Bacall though, as she was a model previous to her acting career, I assumed she would have been taller. Still, you live & learn.
Yea. She’s still fairly tall lol
Same. She always struck me as like 5'9".
It's amazing how small actresses like Natalie Wood were. A number of the actresses of today are taller than me.
And a few bigger than me too. Not many but some
Excellent! Thank you!
I agree, and no thank you 😊
Fabulous again. Thank you.
Thank you so much 😊
Wow fantastic list ..and so surprising how many are about the same height..
yea terry. thank you 🙏
I'm 5ft 2 which considered short in my family. My twin is 5ft 6 and my sisters are 5ft 10. I never worried about my lack of height but it's nice to know I was once ths ideal.
Haha. Yea nothing wrong with 5’2
I’m loving how the ladies come out from the side in all of the glitter bomb features Mark.
Great job with this video, thanks.
Glad you liked it!☺️
This is fun and interesting. One quibble: Jane Powell is usually listed at 5’1” and her obit in the New York Times describes her as “just over 5 feet tall.” And she looks a bit taller than Judy Garland side by side (on Judy’s TV show).
Ok I think celebheights have her a little lower but thanks
You have to be careful of publicist info regarding height. Women are often presented as being shorter than they actually are and men as being taller. I don't remember who the actress was, but one who was slightly over 6' was told by her agent that he would not even try to represent her unless the claimed to be 5' 11 1/2. Allan Ladd was frequently paired with women whose stats said they were shorter than him, but actually turned out to be taller in person. This makes sense with him claiming extra height and the ladies claiming to be shorter than they were.
@@jamiegagnon6390 yea many of these ladies claimed to be taller than I listed them
Thank you for this compilation-very interesting and enjoyable; however, I was looking forward to seeing Alice Faye, who was a Hollywood queen and stood at 5’4”.
Sorry about that
Hey, this is a great list and lots of fun to watch! Thanks!
Wow thank you 🙏
Keep them coming 🎥
Im positive he will Ryan
Trying
What i find astonishing is that these very short people had extraordinary presence. Take Bette Davis for example. 3 inches shorter than I am but no way I'd win a fight against her
Haha
I agree! Bette could take anyone.
@@wilfred508 except tallulah Bankhead. Bette herself said in her book This and That, that tallulah confronted her at a party as to who the better actress was, but Bette defused the situation and very diplomatically agreed that tallulah was a better actress.
@@HOE68YEN That's great! I never heard that story!
Most of these actresses we small and petite....they looked cuter ...being little.
Totally agree
I would have felt like a giant around most of them. Wow. Great video! 🌹
Lol thank you 😊
Outstanding!
Thank you 🙏
I was quite surprised at some of these. I mean, I knew some were small but I didn't realize just how tiny they were. And some always seemed too be short, but I find they're actually taller than me. This was great. 😊
Thank you so much
Another super Video Mark I have to say once again. I loved the little flip at the end twisting the screen. Have a great weekend mate and enjoy as always. Congrats. 🍻
Im here too you know.....hahahaah
#legends
@@DataWatch. last video is screaming up to 500k mate now
@@DataWatch. im here as well now....father's day over here
@@noahingleton7712 all going great 😌
Wow ! Tremendo trabajo el que habéis hecho 🤗🤗
Thank you 😊
Wow mate. Your on a roll champion.
Won’t last but I knew these would do well
I have to admit, I'm amazed at the number of petite stars on your list. Great work and more comprehensive than I expected. I'm a foot taller than Bette Davis. I can't comprehend that. Very entertaining stuff. Thanks.
I’m not a foot taller than any of these unfortunately. Thank you for the kind words
Esther Williams was ~174 cm and noted how ridiculous she felt in Take Me Out to the Ball Game doing dance moves that had clearly been choreographed for someone much smaller.
Am I right in saying she’s not in the video? Not sure why if not, I researched her height before making this🤔🤔
And yes 1.74 I’d say is right
@@DataWatch. Martha Vikers????
Esther did lots of swimming. It benefits the taller actresses over the shorter ones.
Thank you for this. And loads of great photos with plenty of leg. Yum!!
Haha thanks
Excellent fella, legs everywhere 😋 what surprised me that none were 6ft or over… that was certainly a huge list of great Hollywood actresses 🤩🤩🤩👍🏻
Yes mate. Lots of legs lol
@@DataWatch. You say 'mate' a lot.No big deal but you must not be from the USA.
@@fredmar6436 no UK
I have never minded being tiny and petite. Tall, short, and in-between guys found my height (lack thereof) appealing. The tall ones felt taller around me. Shorter ones found me ideal. They were all taller than I. I was perceived as feminine. Never got any complaints. Life is a beautiful blessing. I'm grateful to the Lord.🥰
I don't see why anybody would mind 😊
I remember going to the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma many years ago. They had a display of one of the gowns that Miss Barbara Stanwyck wore in her role as Victoria Barkley on "The Big Valley" TV series in a glass case. I was astounded at how tiny she was and kept walking around the case in amazement. She had such a huge personality on TV and in film, that I assumed she was taller, at least 5'8". She was mighty at 5'5".
Another actress who I thought was much taller is Sarah Michelle Gellar of "Buffy, The Vampire Slayer." I was at the Bellagio Casino in Las Vegas and wouldn't have noticed her if she hadn't been speaking. I recognized her voice, looked over and was astounded at how tiny she is. She's 5'4" but seems taller on screen.
Wow thanks for that. Can’t say I’ve seen anything with Barbara in
Did you watch early Buffy season 2 or 3? When she was with Angel, you will notice her size. The other actors and actresses are probably chosen to be around her size.
5'5 isn't tiny for a woman. There are so many women under 5'0 so it's ridiculous to call 5'5 tiny
@@Nick-dr4ec Calm down. The women in my family are all 6' tall. I work with women who are 5'7" and above. 5'5" is tiny in my experience.
@@danaeads919 don't tell me to calm down i was never angry to begin with. You probably live in the Netherlands.
Great idea to do this ! Thanks
I thought so
You have a couple of my favorites with Marlene Dietrich and marjorie Main. Thanks for playing Mozart and especially Beethoven's 5th!
Yea I think it works
That was thoroughly enjoyable, truly! As one whose only 5'1 3/4, I was shocked by the few who were even shorter than I...like Eleanor Powell, one of my fav dancers of all time! And Mae West!?! She looked a giant on screen! What is the preferred or rather perfect height for women? Queen Liz 1st was told that she had been the perfect height! However, what would you tell one of the most powerful of women--ever? So...
If anyone knows what her height was, I'd like to know it! Thanx again for this very fun and enlightening video! Got anymore in your pocket? ❤ ❤ ❤
I’ve made around 20 of these videos on different topics, you will have to look! Regarding older people not so much, but I am planning classic singers over the coming weeks. Not sure of the first queen elizabeth ‘s height, but regarding Mae West she was famous for long dresses and very large heels that you couldn’t see
@@DataWatch. Ooooh k! Thank you. Dont stop now! Thanx
@@BeveC21E no plans to 😊
Every time I watch "It's a Wonderful Life" I fall in love with Donna Reed.
Lol 😍
Achei bem.bacana o conteúdo!!! Parabéns pelo trabalho!
thank you so much
Great video - if i had to choose my favorite three it would probably be Mirium Hopkins ,Anne Miller and Joan Crawford
Very nice
Davis reads different depending on sources about her height, all thought all reads that she was quite short 😊.
So many of these classic actresses where so beautiful, especially the ones from the 1930s - 1950s.
Yes. Thanks
*Fun Fact: Veronica Lake was so short that she only looked good on screen with Alan Ladd and vice versa.*
Oooh
I found this fascinating 💕
Oh great, thanks
Tremendous line of talented and beautiful women. Thanks.
No thank you 🙏
Mostly because I've caught so many classic movies on TCM that I can honestly say I recognize more than half of these ladies.
Good lol
Great video!
I appreciate the time to research, edit, and present this wonderful galaxy of stars.
The Golden Age of American Film.
I admit to a fair amount of pride that both my daughters are tall...5'11" and 6'1".
Gorgeous, intelligent, and responsible, too.
Yes, they know how to cook!
🌺🦋🦋🌺
Wow they would feature well here
@@DataWatch.,
Thank you! ❤️
@@OceanSwimmer no thank you 🙏
That was fun & interesting. Made me realize most actresses in the past are on the shorter end
This is true 😊
Strange thing is I knew some of the older Actresses 🤣Who didn't love cat women growing up. Great video, this had to take you a lot of time putting together 👍
Sure did Dave. Thanks
Interesting video. 😊I am short, and it's never been a problem for me. I think personality makes up for the lack of height. But beauty standards can be cruel, and height is included in that. You have to be tall to be a model, even if now you can be a plus model, but not short. I think it's descriminatory. Who came up with that idea anyway? When I was a teenager I wanted to be a flight attendnant, but in my country I was considered too short. I think it had to do with not being able to reach, though. But other than that, short ladies are just as capable and gorgeous. ❤🧡💛💚💙💜
I agree totally! Whoever came up with the idea to discriminate I’ve no idea 🤷♂️
And Julie Newmar for the win!!
Joint 🤣
Great video.
Thank you so much 😊
Thank you, Data Watch, for your detailed Classic Hollywood presentation of the starlets of yesteryear. Late to find your site, so I missed an opportunity for name submissions. Should you
revisit this topic may I offer a source of representation for the 40ties. The Andy Hardy series was a showcase for up and coming new talent. I won't bother you with a long list, two names, if I may. Bonita Granville may have been
the first to portray Nancy Drew on screen. A stunning beauty at the end of the line at 6' 2"
Dorothy Ford. Again, thanks for showcasing these talented, beautiful women.
Part 2s are always possible. Before making one I will run through this comment section so feel free to make suggestions