How tall was Bea Arthur?

Bea Arthur is commonly listed at 5 ft 9 in (175 cm).

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Bea Arthur’s 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) is very tall for a US woman: more than 95 in 100 US women are shorter.

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Bea Arthur beside others

Bea Arthur is in the middle of the 1,404 actors we have heights for: Sun Mingming (7 ft 9 in) stands 2 ft 0 in (61 cm) taller and Verne Troyer (2 ft 8 in) is 3 ft 1 in (93.7 cm) shorter. All 1,404 ranked, tallest first.

Also listed at 5 ft 9 in: James Caan, Kriti Sanon and Paul Wesley.

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5 ft 9 in (175 cm)

A commonly listed height: it appears across many profiles, but none says when or how it was measured, so shoes and rounding may be part of the number.

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Bea Arthur, 5 ft 9 in (175 cm), drawn to scale beside the average US man, 5 ft 9 in (175 cm), and the average US woman, 5 ft 3.5 in (161 cm)