How tall was Elizabeth Taylor?

Elizabeth Taylor is commonly listed at 5 ft 2 in (157 cm).

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Elizabeth Taylor’s 5 ft 2 in (157 cm) is a little below average for a US woman: about 28 in 100 US women are shorter.

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Elizabeth Taylor beside others

Elizabeth Taylor is one of the shorter actors we have heights for: Sun Mingming (7 ft 9 in) stands 2 ft 7 in (79 cm) taller and Verne Troyer (2 ft 8 in) is 2 ft 6 in (75.7 cm) shorter. All 1,404 ranked, tallest first.

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5 ft 2 in (157 cm)

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Elizabeth Taylor, 5 ft 2 in (157 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)