How tall was Vera-Ellen?

Vera-Ellen is commonly listed at 5 ft 4 in (163 cm).

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Vera-Ellen’s 5 ft 4 in (163 cm) is about average for a US woman: about 59 in 100 US women are shorter.

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Vera-Ellen beside others

Vera-Ellen is one of the shorter actors we have heights for: Sun Mingming (7 ft 9 in) stands 2 ft 4.5 in (73 cm) taller and Verne Troyer (2 ft 8 in) is 2 ft 8 in (81.7 cm) shorter. All 1,404 ranked, tallest first.

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5 ft 4 in (163 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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Vera-Ellen, 5 ft 4 in (163 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)