jtm says on 10/Feb/11
of course she has always been shorter than tom selleck because he is close to 6'4!

George H. says on 8/Feb/11
I think in her younger years, Lansbury was probably as tall as Bea Arthur. She was taller than Ingrid Bergman in that movie in the 1940's and I recently watched a Murder She Wrote rerun in which the characters of Magnum P.I. were introduced for a spin-off and a telltale sign to hide that somebody is taller is that they keep their arms bent in front of their upper body. She was obviously taller than the Higgins character judging by the length of her arms, even when the directorial choice was made for her to bend her arms in scenes with him (which were mostly shot from the waist up, not to give away that she was probably standing on a lower surface). Of course she was shorter than Tom Selleck, but then she was in her sixties or seventies and he was in his thirties.

richinkle says on 8/Feb/11
Definitely a tall gal, but I don't think taller than 5'-8". In this clip with 5'-9 1/2" Bea Arthur, Lansbury has about a 2" heel advantage, but the two stand almost exactly the same height.
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Shadow2 says on 25/Dec/10
In her many movies from the mid 1940's to the 1960's Angela always seemed to look 5'9" (nearly 6' in heels), which was a height reserved for few woman in movies, one being Ingrid Bergman. Angela wore flat shoes in "Murder She Wrote" so as to not seem intimidating in her role, similar to what her tall friend Bea Arthur did in the "Golden Girls".

MERVE says on 21/Dec/10
I watched Murder she wrote as a child, but only some portions. My parents thought I was too small. Anyways, I started watching on netflix and I love it. The reason why I am here is because I thought she looked quite told specially next to other female characters.