Anon says on 30/Jun/08
errrm no way. I always thought 5 ft 2 was a bit genorous for her. They probably over exagerated her height to fit in with her whole 'most beautiful woman' thing. No taller than 5 ft 2.

lrua says on 5/Jun/07
Liz definitely looked like a 5'2" girl when young, now 5'0", Richard Burton wasn't tall either at 5'8" , I have a 1970 episode of "Here's Lucy", 5'6" Lucy looks big next that them.

kathy says on 25/May/07
i must say that it is a bit irrational calling liz 'the most beautiful woman' in the world. quite honestly, there were better looking actresses than this overrated violet eyed woman. and yeah she is about 5'4.

glenn says on 13/Mar/07
wow.rex harrison.thats sick.where?

Brad says on 13/Mar/07
I met Rex Harrison at age 10 and was really tall....even in heels she looks small.

Mr.Venable says on 12/Mar/07
Taylor was 5'2 at the very max . In the last scene of Ivanhoe she's clearly at least one inch shorter than 5'3 Joan Fontaine

Anonymous says on 8/Dec/06
She must have been smaller than 5'3.5 if they had to stand her on something to do certain scenes and she wore huge heels. 5'3.5 is virtually average for a woman. So I think she's probably really 5'2 or something, maybe even 5'1 like the first comment said (because celeb heights usually tend to be increased rather than decreased).

Editor Rob says on 27/Apr/06
"She's not very tall and every time we did a scene they used to stand her on something. There we are on our first day and I'm looking just slightly above her eyeline, which makes me about 5ft 6" - Michael Caine.

nikki says on 17/Mar/06
Elizabeth was absolutely the most beautiful woman in the world and so perfectly petite I think she was 5'2" as well, as in Cleopatra she wore huge heels under her dresses and still looked tiny compared to Rex Harrison maybe he is really really tall.. I don't know

Viv says on 16/Mar/06
Frank2 - I believe you on this one. I watched "Father's Little Dividend" (1951) with Elizabeth, Spencer Tracy and Joan Bennett. Joan Bennett is listed as 5'3" everywhere I've seen and, in that movie in the scenes where I could guage both Elizabeth and Joan's heel sizes and posture (perfect posture, I might add), Elizabeth was about 1" shorter than Joan. I firmly believe her to be 5'2", as well.

Frank2 says on 16/Mar/06
Liz is or was 5'2". I don't know what she is these days after so many back operations. My mom was 5'4" and knew Taylor and was taller.

rose says on 16/Jan/06
I really really think she looks shorter than 5'4" even in the 1950's I have a book of photographs by Bob Willoughby and she is always the shortest female in the photos isn't 5'4" average? Next to Burton she also looks about 5'3"

Morgan says on 1/Jan/06
She really did look 5'2" at times in a lot of photos and her films (particularly Cleopetra)as a big fan of hers I find it hard to believe she was ever 5'4". I've also read she had to stand on a box next to some particularly tall leading men- would someone 5'4" (5'7" or 5'8" in 3 or 4 inch heels) really have to do that but 5'4" is her 'official' height and she's sticking to it!!

Viv says on 31/Dec/05
People who have met her or seen her are generally astounded by how "tiny" she is. I've heard these people guess her height anywhere from 5'1" to 5'3" (Keeping in mind, these sightings being from the 1950's-60's - she's probably lost a bit of height by now). One thing many people mention is how tiny her features are, as well. She may be (or, have been in the 1950's/60's) 5'4", but her tiny features made her look shorter. Or, she may very well have been 5'1"-5'3". My guess is 5'2" in the 1950's/60's.

Serena says on 26/Oct/05
I always thought she was 522 as I've always read that in magazines. Maybe I'm wrong but. . . . . people lie especially about height!!

CelebHeights Editor says on 6/Oct/05
Time Magazine, 1949: "5 ft. 4½ in., 112 Ibs"

bree says on 13/Jul/05
1963 movie life yearbook said she was 5'1"...