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RisingForce says on 14/Feb/10
Rob, you've got Charles Bronson and Fred Astaire's height listings mixed up!
Fred Astaire was no 5'9" man. 5'7" at best. 5'9" guys today(Stallone, Van Damme, Jamie Foxx) look noticeably taller with an average height of 5'9.25"-5'9.5" in the US. Nevermind in Astaire's day when the average was 5'8" or less.
Russ says on 4/Jan/10
5'9 1/2 ey Troy?? Which autobiograpy was that then? Or are you just making it up? Ace says on 13/Sep/09
He always looked 5`9 to me. Maybe a hair under... Sunny says on 16/Aug/09
Sorry! That was me... Anonymous says on 16/Aug/09
I think that MJ was 171 or 172 cm at his tallest...he just can't be any taller than that. And probably not shorter either. So yeah, like you said he was a bit under 5'8 as an adult. It's also likely that he could have shrunk a bit with age too.
Fred Astaire might have been just 5'7 though... RisingForce says on 9/Aug/09
I think Astaire was a flat 5'7" and Michael more like 5'8" or a hair below. Sunny says on 7/Aug/09
Just like Michael Jackson he is about 5 cm too high on this site! MJ was a huge fan of Fred Astaire by the way...And they have a kind of similar, very thin body type. Both were more like 171 cm in reality, not 5'9! RisingForce says on 7/May/09
In his book he claimed 5-9 1/2!
"This was always an important item to me because if the lady happened to be about five feet seven minus shoes and came up on the set with three-inch heels, she'd be just a bit above my five feet nine and one half."
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no way do i believe that. RisingForce says on 10/Apr/09
There is no way he was 5'9". More like 5'7". SQ says on 11/Mar/09
I just watched The Belle of New York and noticed that Vera Ellen, who supposedly was about
5'4", was wearing flats when dancing with Fred--which is what inspired me to find this site. leonari says on 21/Nov/08
I also thik Rob has a bit too high. He had an incredibly thin frame and great proportions with long legs that he wore even higher (like Van Damme) which created the illusion of 5'9". You really think he was that tall ROB?? Jacob64 says on 10/Nov/08
I'd agree that Astaire was no taller than 5"7". Even that seems a bit of a stretch... Frank2 says on 16/Aug/08
Astaire was 5 inches shorter than 6' Jerome Cowan in SHALL WE DANCE. RR2 says on 9/Aug/08
Check out Fred and Gene's "Babbitt and Bromide" dance on youtube. Gene's shoes were built up (esp. obvious in the 3rd segment when he "falls"), but not Fred's. Fred was definitely taller than Gene. Also when he and Cyd Charisse were strolling in Central Park in the beginning of the "Dancing in the Dark" number, he looked considerably taller than Charisse. sf says on 2/Aug/08
Agree. Rob - ya gotta go with the evidence! 5'7". Frank2 says on 2/Aug/08
In his prime Astaire was about 5'7". Same as Frank Sinatra. Same as Gene Kelly. When Astaire got to be an old man I saw him and he was closer to 5'5". Sam Troy says on 1/Jun/08
In his autobiography, he says he is 5' 9½" RG says on 8/Jan/07
Bimg Crosby used "lifts" in his shoes and had heels that looked like part of the shoes. Fred Astaire was 5ft 9in tall. One loses height as one gets older. jimw says on 29/Aug/06
I've been a classic film buff for a long time,and a big Fred Astaire fan.(I dance alot also).Fred aways seemed to me, to be what he's usually listed at,about 5 ft 9(when younger).A few inches taller than Bing.Bing's shoes always looked built up.But ,not Fred's.Fred also looked taller than Gene Kelly,by about an inch or more. Dottie Thompson says on 20/Jul/06
One comment below stated, ".....watch a film with Astaire and Frank Sinatra together, notice they're about the same height which is 5'7"." I don't believe Fred Astaire and Frank Sinatra ever were in a film together. kramer says on 16/Apr/06
looks like he's going to keep the extra 2 inches on here regardless of the facts :-)
[Editor Rob: I haven't got around to seeing any old shaky legs films for a while, so he's on my 'to check' list, I've got a boxset of old astaire films sitting here, maybe I'll dig em out soon enough...] Frank2 says on 17/Mar/06
I met Astaire when he was doing a TV series with Robert Wagner (I forget the name) and he looked more like 5'6" by then. In the early eighties when I attended a special black tie concert given by Frank Sinatra at the Universal Amphitheater I saw Astaire once again and he had lost perhaps another inch and was no more than about 5'5". I worked with Cyd Charisse back in 1982 when she appeared on an episode of The Fall Guy. Cyd was about 5'6" at that time. She still had great legs!!! Frank says on 16/Mar/06
In the RKO films he did with Edward Everett Horton such as Top Hat, Fred was about three inches shorter. Horton was no more than 5'10". Horton is much shorter than Cary Grant in Holiday. And the next time you watch a film with Astair and Frank Sinatra together, notice they're about the same height which is 5'7". sf says on 4/Mar/06
Yea, I gotta go with the others, here. Now, everything I've read has him at 5'8" or 5'9", but in some of his movies he looks much smaller than this. I was watching the movie, Royal Wedding (I think?),and he is dwarfed by Peter Lawford who was supposed to be around 6'0". Seriously, it's the first time I wondered just how short Fred Astaire was. I would have guessed in the 5'6" to 5'7" range, at least by the movie. Frank2 says on 4/Mar/06
Astair was five-seven. kramer says on 28/Dec/05
was watching a progam where sid charise says she was 5ft 6.5inches and had to wear ballet shoes when dancing with astaire as she was taller than him in normal shoes. SHe says he was 5ft 7.
[Editor Rob: the quote's on ann miller's page...looked like ann to me, not cyd ;)] |
