Ian says on 1/Oct/08
Taller than 5ft8 in my opinion. At least 5f9. My opinion is she is 5ft10.

BrandiBear says on 16/Jun/08
I met her today. She came into the restaurant I work at. She was in flats...she is about 5'8"

Elle says on 11/Jun/08
I thought she was like 5'6. She does look tall.

M.P. says on 7/May/08
She had always said she was 5'10" and a half/5'11". But now, I'm guessing that's probably only with heels on. I say 5'8" and a 1/2.

Nicholas_91 says on 7/Nov/07
I would give her 5'11', but since Brenda Strong is 6'0'' and Marcia looks much smaller trhan her, than I think she should be 5'9''. 5'8'' still seems not correct, since I saw her next to Shawn Pyfrom, who is 5'7'' and she looked at least 2 inches taller.

Kostas says on 4/Nov/07
Well, she is a great actess! I saw many photos on her personal website and i believe that she is certainly 5' 9 at least!(177 cm)

Angela says on 21/Aug/07
I saw her on the street in Santa Monica and was shocked that she was not taller. I believe 5'8 is correct. She does not appear taller in person.

mouldy says on 21/May/07
Yes...she looks a hell of a lot taller than the other housewives ! I'd say she looks somewhere between 5'8" and 5'9"...Cos my mum is 5'9" and she looks huge compared to most other women. Marcia sticks out amongst all the other women just like my mum does...and if she wears heels (my mum, not Marcia !) she's taller than pretty much most men too. She already is taller than or at least as tall as most guys here anyway...(here would be Greece).

Cross looks kinda the same in comparison to the other people on the show. Heaps taller than all the other women except Brenda Strong, usually taller than or at least as tall as the guys barefoot and taller than all guys in heels.

So, maybe she's 5'8"-5'9" ? lol

DeanT84 says on 13/Apr/07
Marcia Cross is atleast 5'10 and she is the tallest Desperate housewive.

queeny says on 19/Mar/07
I think you're going to have to rethink the 5'8" thing after seeing this photo. Click Here

She's got shoes that maybe give her .5" extra but c'mon! She looks to have about 10" on Eva. No way she and Eva are only 6" apart in height.

Delphine (french name) says on 5/Feb/07
First, sorry for my english, I come from Switzerland and people don't speak that language here;
I read at many times that she's 5'11.... Am I really wrong to trust magazines? The actress who plays Mary-Alice Young in Desperate Housewives is 6'0, and Marcia Cross doesn't look much shorter than her... and both don't wear hight heels (certainly to hide their heights). Anyway, I'm 5'11 (grrr it's not so "statuesque", it's great!) and it would have pleased me if Marcia was 5'11 too! lol

Phoebe says on 16/Oct/06
I know that Marcia Cross is taller than 5 ft 8 in. She is 5ft 9in.

Cloo says on 25/Sep/06
I didn't know this was her height...Star magazine ridiculously stated that she was a "statuesque 5'11". Oh well, great actrees.

dmeyer says on 12/Sep/06
i thaught she was taller 173 seems right

lat says on 1/May/06
she is 5'8" as it was mentioned in the US Weekly this pass weekend.

richinkle says on 16/Apr/06
I just saw Desperate Housewives, and Carol Burnett was playing Marcia's step mother. I was surprised to see Burnett, who's nearly 73 years old, was no more than 1 1/2" shorter than Cross in comparable shoes. I think Burnett in her prime was about 5'-6 1/2"

belly says on 24/Jun/05
Id say she's a tad over 5'8''.Some great pics of her with Eva Longoria on Eva's website which back this up and show's her towering over little Eva.