Garry says on 10/Nov/11
Without shoes, Mickey Rooney was 5' and Judy Garland was 4'11".

P.A. Ambrose says on 6/Nov/11
My grandfather was friends with Mr. Rooney and at well over 6ft, my grandfather towered over Rooney. In pictures Mickey is at least a foot shorter than grandfather. In publications now he is said to have been 5'2 in his hay day. My father said he was 5'1 at most. I stick with his guess because in pictures next to Judy Garland he is usually two inches taller ( though they probably are both wearing heels.)

Carruthers says on 6/Oct/11
One doesn't always shrink with age; I am still 5' 11" and am 74yo (female too!!)

Jon says on 26/Sep/11
@Mike, biblical historians have place King David's height as well over 6', and Jesus is also referred to as being well over average height.

JR says on 23/May/11
He may have been 5'1" in his youth, but your skeletal structure begins shrinking after thirty. My 85 year old mother was exactly 5', but now she's about 4'7". Of course, she might gain a couple of inches if she could still stand straight, but even so.

guyfrommars says on 26/Apr/11
He is 5' on the spot, maybe 5'1", but no taller. In his youth, he was sometimes advertised as 5'3", but that's a very generous exaggeration. In The Twilight Zone he appeared in, his character was described as "standing 5 foot in boots and all". A director, who worked with him, told me he was very short but extremely talented.

Mike says on 17/Apr/11
Mickey Rooney, the greatest actor who ever lived, is shorter than I. I am 5'4 3/4" tall. The greatest human being that have ever lived were and are short. David from the Bible was 5'2"; Jesus, who was from the lineage of David was also 5'2"; Danny Divito; Judy Garland; Shirley Temple and the list goes on and on.

Bill says on 30/Dec/10
I saw Mickey in 2003 in Lafayette,LA. He was about 5 ft. tall & very obese.He also was very disagreeable.

Dan Davis says on 11/Nov/10
Rooney is no more than 5 feet. Judy Garland was taller.