How tall was Mae West

Comentarista said on 19/Sep/22
151cm

little sue said on 19/Sep/22
Mae had a clever of wearing dresses that were tight to the knees then flaring out Mermaid style, she obviously hid a small stool underneath to stand on, if you look at the position of her knees in these pics its easy to work it out, would say no more than 5 feet

Lamont Cranston said on 25/Apr/21
She seemed to also have several scenes where with she or the person she was acting with was in a chair....difficult to judge the height then.

I remember reading an interview with her from near the end of her life..,,very ‘Norma Desmond’ - still thought she was ‘hot’ and made efforts to try out for roles that were for an actress in their 20’s!

Nik said on 29/May/20
It's interesting that she claimed to be 5'5".

Christian 6'5 3/8" said on 29/May/20
Geez, that's gotta be one of the worst height claims by a celeb I've ever seen.

Paul Wood said on 27/May/20
That's takes real nerve, claiming to be four or five inches taller than she really was.

Arch Stanton said on 25/May/20
Actually, I'm only five feet five inches tall in my nylons, which is medium altitude for a woman, but I have tricks that fool people into thinking I'm one of those six-foot showgirls.

LOL, and deluded. OK with camera angles and heels and shorter men at times she could pass for 5 ft 2 or 3 but watch any single one of her films and it should be very obvious she was on the short side, who exactly was fooled into thinking she was a 6 ft showgirl type!

Arch Stanton said on 25/May/20
My gosh she was "loose". She obviously found herself extremely sexy and God's gift to men. A lot of the time on screen she seems forced and putting on the sexiness. Funny somebody on one of her films said to her "I've never known a woman who had so many men", I think it was an in joke! Can resemble Barbara Windor and Dolly Parton in frame, no more than 5'.

RANDY J BROWN said on 24/Jul/19
proof you dont have to be tall to be a giant

Miss Sandy Cowell said on 11/Apr/19
But why, Rob, did she inflate her height so much? Do you think that she genuinely thought that her shoes and hats were all part of the package?
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Miss Sandy Cowell said on 9/Apr/19
In one of yesterday's quizzes, probably an edition of 'The Chase', there was a question which went like so: "Who said 'It's better to be looked over than overlooked?'"

The answer was, of course, Mae West! It simply HAD to be, and I was so confident that it was Ms West that the other two options didn't even sink into my brain for a millisecond!

The bold'n'blonde Mae West looks no more than 5ft to me, so, because she had so many tricks to up her height anyway, I think it's fair to say that she was nearer a speck under, but I will give her 5ft regardless. Like Arch, I wouldn't have wanted to have a ding-dong with her either!
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Editor Rob said on 25/Jan/15
These are the kind of shoes she was wearing:
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littlesue said on 26/Aug/14
She did look a bit vicious!! not that good looking either or a decent actress, the 'vulgar' acting gave her the career not any particular talent

Arch Stanton said on 26/Aug/14
Thanks for adding her anyway Rob! Can you add a photo and also mention My Little Chickadee and Myra Breckinridge? Well she was nowhere near 5 ft 4!! She looked a nasty piece of work mind and seemed rather vulgar, I wouldn't have wanted to have got into an argument with her!!

littlesue said on 26/Aug/14
Lucky to reach 5ft, she used to stand on a box for pictures and have an extra long dress on to cover it!

Arch Stanton said on 25/Aug/14
When did you add Mae? I requested this ages ago and didn't see it show up!! 5 ft range seems right, although could look taller in heels.