How tall was Rita Hayworth

American actress, best remembered for roles in films such as Gilda, Cover Girl, The Lady from Shanghai, Separate Tables, Only Angels Have Wings, The Strawberry Blond, Salome, Pal Joey and They Came to Cordura. In an Edition of The Hartford Courant (1943, Apr), she mentioned her height: "I'm five feet six inches tall". She was said to weigh around 120 pounds with a shoe size of 5.5. In a 1941 article it mentioned her actual measurements and vital statistics, which were Bra/Bust size 35 inches, Waist 25 inches, Hips 35 inches, Calf 13, Ankle 7 and 7/8ths, Wrist 5 3/4 inches.

I asked [Rita] how tall she was as I stood alongside her. This was always an important item to me because if the lady happened to be about 5 feet 7 inches minus shoes and came up to the set with 3-inch heels, she'd be just a bit above my 5 feet 9½ inches. As we stood there, both in flat heels, I was easily 3 inches taller, and I told her I hoped she didn't wear very high heels with me.
-- Fred Astaire