Barbara Babcock, standing at an exact 5ft 8 (172.7 cm), is an American character actress whose height defined her poised and commanding screen presence. Her slender 5-foot-8-inch frame, noted in a 1987 Atlanta Journal article as weighing 122 pounds, ideally suited her Emmy-winning portrayal of Grace Gardner on the groundbreaking series Hill Street Blues.
Born in Fort Riley, Kansas, U.S., Babcock spent part of her childhood in Tokyo, Japan, bringing a worldly elegance that her height amplified in versatile roles across television and film.