Claudette Colbert, precisely 5ft 4 (162.6 cm) tall, embodied petite elegance and vivacious charm in Classic Hollywood. Her compact stature perfectly suited her iconic screwball comedy roles, enhancing her feisty, glamorous persona in films like It Happened One Night—for which she won an Oscar—Cleopatra, The Palm Beach Story, Midnight, and Since You Went Away. In a 1980 interview, she was noted to 'look every 5 feet 4 inches like the young actress who checked into Paramount in the 1930s,' highlighting how her height contributed to her timeless, youthful allure throughout her illustrious career.