Darlanne Fluegel, at exactly 5ft 7 ½ (171.5 cm), was an American actress and model who famously noted in 1989 that she was "really too short to be a model" at that height, prompting her shift to acting. Her statuesque yet compact frame suited her memorable roles in Once Upon a Time in America, Lock Up, Running Scared, and the independent film Freeway (1988), where her height enhanced her versatile on-screen presence.