Irish McCalla, at an imposing 5ft 9 ½ (176.5 cm), perfectly embodied the fierce and athletic Sheena, Queen of the Jungle in the hit 1950s TV series, her height lending a commanding physical presence to the jungle heroine's daring exploits. This statuesque stature also defined her as a glamorous Vargas Girl pin-up model for artist Alberto Vargas, accentuating her iconic figure in a 1956 magazine description as a "barefoot five-foot-nine-and-a-half."
McCalla starred in adventure films like She Demons, The Beat Generation, and Five Gates to Hell, where her 176.5 cm frame made her a towering leading lady, once joking about the challenge of convincing others she wasn't "eight feet tall" when paired with five-foot leading men.