Jane Powell, precisely 4ft 11½ (151.1 cm) tall, was a petite Classic Hollywood actress whose diminutive height profoundly shaped her career and on-screen persona.
Best known for musical hits like Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Two Weeks with Love, Royal Wedding, and A Date with Judy, her small stature often required her to stand on wooden boxes for close-ups with taller male leads to avoid straining her neck looking up at them.
Even towering actors like Walter Pidgeon, playing her father, had to sit in nearly every shared scene. Powell's height kept her in 'little girl' roles well into adulthood, but she maximized her presence by piling her hair high and donning 3½-inch heels, boosting her dressed height significantly.