Leigh Taylor-Young, precisely 5ft 8 ½ (174 cm) tall, brought a statuesque elegance to her roles as an American actress. Her commanding height enhanced her glamorous image in key performances, including Rachel Welles on Peyton Place, where she garnered huge publicity before leaving in 1967 due to pregnancy, and Elaine Stevens on Sunset Beach. In films like Soylent Green, The Horsemen, Jagged Edge, I Love You, Alice B. Toklas, and The Big Bounce, her 5ft 8 frame added poise and presence. She once affirmed in an interview, "I'm Five foot Eight and a Half".