How tall is Bea Arthur?

Bea Arthur's listed height was 178 cm (5'10"). She was taller than about 99% of women in the United States.

Where 178 cm sits among women in the United States

Taller than about 99% of women in the United States born in 1922 (average 160.6 cm).

Arthur next to her co-stars

Betty White is 15 cm shorter than Bea Arthur (163 cm), The Golden Girls co-star.

Orson Welles is 5 cm taller than Bea Arthur (183 cm), History of the World, Part I co-star.

Carrie Fisher is 23 cm shorter than Bea Arthur (155 cm), The Star Wars Holiday Special co-star.

About Bea Arthur

Bea Arthur was an American actress, comedian and singer, born Bernice Frankel on 13 May 1922 in New York City. She began her career on stage in 1947 and attracted critical acclaim before achieving worldwide recognition on television from the 1970s. She died on 25 April 2009.

Arthur played Maude Findlay in All in the Family and Maude, and later Dorothy Zbornak in The Golden Girls from 1985 to 1992. She won the 1966 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for playing Vera Charles in Mame, and won Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 1977 and 1988. She was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 2008.

Arthur stood a listed 178 cm (5'10"). Betty White, listed at 163 cm (5'4"), was 15 cm shorter than Arthur, and they appeared together in The Golden Girls. Orson Welles, listed at 183 cm (6'0"), was 5 cm taller, and they were together in History of the World, Part I. Carrie Fisher, listed at 155 cm (5'1"), was 23 cm shorter, and they appeared in The Star Wars Holiday Special.

Frequently asked

How tall is Bea Arthur in feet and inches? Bea Arthur was 5'10" tall, which is 178 cm, 70.1 inches or 1.78 m.

How tall is Bea Arthur compared to Betty White? Betty White is 15 cm shorter than Bea Arthur: 163 cm (5'4") vs 178 cm (5'10").

How tall is Bea Arthur compared to Orson Welles? Orson Welles is 5 cm taller than Bea Arthur: 183 cm (6'0") vs 178 cm (5'10").

How tall is Bea Arthur compared to Carrie Fisher? Carrie Fisher is 23 cm shorter than Bea Arthur: 155 cm (5'1") vs 178 cm (5'10").

Is Bea Arthur tall for women in the United States? At 178 cm she was taller than about 99% of women in the United States born in 1922, whose average height is 160.6 cm.

Sources

• Bea Arthur on Wikipedia — biography and career.
• Bea Arthur on Wikidata — nationality and dates; height recorded as 178 cm.
• Bea Arthur on TMDB — filmography and co-stars.

Heights are as publicly listed, rounded to the nearest centimetre; listed heights for public figures are often self-reported. Biographical details adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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