How tall is Michel Legrand?

Michel Legrand's listed height was 187 cm (6'2"). He was taller than about 99% of men in France.

Where 187 cm sits among men in France

Taller than about 99% of men in France born in 1932 (average 171.1 cm).

Legrand next to his bandmates and co-stars

Catherine Deneuve is 19 cm shorter than Michel Legrand (168 cm), The Umbrellas of Cherbourg co-star.

Jacques Demy is 18 cm shorter than Michel Legrand (169 cm), The Umbrellas of Cherbourg co-star.

Anna Karina is 17 cm shorter than Michel Legrand (170 cm), Cléo from 5 to 7 co-star.

About Michel Legrand

Michel Legrand was a French and American composer, arranger, conductor, jazz pianist and singer. He was born on 24 February 1932 in Paris and died on 26 January 2019.

Legrand was a prolific composer who wrote more than 200 film and television scores, in addition to many songs. His scores for two films by the French New Wave director Jacques Demy, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) and The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967), earned him his first Academy Award nominations. He won his first Oscar for the song The Windmills of Your Mind from The Thomas Crown Affair (1968), and won further Oscars for Summer of '42 (1971) and Barbra Streisand's Yentl (1983).

Legrand stood a listed 187 cm (6'2"). He was 19 cm taller than Catherine Deneuve, listed at 168 cm (5'6"), and 18 cm taller than Jacques Demy, listed at 169 cm (5'7"), both connected to him through The Umbrellas of Cherbourg. Anna Karina, listed at 170 cm (5'7"), appeared with him in Cléo from 5 to 7 and was 17 cm shorter.

Frequently asked

How tall is Michel Legrand in feet and inches? Michel Legrand was 6'2" tall, which is 187 cm, 73.6 inches or 1.87 m.

How tall is Michel Legrand compared to Catherine Deneuve? Catherine Deneuve is 19 cm shorter than Michel Legrand: 168 cm (5'6") vs 187 cm (6'2").

How tall is Michel Legrand compared to Jacques Demy? Jacques Demy is 18 cm shorter than Michel Legrand: 169 cm (5'7") vs 187 cm (6'2").

How tall is Michel Legrand compared to Anna Karina? Anna Karina is 17 cm shorter than Michel Legrand: 170 cm (5'7") vs 187 cm (6'2").

Is Michel Legrand tall for men in France? At 187 cm he was taller than about 99% of men in France born in 1932, whose average height is 171.1 cm.

Sources

• Michel Legrand on Wikipedia — biography and career.
• Michel Legrand on Wikidata — nationality and dates; height recorded as 187 cm.
• Michel Legrand 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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