How tall is Whitney Houston?

Whitney Houston's listed height was 173 cm (5'8"). She was taller than about 90% of women in the United States.

Where 173 cm sits among women in the United States

Taller than about 90% of women in the United States born in 1963 (average 163.9 cm).

Houston next to her bandmates and co-stars

Debbie Reynolds is 16 cm shorter than Whitney Houston (157 cm), The Bodyguard co-star.

Kevin Costner is 12 cm taller than Whitney Houston (185 cm), The Bodyguard co-star.

Denzel Washington is 12 cm taller than Whitney Houston (185 cm), The Preacher's Wife co-star.

About Whitney Houston

Whitney Houston was an American singer, actress, film producer and record producer, born on 9 August 1963 in Newark. She became a teen model in 1981 and was one of the first black women to appear on the cover of Seventeen. She signed to Arista Records at the age of 19.

Her first two studio albums, Whitney Houston (1985) and Whitney (1987), topped the Billboard 200 for 14 and 11 weeks, respectively. In 1991 she performed an acclaimed rendition of The Star-Spangled Banner at Super Bowl XXV. She starred in the films The Bodyguard (1992), Waiting to Exhale (1995), The Preacher's Wife (1996), Cinderella (1997) and Sparkle (2012). The soundtrack of The Bodyguard won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year.

Houston stood at a listed 173 cm (5'8"), and she died on 11 February 2012. Her co-star in The Bodyguard, Kevin Costner, is listed at 185 cm (6'1"), which is 12 cm taller than she was. Denzel Washington, who appeared with her in The Preacher's Wife, is also listed at 185 cm (6'1"), 12 cm taller than Houston.

Frequently asked

How tall is Whitney Houston in feet and inches? Whitney Houston was 5'8" tall, which is 173 cm, 68.1 inches or 1.73 m.

How tall is Whitney Houston compared to Debbie Reynolds? Debbie Reynolds is 16 cm shorter than Whitney Houston: 157 cm (5'2") vs 173 cm (5'8").

How tall is Whitney Houston compared to Kevin Costner? Kevin Costner is 12 cm taller than Whitney Houston: 185 cm (6'1") vs 173 cm (5'8").

How tall is Whitney Houston compared to Denzel Washington? Denzel Washington is 12 cm taller than Whitney Houston: 185 cm (6'1") vs 173 cm (5'8").

Is Whitney Houston tall for women in the United States? At 173 cm she was taller than about 90% of women in the United States born in 1963, whose average height is 163.9 cm.

Sources

• Whitney Houston on Wikipedia — biography and career.
• Whitney Houston on Wikidata — nationality and dates.
• Whitney Houston 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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