How tall is Julia Child?
Julia Child's listed height was 188 cm (6'2"). She was taller than about 99% of women in the United States.
Where 188 cm sits among women in the United States
Taller than about 99% of women in the United States born in 1912 (average 159.5 cm).
About Julia Child
Julia Child was an American chef, author and television personality, born Julia Carolyn McWilliams on 15 August 1912 in Pasadena, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. She was the eldest of three children. She attended Polytechnic School and Westridge School in Pasadena, and later the Katherine Branson School, a boarding school in Ross, California. As a youth she played tennis, golf and basketball.
Child is recognised for bringing French cuisine to the American public through her debut cookbook, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, and her subsequent television programmes. The most notable of these was The French Chef, which premiered in 1963.
Child stood a listed 188 cm (6'2"). She died on 13 August 2004.
Frequently asked
How tall is Julia Child in feet and inches? Julia Child was 6'2" tall, which is 188 cm, 74 inches or 1.88 m.
Is Julia Child tall for women in the United States? At 188 cm she was taller than about 99% of women in the United States born in 1912, whose average height is 159.5 cm.
Sources
- Julia Child on Wikipedia — biography and career.
- Julia Child on Wikidata — nationality and dates; height recorded as 188 cm.
- Julia Child 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.
More celebrity heights
- Bob Ross — 188 cm · 6'2"
- David Letterman — 188 cm · 6'2"
- Gordon Ramsay — 188 cm · 6'2"
- Jim Henson — 190 cm · 6'3"
- Bob Barker — 185 cm · 6'1"
- Piers Morgan — 185 cm · 6'1"
Celebrity heights are based on widely reported public figures and can vary slightly between sources.