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Sigourney Weavers height stopped her getting acting work when she was younger. The 74-year-old actress is just under 6 foot tall, and she admitted her unconventional appearance meant she struggled to get an agent, and producers were reluctant to cast her because their male leads would look short. She told Britains HELLO! magazine: I could not get an agent. If I walk into your office and Im [nearly] six feet tall, theyre not going to sign me up. It took me four years to get an agent and I got my first job, with Ingrid Bergman, through the publication Backstage. Casting me was not a c