50 Foot Woman

Nancy Fowler Archer, commonly known as the 50 Foot Woman, is a fictional giantess in the 1958 American science fiction horror film, Attack of the 50 Foot Woman and its 1993 remake of the same name. Portrayed by actress and model, Allison Hayes in the original film, she is a wealthy heiress whose close encounter with an enormous alien in his round spacecraft causes her to grow into a giantess, complicating her marriage which is already troubled by a philandering husband. In the 1993 television remake, she is played by Daryl Hannah and her middle name is changed to Cobb.



Trivia

 * Nancy's height and weight before growth are not mentioned.
 * Allison Hayes' height was 1.7 metres / 5 feet, 7 inches and her weight was 55 kilograms / 121 pounds.
 * Daryl Hannah's height is 1.78 metres / 5 feet, 10 inches and her weight is 62 kilograms / 137 pounds.
 * Nancy's weight after growth is also not mentioned, but a healthy woman at 50 feet tall would weigh between 4,297 kilograms / 9,473 pounds / 4.3 tons and 5,806 kilograms / 12,801 pounds / 5.81 tons.
 * Based on Allison Hayes' BMI, Nancy's weight after growth would be between 4,402 kilograms / 9,704 pounds / 4.4 tons and 4,424 kilograms / 9,754 pounds / 4.42 tons.
 * Based on Daryl Hannah's BMI, Nancy's weight after growth would be between 4,564 kilograms / 10,062 pounds / 4.56 tons and 4,587 kilograms / 10,112 pounds / 4.59 tons.
 * In the mid-1980s, filmmaker Jim Wynorski considered doing a remake with Sybil Danning in the title role. Wynorski made it as far as shooting a photo session with Danning dressed as the 50-foot woman. The project never materialised because Wynorski opted instead to film Not of This Earth (1988), a remake of Roger Corman's 1957 film of the same name.