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Sandra Elaine Allen (Born: June 18, 1955 in Chicago, Illinois, USA) is an American best known as the tallest living woman in the world at 7' 7¼ inches (232 centimetres). She has written a book named Cast A Giant Shadow, and has appeared in the Guinness Book of World Records since 1976. At age 22, she underwent surgery to stop her growth. Without this she would have continued to grow and suffer further medical problems associated with gigantism. She has appeared in the the Academy Award winning Italian film Il Casanova di Federico Fellini
, a TV movie called Side Show and in a Canadian/American documentary film called Being Different. The New Zealand band Split Enz immortalized her in a song, "Hello Sandy Allen," released on their 1982 album "Time and Tide.

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