1948-1950 Fairy Queen, 14 or 18" tall, all hard plastic jointed body, light auburn wig, blue sleep eyes, Margaret face mold, dressed in a beautiful elaborate pink tulle gown (also came in white shown on left and pale turquoise), gold braid trim on bodice, gold wings on back and amazing gold head piece.  Doll shown on right in pink is all original with hang tag.  Usually marked: ALEXANDER.

Note: There was a also a Fairy Queen done in all composition, Wendy Ann face mold, 14 or 18" tall and would be on the page for dolls 1923-1947

1948-1950 Fairy Queen, 14" 

1948-1956 Little Women; Meg (blonde hair), Jo, Beth (both brunettes) and Amy Marche (blonde), 14-15" tall, all hard plastic, jointed body, wigged, sleep eyes with real eyelashes, closed mouth.  Used the Maggie or Margaret face mold.  Character's from the Little Women book by author Louisa May Alcott.

Dolls original clothing will have the character's name, ALEXANDER NY., NY. on the tag.  Maggie face molds are often unmarked, Margaret face molds usually have the ALEXANDER marking.

1948-1950 Little Women;

Amy 14"

1948-1954 Maggie face mold, 14-15, 17-18, 20-21,  & 22-23" tall, all hard plastic,  jointed body walker -or non walker, floss human hair (not used after 1950), mohair, nylon or saran wig, chubby chipmunk cheeks, sleep eyes, closed mouth, more than 30 dolls used this face mold over the years, marked: Alex, Alexander or (usually) unmarked.

1948-1954 Maggie, 14"

1948-1950 Mary Martin, 14 or 18" tall, the 14" doll came in a white formal, the 18" doll came in a sailor suit or chambray outfit. Short curly wig, sleep eyes, hard plastic jointed body, used the Margaret face mold.  More than 55 different dolls used the Margaret face mold.  Usually marked: ALEXANDER.

1948-1950 Mary Martin, 18"

1949-1951 Nina Ballerina, 14, 18 or 21" tall, blonde wig, all hard plastic with a jointed body, dressed in several various ballerina costumes, used the Margaret face mold.  Usually marked: ALEXANDER.

1949-1951 Nina Ballerina, 18"

1950 Cinderella & Prince Charming, 14 or 18" tall, all hard plastic jointed body, both used the Margaret face mold, sleep eyes, closed mouth, wigged (her's is a fancy floss wig).  Both dressed in outfits of satin & velvet.  The Margaret face molds are usually marked: Alexander or Alex.

There is also a Prince Phillip 1950 & Queen Elizabeth II 1953, both at 18" tall.

1950 Cinderella, Prince Charming, 14"

1952 -1953 Cynthia, 15, 18" or 23" tall, all hard plastic black doll, jointed body, sleep eyes, wigged, closed mouth.  Uses the Margaret face mold.  Usually marked: ALEXANDER.

1952 -1953 Cynthia, 18"

1952 Little Men; Stuffy, Nat and Tommy Bangs, 14" tall, all hard plastic, jointed body,  wigged, sleep eyes with real eyelashes, closed mouth.

Stuffy & Nat use the Maggie face mold  which is usually unmarked.  Tommy uses the Margaret face mold, usually marked: ALEXANDER. All are based on the Louisa May Alcott characters.  The boys shown in the photo are all pristine and original;

Photo courtesy of Chip Barkel Antiques

Chip specializes in Madame Alexander dolls, see his website for current dolls for sale.

1952 Little Men;

Stuffy, Nat & Tommy Bangs, 14"

1952 Rosebud, 16-18" tall, 1953 Rosebud, 13 or 15", 16-18", or 22-25" tall, vinyl flange head, cloth body with crier, vinyl lower limbs both arms and legs, molded short curly hair or rooted hair, sleep eyes, closed mouth, marked: Alexander.

1986 Rosebud doll, 14-20" White doll cloth and vinyl, or 14" Black doll in cloth and vinyl.

1953 Rosebud 22"

1952 Snow White,  14 or 18" tall, all hard plastic, jointed body, black wig, sleep eyes, closed mouth, used the Cissy face mold.  Usually marked: ALEXANDER.  Doll shown in photo is all pristine and original.

Photo courtesy of Pearlsgrl.

1952 Snow White,  18"

1953 Mary Ellen,  31" tall, all hard plastic jointed body, rooted nylon hair, single stroke brows, sleep eyes, smiling mouth usually marked: MME ALEXANDER.  Doll shown in photo is all pristine and original and in her box.

Photo courtesy of Pearlsgrl.

1953 Mary Ellen,  31"

1953-1955 Winnie Walker and Binnie Walker, 15, 18 or 25" tall, all hard plastic jointed body, wigged; Winnie Walker has a wig that is glued on the head and Binnie Walker has rooted hair on a a vinyl skull cap.  Both used the Cissy face mold so this is the only way to tell the difference between the dolls.  Usually marked: ALEXANDER.

1953-1955 Binnie Walker, 18"

1954-1994 Alexander-Kins, Billy, Quiz-kins, Wendy Ann, Wendy, Wendy-Kins,  7 1/2 - 8" tall, used the Wendy face mold.  Many Alexander-kin dolls are unmarked or marked: ALEX.  After 1976 marked: ALEXANDER

1954 Wendy-kins 7 1/2" 

1955-1959 1962 Cissy, 20-21" tall, hard plastic doll, jointed elbows and knees, high heel feet, sleep eyes and wigged, the Cissy head mold was used on some earlier dolls, clothes are tagged "Cissy", there were hundreds of outfits produced for her.  The later Cissy's did not have the upper arm joint.  Usually marked: ALEXANDER.  Modern Cissy's were

re-introduced in 1996 to present.

1955 Cissy 20-21"

1956 Cissy, turquoise tulle gown

1956-1958 Lissy, 11 1/2-12" tall, hard plastic, sleep eyes, rooted hair various colors, high heel feet, dressed in many different outfits, and as shown some were matching to Cissy's attire.  Dolls are usually unmarked.

1956 Lissy , 11 1/2"

1957-1964 Elise, 16 1/2 (1957-1960), 17" with vinyl head (1961-1962, 1967-1976, 1982), 18" tall with up swept hair-do (1963), hard plastic with vinyl arms, jointed at the neck, shoulders, hips knees and ankles, many different outfits were available. Usually marked: ALEXANDER or MeM ALEXANDER.

Elise is shown wearing a beautiful tulle ballerina gown with flower accented waist and hair adornment and pierced earrings of faux pearls.

1957 Elise 16 1/2"

1957-1963 Cissette, 10" tall, hard plastic, sleep eyes, jointed at neck, shoulders, hips, and knees, high heel feet, dressed in #900 basic doll in a chemise.  Dolls can be unmarked or marked: MmM ALEXANDER.  Crissette had many different outfits including;  Ball gown, Ballerina, Beauty Queen, Bride, Casual dress, Formal dress, Gibson girl and others, shown on right is an original striped pink day dress. 

1957 Cissette 10"

1959 Shari Lewis, 14 or 21" tall, hard plastic, sleep eyes, brown wig, high heel feet, came dressed in several different outfits. The 21" doll used the Cissy body with this unique face mold, marked: MmE. 19©58 ALEXANDER.

Shown at left is a close-up of the Shari face on the 21" tall doll.

1959 Shari Lewis 14"

1960 Timmie Toddler, 30" tall, 1960-1961 Timmie Toddler 23" tall, hard plastic jointed toddler body, crier, vinyl head with short rooted hair, sleep eyes, real eyelashes, open mouth, wearing original pink and white romper.  Marked: Alexander 1960.  Value 01 Jan 2011, 23" tall doll $167.50 ebay auctions.

Uses the same head mold as the Genius Baby doll who has a baby bent limb body.

1960 Timmie Toddler, 23"

1960-1961 Maggie Mixup, 8 or 16 1/2" tall, the little one is all hard plastic with jointed knees, the larger size is hard plastic body, head & legs with vinyl arms, jointed at the elbows, knees & ankles, green sleep eyes with real upper lashes, freckles, bright auburn/orangey straight wig hair, marked on head: ALEX or ALEXANDER on back MmM. Alexander.

Shown left is a 1961 Guardian Angel Doll, 8" tall with the Maggie Mixup face mold.

1960-1961 Maggie Mixup

1961-1962 Jacqueline Kennedy, 10 or 21" tall, hard plastic body with vinyl arms, five piece jointed Cissy body, rooted brunette short hair, sleep eyes with real lashes, she came elegantly dressed as always; nightgowns, casual attire, riding outfit, and several evening gowns.  Marked:  Alexander 1961. Jackie is shown on left, in a beautiful full white satin ball gown with matching full length white satin coat, pearl earrings.

1961-1962 Caroline Kennedy, 15" tall, five piece jointed hard plastic body with vinyl limbs, rooted blonde hair, blue sleep eyes with lashes, open smiling mouth, shown on right in matching riding attire. Marked: Alexander 1961 or Alex 1959 13.       

Photo on right courtesy of Flozdolz.

1961 Jacqueline Kennedy 21"

Caroline Kennedy, 15"

1961 Margot, 10" tall, uses the Cissette head mold, has heavier make-up, hard plastic, rooted hair, sleep eyes, several outfits; our photo is of Margot in a princess gored gown in purple satin with sequin trim on the neckline, and matching headband.  Doll will be marked like the Cissette head mold.

1961 Margot, 10"

1962-present, Portrait Dolls, 21" tall, vinyl dolls with rooted hair, sleep eyes; Sarah Bernhardt (in burgundy dress), Bride, Gainsborough (several gowns), Godey (several gowns), Madame Alexander (pink gown) & Madame Pompadour (in pink lace dress), Melanie (several gowns), Mimi (white gown pink trim), Queen (gold gown),  Scarlett (many gowns), plus many other dolls.

1987 Sarah Bernhardt, 21"

1966 Coco, 21" tall, (only issued one year) based on the designer Coco Channel, plastic jointed body including waist, vinyl head with rooted hair, blue sleep eyes, multi-stroke brows, real upper lashes, closed mouth, has a bent right leg, came with a clear wig box with hair piece, comb, hairpins and rollers.  Usually marked: ALEXANDER/1966.  

1989-1992 Coco, 10" tall, part of the Portrette Series.

1997-1998 Coco was reissued as a 75th anniversary doll 16" tall.  

Photos courtesy of shpysgirl of her 21" Coco doll from 1966.

1966 Coco, 21" 

1968-1973 Portrettes, 10" tall, 9 dolls in the Series; Agatha (1968), Godey Man, Melinda, Renoir, Southern Belle (1968-1970), Scarlett (1968-1973), Jenny Lind (1969), Melanie (1969-1970), and Queen Elizabeth (1972-1973).  

Clothing is tagged "Cissette" and dolls have the Cissette head mold & marking

1968-1973 Scarlett, 10"

1969 Peter Pan Doll series; 10-14" tall; shown left to right: Michael, Peter Pan, Tinker bell & Wendy.  Vinyl head with rooted hair, plastic jointed body.  Alexander did the Peter dolls several times over the years and in various sizes.

1969 Peter Pan Dolls

1976-1989 First Ladies Doll series, 14" tall, vinyl dolls with rooted hair, used the Mary Ann  or Martha face mold.  Dolls based on the 36 USA President's "First Ladies".  

Series One 1976:  Martha Washington, Abigail Adams, Martha Randolph, Dolley Madison, Elizabeth Monroe and Louisa Adams. 

Series Two 1979: Sarah Jackson, Angelica VanBuren, Jane Findlay, Julia Tyler, Sarah Polk, and Betty Taylor Bliss. 

Series Three 1982:  Abigail Fillmore, Jane Pierce, Harriet Lane, Mary Todd Lincoln, Martha Johnson Patterson and Julia Grant. 

Series Four 1983: Lucy Webb Hayes, Lucretia Garfield, Mary McElroy, Frances Cleveland, Caroline Harrison and Mary McKee. 

Series Five 1985:  Ida McKinley, Edith Roosevelt, Helen Taft, Ellen Wilson, Edith Wilson and Florence Harding. 

Series Six 1989:  Grace Coolidge, Lou Hoover, Eleanor Roosevelt, Bess Truman, Mamie Eisenhower and Jacqueline Kennedy.

1976-1989 First Ladies series;

1976 Elizabeth Monroe, 14"

Mary Ann face mold

1982 Julia Grant, 14"

Martha face mold

1980-1985 Portraits of History Doll Series, 12" tall, uses the Cissette head mold, vinyl head with rooted hair, plastic body, some of the dolls in this series: Cleopatra and Marc Anthony, Napoleon and Josephine, plus others.

1980-1985 Portraits of

History Dolls:

Cleopatra, Marc Anthony 12"

1984-1990 Madame Alexander, herself, 8, 10 or 21", all sizes were usually dressed in pink gowns.  Some were released as limited editions.  The 21" size was part of the Portrait series.

Doll shown is Madame Alexander 21" tall dressed in a pink silk or satin gown with chiffon scarf.

1990 Madame Alexander, 21"

1997-1998 Cissy - Secret Armoire trunk set - unsure of all that came with this but it was a trunk covered in pink moiré fabric with a vanity with pull out drawer, bench, mirror and came with a 21" Cissy doll dressed in lingerie and a pink night gown and marabou trimmed robe.

1997-1998 Cissy - Secret Armoire trunk set

1998 Cissy Diamond Beauty, 21" tall, 75th anniversary doll, limited edition of 715 is shown on right, dolls that were issued in the 1990's now have a vinyl head, came in many hair styles colors and as an African American black doll and of course many new outfits were available.

1998 Cissy 21" - Diamond Beauty