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The Alexander Doll Company
was founded in 1923, is still in operation today and operated in New York, NY USA.
Over 6,500+ Madame Alexander dolls have
been
produced with only a few different face molds, the dolls originality
lies in the various costumes, thus if your doll is not in her
original costume, has no wrist tag or box - it can be nearly
impossible to locate exactly who the character doll originally was.
Dolls
found on this page are the beginning of the hard plastic era on into
vinyl dolls. Most of these dolls will be clearly marked on back
or head with an Alexander marking and clothing tags usually give the
doll characters name on the tag sewn into a seam.
Here
are some Madame Alexander dolls we have found 1948-1990's:
Items
pictured here are for reference only - not for sale.
 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 &
pale turquoise), gold braid trim on
bodice, gold wings on back and amazing gold head piece.
Doll shown 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 1940-1946.
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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" |
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1948-1953 Maggie, 14-15, 18 &
23" tall, all hard plastic, jointed body walker or non
walker, floss, human (not used after 1950), mohair, nylon or saran wig, sleep eyes, closed
mouth, more than 30 dolls used this face mold over the years, marked: Alex,
Alexander or unmarked. |
1948-19553
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" |
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1952 -1953 Cynthia, 15, 18" or
23" tall, all hard plastic black African American doll, jointed body, sleep
eyes, wigged, closed mouth. Uses the Margaret face mold.
Usually marked: ALEXANDER. |
1952
-1953 Cynthia, 18" |
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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, check his website for
the details and current dolls for sale. |
1952 Little Men;
Stuffy, Nat & Tommy Bangs, 14" |
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1952 Snow White, 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" |
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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" |
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1953-19955
Winnie Walker & 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.
Photo
courtesy of ?? |
1953-1955 Binnie Walker,
18" |
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1954-1994
Alexander-Kins, Billy, Wendy Ann, Wendy, Wendy-Kins, 7
1/2 - 8" tall, used the Wendy face mold. Many 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 1996 to present.
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1955
Cissy 20-21" |
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1955
Cissy Queen Elizabeth |
1956
Cissy, yellow satin Theater coat |
1957
Cissy, 2120 yellow floral dress |
1957
Cissy, 2121 green floral dress |
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1956 Cissy, turquoise tulle
gown
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| 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.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.
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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.
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1959
Shari Lewis 14" |
 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.
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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 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" |
| 1965-1970 Sound
of Music Dolls, 8-12" tall, vinyl dolls with rooted
hair; Friedrich, Gretl, Marta, Brigitta, Louisa, Liesl
& Maria (yep - they missed Kurt in this
series).
1971-1975 Sound of Music
Dolls, 11-17" tall, (the larger size), vinyl dolls
with rooted hair; Friedrich, Gretl, Marta, Brigitta, Kurt,
Louisa, Liesl & Maria. |
Photo N/A
Sound
of Music Dolls |
 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
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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 Van Buren, 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.
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1976-1989 First Ladies
series, 14"
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
& Marc Anthony, Napoleon & Josephine, plus others. |
1980-1985
Portraits of History:
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" |
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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
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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 |
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