Alexander 1923-1936 Antique Dolls Identified USA

The Alexander Doll Company was founded in 1923 by Bertha “Beatrice” Alexander Behrman (born in 1895-1990) and is still in operation today in New York, NY USA. In 1928 a high quality line of dolls were produced and advertised as “Madame Alexander” and is the name now commonly associated with Alexander dolls.

Alexander dolls were produced with only a few different face molds. Each dolls originality lies in the costume it wore. If your doll is not in the original outfit, has no wrist tag or box – it’s nearly impossible to know exactly, who the character doll originally was.

Early cloth or composition dolls may be marked Alexander or unmarked and should have a clothing tag of the dolls character name, Madame Alexander, New York USA sewn into a seam.

Alexander dolls < 1923+ > | 1937+ | 1940+ | 1946+ | 1950+ | 1955+ | 1960s | 1970s

1923-1940 Madame Alexander Cloth dolls 7-30″ tall, all cloth dolls with mask face, side glancing painted eyes, yarn hair.  Dolls are unmarked but clothing usually had a Madame Alexander tag. Shown is a 1938 Alexander Bobby Q cloth doll 12″ tall, with red curly short yarn hair, side glancing eyes, closed mouth.

1928 Madame Alexander My Betty doll 18-27″ tall, composition swivel shoulder head, molded hair beneath a wig, sleep eyes, open mouth with teeth, cloth stuffed body, composition limbs, straight legs, doll mark Fiberoid, dress tagged Madame Alexander. A Mama doll purchased from the Fiberoid Doll Company and dressed in a pale green sheer hat and tagged dress, socks and oilcloth shoes by Alexander.

1923+ Madame Alexander cloth dolls are: Alice In Wonderland doll, Baby Genius, Bell and Beau Brummell, Bunny Belle, Cherub Babies, Dionne Quintuplets, Doris Keane, Grace Alice, Edith with Golden hair, Pitty Pat, Tippit Toe, Red Riding Hood, Laughing Allegra, Hiawatha, McGuffey Ana, Playmates, Little Shaver, Susie Q, Goldilocks, Alexander Rag Time, So-Lite, Country Cousins, Cuddly, Baby Blue Boy, Charles Dickens characters, Evangeline, Priscilla, Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee, Little Lord Fauntleroy and many others.

Early 1930s+ Madame Alexander Mama dolls 18-27″ tall, unmarked Mama type dolls with a composition shoulder head and limbs, cloth stuffed bodies, some with tummy criers were purchased from other doll makers and dressed in tagged Madame Alexander clothing. Doll will need to have tagged clothing that fits, to make an identification.

1933-1939 Madame Alexander Silly Symphony Three Little Pigs animal dolls 11″ tall, all composition, jointed bodies, painted black eyes an brown lashes, open smiling mouth with red tongue, Pig doll marked Madame Alexander.  Licensed by Walt Disney, clothing will have a Madame Alexander tag.  Wore suspender shorts or long pants, cotton shirt, felt stitched mittens, white sailor cap with grosgrain ribbon trim and leather two tone shoes shaped like hooves.  In 1996-1997 Madame Alexander reproduced the Silly Symphony Three Little Pig dolls in plastic and vinyl.

1934-1936 Madame Alexander Babbie doll 16″ tall, all cloth doll inspired by Katherine Hepburn, painted facial features, brown side glancing eyes, closed mouth, light brown mohair wig, wears a yellow print long sleeve blouse, red full length ruffled skirt, black belt with ties, socks, black shoes, doll is unmarked, had a hangtag, clothing tagged with name.

1934+ Madame Alexander Marionette dolls by Tony Sarg or Walt Disney Characters, 12-13″ tall, composition heads, body and lower limbs, doll usually marked Tony Sarg Alexander. More than forty different character dolls were created some are; Alice in Wonderland, Humpty Dumpty, Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum, Gretchen, Hansel & Gretel, Sambo, and Walt Disney; Snow White, a Witch, Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Pluto.

1935 Madame Alexander Baby Jane doll 16″ tall, celebrity actress Junita Quigley, all composition jointed, sleep eyes, open mouth with teeth, wearing a blue short dress with a white collar, socks, black shoes, doll mark Baby Jane Reg. Alexander.

1935+ Madame Alexander Betty face doll 13-22″ tall,  all composition, jointed body (neck, shoulders, hips), tin or sleep eyes, some have painted lower lashes, others have both upper and lower lashes painted, mohair wig, painted closed bow mouth with tiny dimples along side, dolls are unmarked, clothing will have the character name on tag.  More than thirty different Betty face characters were created including: Doctor DaFoe, Nurse Yvonne Leroux, Little Betty doll, Little Colonel doll (Shirley Temple) and the Princess Elizabeth doll.

1935 Madame Alexander Little Colonel doll a Shirley Temple look a like doll 8 1/2-27″ tall, all composition jointed socket head doll with brown sleep eyes an open mouth with teeth or a closed mouth Betty face mold in sizes 8, 11, 13, 17″, has cheek dimples, a blonde mohair wig, dolls are unmarked. In 1935 Madame Alexander patented the name Little Colonel, their dolls wore tagged outfits marked Trademark Little Colonel, Alexander Doll Co, New York – created from Shirley Temple’s “The Little Colonel” movie, based on author Annie Fellows Johnston 1896 The Little Colonel children’s book. Ideal Toys held the patent to licensed Shirley Temple dolls.

1935-1939 Madame Alexander Dionne Quintuplets dolls 7-24″ tall, five baby or toddler body type dolls, some are all composition or composition  head, limbs with cloth body, molded painted hair, some with a wig, doll mark  Dionne, Alex, Alexander, and/or the dolls name.  Each Dionne doll had a clothing color associated with her as follows:  Annette – yellow, Cecile – green, Emelie – lavender, Marie – blue, Yvonne – pink.

1936-1937 Madame Alexander Doctor DaFoe doll 14″ tall and Nurse Yvonne Leroux doll (Betty face) 13″ tall, the Dionne Quint’s nurse, composition head and limbs, painted eyes, smiling mouth with a chin dimple, cloth body. The Alexander Dr. DaFoe doll has his own face mold, doll is unmarked and also came dressed as a priest or minister doll.

1936+ Madame Alexander Little Betty face doll 9-11″ tall, all composition, jointed body at neck, shoulders and hip, painted side glancing eyes, mohair wig, closed mouth.  Usually marked: Mme. Alexander NEW YORK and clothing will have the character name on the tag.   Some of the fifty Little Betty face character dolls are; American Indian, Birthday dolls, Bride dolls, Bridesmaid dolls, Dill Dolly Sally doll, International costumes; Dutch dolls, Swiss dolls, Little Colonel doll, McGuffey Ana doll, Princess Elizabeth  doll, Red Cross Nurse doll, Storybook characters; Bo Peep doll, Hansel and Gretel dolls, Virginia Dare  doll and  specialty outfits.

1936+ Madame Alexander Character Babies; Baby Genius, Baby Kitty, Baby McGuffey, Butch or Bitsey, Cookie, Little Genius, Precious, Princess Alexandria, Slumbermate 11-24″ tall, composition head, hands and legs, cloth stuffed body (some with criers) or composition jointed bent limb body, molded hair, wigged or both, painted or sleep eyes, open or closed mouth, doll marked on neck ALEX or ALEXANDER, same head mold as Horsman’s Baby Precious doll mark Horsman, Reliable Baby doll, mark Reliable Doll Canada or unmarked and sold by others.

1936+ Madame Alexander Pinky doll 16-23″ tall, composition head, hands and legs, stuffed cloth body, lightly molded painted hair, sleep eyes, closed mouth, doll mark ALEX or ALEXANDER.

1936-1940s Madame Alexander American Indian doll 7-8″ tall, Tiny Betty face mold, all composition, one piece body & head, side glancing painted eyes, mohair wig, painted closed red mouth, painted on shoes & socks.  Usually marked: Mme. Alexander or Wendy Ann and clothing tag will have the character name on tag.  More than eighty different Alexander Tiny Betty doll characters were created from this doll face mold;  Alice, Ballerina, Belgium Bride, Bo Peep, Carmen, Cinderella, Dilly Dally Sally, Ding Dong Dell, Heidi, Little Women, McGuffey Ana, Pan American, Topsy-Turvey and more.

1936+ Madame Alexander Wendy Ann doll 9, 11, 13″ tall, with molded hair and or twist, swivel waist, 14, 18, or 21″ tall usually with a wig. All composition, fully jointed body, molded hair or wigged, some have the swivel waist, the 9″ tall size have painted eyes, other sizes have sleep eyes, all have a closed mouth, doll usually marked Wendy Ann or Wendy Ann Mme. Alexander New York.  

Additional 1923-1936 Alexander antique dolls not shown

1935-1936 Madame Alexander Baby Betty doll 10-12″ tall, composition, we assume it is a little Betty face all composition doll.

Alexander dolls < 1923+ > | 1937+ | 1940+ | 1946+ | 1950+ | 1955+ | 1960s | 1970s