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The Alexander Doll Company (ADC) was founded 80 years
ago by Madame Beatrice Alexander Behrman, the daughter
of Russian immigrants. She was raised over her father's
doll hospital—the first in America—and often played with
the dolls waiting to be mended. Her love of dolls led
this dynamic woman to creating her own line of dolls.
Madame Alexander infused a sense of excitement and
wonderment in her fine quality, handcrafted dolls. She
initiated a series of firsts in the toy industry: the
first doll based on a licensed character (Scarlett from
Gone With the Wind), which led to the creation of dolls
based on characters from popular motion pictures; the
first to bring feature baby dolls to market; the first
to create dolls in honor of living people (Queen
Elizabeth, the Dionne Quints). Madame Alexander was also
the first to introduce the first full figured fashion
doll (Cissy) with haute couture outfits.
The Alexander Doll Company was acquired in 1995 by
the Kaizen Breakthrough Partnership LP, a private
capital fund managed by Gefinor Acquisition Partners, a
partnership between Gefinor, an international banking
group, and TBM Capital.
The tradition and elegance of Madame Alexander dolls
continues today with a full line of collectible dolls,
baby dolls and play dolls |