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Shown is a set of 8-inch painted-eye toddlers
wear matching organdy dresses and bonnets.

Shown is a set of 11-inch wigged
composition Dionne Quintuplet toddlers.

DIONNE QUINTUPLETS

The Dionne Quintuplet dolls moved Madame Alexander to the forefront of her industry
in 1935. The quintuplets had been born on May 28, 1934, in Canada. During a 1983 Doll Reader
Magazine interview, Madame Alexander told John Axe, "The quintuplets were exceptional
sellers for over four years." It isn't surprising, then, that quintuplet dolls do not appear in the
1942-43 Album of Dolls Alexander Catalog. Doll companies can't afford to keeping making what
doesn't sell well.
In addition to being news media stars, the Dionne Quintuplets were actual movie stars, too.
They appeared in the Twentieth Century Fox films, The Country Doctor, Reunion, and Five of a
Kind, all which can be accessed and viewed online. The dolls came in a wide variety of sizes
with such variations as wigs, molded hair, straight toddler legs, curved baby legs, open mouths,
closed mouths, painted eyes, and sleep eyes. The Dionnes are rarely seen in the all-cloth version.
The 8-inch painted-eye toddlers wear matching organdy dresses and bonnets. As in real life,
Alexander differentiated the girls by costume colors: blue for Marie; yellow for Annette; pink
for Yvonne; green for Cecile; and orchid for Emelie. In some sets, it is difficult to differentiate
Yvonne's pink from Emelie's orchid. Instead of the more commonly-found pins, these toddlers
wear necklaces identifying them. The chains are more fragile than they appear and should be
handled with care.
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