Altagracia Villa at Madame Alexander's Robert Johnson Born above her father's doll hospital in 1895 Brooklyn, it only made sense for Beatrice Alexander Behrman to go into the family business.

The company was started by the late Beatrice Alexander, whose father, Maurice Alexander, emigrated from Russia to New York in 1890 and opened a porcelain repair shop and doll hospital.

Madame Alexander is old herself now, finally, but she is old having enjoyed a happier doll`s destiny than Mint-Boxed-Wrist Tag.

A walk through the Madame Alexander Heritage Gallery reveals 600 expertly crafted glamour dolls wearing intricate designs. An official tour includes a visit to the gift shop, the doll hospital ...

There are antique dolls, new dolls, American Girls, Kewpies, Shirley Temples, souvenir Skookum dolls, Mrs. Beasley, Raggedy Ann, Howdy Doody, Madame Alexander, dolls made by the finest doll ...