Prissy as Portrayed by Butterfly McQueen

Name: Prissy as Portrayed by Butterfly McQueen

Made by and When: World Doll, 1989

Style No. 61720

Material: Vinyl head, lower arms, and legs; stuffed brown cloth upper arms and body, paint, synthetic hair fibers

Marks: (Incised in the head) 400-61720 PRISSY / WORLD DOLL / MADE IN CHINA. (Dress tag) GONE WITH THE WIND” / MOVIE GREATS COLLECTION / BY WORLD / DOLL / NEW YORK, N.Y. 10010 / ©1939 SELZNICK REN. 1967 MGM / MADE IN CHINA

Height: 17 inches

Hair, Eyes, Mouth: Prissy has short, black-rooted hair, light-brown painted eyes, an open mouth with sculpted upper teeth, and a painted white-teeth area.

Clothes: Wears a brown and white floral-print dress, a contrasting floral-print apron, a lace-trimmed tan half-slip, lace-trimmed tan pantaloons, and black vinyl molded-on pumps. Holds a woven basket lined with stuffed cloth that matches the apron material. A tan headscarf tied in the back covers the head. A detailed certificate of authenticity was included in the box, the top of which illustrates Rhett Butler carrying Scarlet O’Hara, depicting a scene from the 1939 movie Gone with the Wind.  Prissy has a detailed certificate of authenticity.

Other: The 1989 World Doll Prissy is a 17-inch collectible portrait doll, model #61720, from the Movie Greats 50^th Anniversary collection, made in a limited edition as part of the Gone with the Wind 50th Anniversary collection, representing the character played by Butterfly McQueen.

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View the installation of World Dolls’ 11-inch Mammy and Prissy dolls here.

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