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Little Miss No Name
by Hasbro
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This memory was added on: June 5,2007
This memory was added on: December 26,2005
I am not sure how old I was when I recieved "Little Miss No Name". I remember I wanted her more than anything. She stayed my favorite doll. I do remember telling my Mom I saw her smile.I still love to look at her. Maybe I really do see her smile at me.... I lost the tear and would like to replace it. If anyone knows how to do this let me know.
Susann
1951
Thelakenut@aol.com
This memory was added on: December 25,2005
I still tell about "Little Miss No-Name" every Christmas and anytime I'm talking about my favorite dolls. When I was little, I saw the commercials and fell for her hook, line and sinker. Poor Little Miss No-Name. There she was, a pitiful orphan, with big sad eyes and dressed in an old burlap sack, complete with patches. To top it off, she had a big fat tear dripping out of her eye. Poor Little Miss No-Name needed a home. What kind of hard-hearted child would deny her this? I felt so sorry for the poor little thing. I begged and begged for Little Miss No-Name. I just had to have her. She was the one and only doll that I had to have for Christmas that year. Well, come Christmas, there was Little Miss No-Name under the tree. I loved her immediately; except that, well... you just couldn't cheer her up. What an ungrateful child she was! Here I had brought her in out of the cold, given her all the love a kid can give, and still... big old brown, sad eyes. Naturally, I took out the tear (no wonder so many of them are found without tears). Even so, she was still a sad little thing. I guess a mother's love is not infinite, because my love for Miss No Name became somewhat diminished, I think. I believe I felt a little guilty (or feared being scolded) when I quietly laid her aside and went on to other, more cheerful-looking dolls. My mother has her own story about Miss No-Name. She says, "All I heard was 'Miss No-Name, Miss No-Name.' Debbie had to have Little Miss No-Name. And foot, I got you that doll and you played with it about ten minutes..." (yada yada yada). :-) Oh, well, Miss No-Name has left me with some fond memories, and somehow, over the years, she has once again risen to the top as one of my most memorable and yes, favorite, dolls. I think of her as being very sad and beautiful. My sister saw one recently on Ebay and said, "I don't think she's quite the way you remember her." She thinks Miss No-Name is an ugly little thing. Okay, maybe she's not Miss America--but I still think she's a pretty, sad little doll, and certainly my little orphan child (whatever became of her?) will never be forgotten!
SouthernMuse
1959
cohuttablue-noname@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: December 22,2005
when i was in elem sch my family lived in germany. we were given a sears catalog to look at select items we wanted for christmas. my heart broke when i saw "no name". i asked for NOTHING else to ensure that i would get that "poor little girl". at the time i thought she was the only one and i was determined to save her. me mother could not believe my choice and tried to convenience me to choose something else. i refused! i was so happy christmas morning to find "no name" under the christmas tree. i still have her!!! i am thrilled to read the comments from others who also wanted "little miss no name".
teresa
1960
resa_ann@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: December 22,2005
WOW!! guess what, i have also entired into the world of the helping profession....i have a PhD in Psy specialization in family psy....maybe there is a connection between those of who choose "no name" and then went into social work or psy, etc.....anybody want to get a grant and do research...let me know???? resa_ann@hotmail.com
teresa
1960
resa_ann@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: December 19,2005
I LOVED my Little Miss No Name! Beauty is truly in the eyes of the beholder, because I thought she was beautiful! I named her Nona. Through the years of moving here and there, I lost her. I thought about her for a long time. It has just seemed to be a connection to my childhood. Well the good news is...I have just purchased her on EBAY!!! I am like a child again anticipating her arrival. I can't wait to look into those big, brown eyes!!!!!
Kathy
1961
rubypearl7653@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: December 19,2005
I actually had a nightmare about this doll after I got her. I lost the tear soon after I got her, but I still have the doll. Her hair is a total wreck. I shampooed it!
cindy
1960
dootsyct@sbcglobal.net
This memory was added on: December 7,2005
My sister wanted Little Miss No Name for Christmas. After opening presents "someone" rang the door bell and my sister went to answer the door. There stood Little Miss No Name in the snow. We actually have an audio tape, No videos or Dvd's, of my sister yelling "Dol-ly, Dol-ly!" She was so excited. We still talk about her getting Little Miss No Name for Christmas today!
Erin
1967
This memory was added on: December 7,2005
I HATED that doll! I didn't even want it, it was given to me when I was about 3 or 4 years old. It SCARED me and I hated that she was crying. The only time I touched her was to try to pick the tear off her eye; it took me a few weeks. I kept hiding her in various places around the house because I refused to have her in my room. My mom kept finding her and putting her back on the shelf, so when I'd open the door to my room I'd scream and cry in terror! I think my mom finally got that I would have NOTHING to do with that doll, so... I don't know what happened to her.
annie
1976
house37number
This memory was added on: December 3,2005
I am 47 years old now. I had a little miss no name doll when I was little. She was my favorite doll. I am trying to find her. I lost the doll when we moved. If anyone knows where I can get another doll, please contact me at dmitchell9491@monroecollege.edu for information. I love little miss no name so much. She was my best friend during my childhood years. It would be nice if we can reunite again. Hasbro please put little miss no name back on the market. I hope I receive response.
Denise Mitchell
January 3, 1958
dmitchell9491@monroecollege.edu
This memory was added on: October 22,2005
I can't believe I found this site. I saw "Litle Miss No Name" in a store when I was probably about 14. I begged for her for Christmas and since I was at that impossible gift age, I got her. No one could understand WHY she appealed to me. After 40 years and over 25 moves, I still have her, in the box, in her dress, but missing the tear. My daughter saw her for the first time last year and nearly screamed. I think it is significant that the reactions are so varied; either shock or sympathy. By the way, I also got my degree in Social Work!!
Denise T.
1950
dtharman@bellsouth.net
This memory was added on: October 20,2005
Just like Mary wrote below Little miss no name was the only doll I wanted as a child. I would go no where without her. I just stumbled on these sites while looking for dolls for my daughter. I had chills. Seeing this doll again just brought back such a flood of memories of my childhood and my parents who are deceased. I wish I still had my doll. By the way-I am a casework supervisor in a child welfare agency. I was destined!
Theresa
1963
steamtrain@losch.net
This memory was added on: October 16,2005
My twin sister and I got our frist Little Miss No Name Doll(One Each) from my dad when he went to Seattle in 1967. When we first saw her we cryed scared to death of her because she was so freaky looking then we got used to her we kept our dolls throughout our child hood but then as we grew older we forgot about her as most childern do as they get older. Our father passed away in 1998 we were reminded of our last doll from him "The Little Miss No name" then on our 40th birthday Sept 2002 we gave each other a Little Miss No Name doll which we purchased from ebay the only way to find on today to remind us of our dad and the last doll we ever received. We both have the doll in our homes on a doll stand in a glass cabnet for everyone to look at they seem to be a great conversation peice. Hope you enjoy this reminising to the past as my sister and I do.
1962
This memory was added on: October 11,2005
My cousin had a Little Miss No Name doll with long hair and dark brown eyes with that little tear stuck to her cheek. It used to scare me to death! She had it sitting on her dresser in her room and of course when we went to visit them, I would have to sleep in that room! I would start screaming and crying until someone took that doll out of that room! I was only 3 years old, but I remember it like it was yesterday! How I wish I could buy one of these dolls now!
PJ
1963
cowspots@shentel.net
This memory was added on: September 26,2005
When I was a little girl I had to have this doll for Christmas. She looked like the way I felt inside.I wish I still had her, we looked in my parents house she must have gotten thrown out at some point. If anyone knows how do I go about finding one please let me know.
Linda Jerminario
1963
lmqlv2birish@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: August 22,2005
My mother took me to Sears and let me pick out ANY doll I wanted when I was a toddler. To her dismay, I did not want the pretty dolls dressed in pink dresses and ribbons. I kept saying "Awwww" while pointing at Little Miss No Name. My mother purchased her because I refused all the other dolls. I still have her and it is the joke of the family, and agreed by everyone to be the ugliest and most pathetic looking doll ever. I still love her though and would choose her over the pretty dolls again. I am currently working as a case manager for Goodwill Industries assisting disadvantaged mentally and physically handicapped individuals. Any connection???!!!!
Mary
1965
M12HILL@YAHOO.COM
This memory was added on: August 20,2005
I had "Little Miss Nobody/little miss no name when I was a small child and loved her very much...my sister used to tease me about it. My dad moved out when I was six and we lost a lot of stuff....I don't know what happened to her. I have been searching the web and many other places to find anyone that remembered her...never could and everyone I described her to thought I was crazy! Thank God I finally found some people that know/knew her.
Tami
1966
rednessintx@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: August 10,2005
It's the doll who launched a whole generation of social workers' careers! :-)
When I was 7, I wanted (and received) her for Christmas. She looked so sad and pitiful to me...really broke my heart! I wanted to love her and take care of her. A friend e-mailed me this website today, and I happened to run across Little Miss No Name. When I looked at the photo though -- YIKES!! She looks like Courtney Love!
1960
This memory was added on: July 21,2005
I remember this **** doll - scared the heck out of me when I was a child! :( I had a Chrissy doll and a Chatty Cathy, too, both of which I liked a lot more than Little Ms. No Name. Seriously, this thing looks like she should have a bit part on "Night Gallery" or something...
Those of you who are considering buying one for your daughters now - DON'T.
Margie
1967
margiekomp@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: July 13,2005
I wanted a little miss no name, I picked her out of a catalog and I still have her today, over 35 years later, she has lost her tear and her burlap dress, but she is the one doll that survived being tossed out.
Wendy
1963
thunderckin@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: June 13,2005
Hi.. I just won this doll on ebay and can't wait to get her! I put bid's on this doll I don't know how many times, and finally I won one! I have never even seen her before until I was looking through the doll's on ebay. When I saw her face I just had to have her! I told my daughter I was going to get her and make her happy. I'll put a beautiful dress on her,pretty ribbons to match,shinny shoes and new socks. My daughter told me "but her face won't change" I know I sound crazy but what a sad little doll, I just have to make her happy! Anyways..... I just read on someone ebay site that her book value is $300.00. Does anyone know if this is true?? Also.....they said this doll was put out during the vietnam war to represent the orphan children begging in the streets, and that the Goverment made hasbro remove the doll from the market after only six months. Does anyone know if this is true???? Thanks for your time! :)
Karen
1964
rconnig82002@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: June 6,2005
I still have this doll, I'm 45 now and I got it in the 60's. Anyhoo, my memory of this doll is how I felt so sorry for her and I wanted her to feel loved, so my gran made clothes for her, me being a little girl I cut her hair and put makeup on her, but throughout all of the years, I still have her and her original dress and she's now in my hopechest for what reason I dunno, but I know I can't let her go. Thanks for reading Princess
Princess
1959
princessvic@gmail.com
This memory was added on: June 6,2005
thank heavens I have no memory of this doll. I am so grateful that I never had it, guess we were to poor. I guess it had come and gone by the time I had my daughter in 1971. I do still have my BonnieBraids and my 3year old size doll.
JudyB
1949
This memory was added on: May 8,2005
I too know this doll as Little Miss Nobody - I was from Massachusetts, I wonder if it were called different names in different parts of the states????
Taryn
This memory was added on: April 25,2005
My mom's friend sent this doll home to me when I had broken my leg. I cried and cried when I took her out of the box because I felt so sorry for her. I spent a few years really loving her and my giggles doll. I had to leave both behind when we packed up and moved from New York to Arizona. I wish I had them now.
Mary
1964
Ruddock
This memory was added on: April 19,2005
I have this doll little miss no name and would like to have more information on this and to know the value on this.. PERFECT COND...
Lisa
1967
lisa.beaman@cox.net
This memory was added on: April 18,2005
Ah, I remember this little doll so well. Got it for christmas, like I suppose most did, when I was around eleven and I hated it. I didn't let it show, didn't wanna hurt my poor mums feelings, but, when I turned seventeen and moved, the first thing I did was stick that horrible thing in a ton of dynamite and blew the tar out of it. Little to say, it didn't blow up real well, but I melted it pretty good after that.
Joe Cocker
1959
This memory was added on: March 24,2005
I WELL, REMEMBER THE CHRISTMAS I RECEIVED MY "LITTLE MISS NO NAME." I GOT UP AS SO MANY LITTLE GIRLS DO ON CHRISTMAS MORNING RUNNING DOWN STAIRS TO SEE MY "DOLL" SANTA HAD LEFT FOR ME. WHAT A "SURPRISE" I HAD THE UGLIEST DOLL I HAD EVER SEEN. OH MY GOD! I THOUGHT SANTA HATED ME. I LOOKED AND MY SISTER WITH HER LITTLE PILE OF ITEMS HAD A MOST BEAUTIFUL "BRIDE DOLL". I JUST COULD NOT BELIEVE THIS! I BURST INTO TEARS. I WAS ONLY A KID OF 8 YEARS. MY MAMA QUICKLY CAME TO THE RESCUE AND WISHED TO KNOW WHAT WAS WRONG? TO SAY THE LEAST IT STOPPED CHRISTMAS MORNING IN ITS TRACKS...RIGHT THEN AND THERE... EVERYONE TURNED TO LOOK. THEY TO SAW MY "LIITLE MISS NO NAME DOLL." I COULD SEE ALL OF THEM THROUGH MY EYES BLURRED WITH TEARS.. MY SISTER AND MY TWO BROTHERS LOOKING ON AND GLARING AT "THE NOT SO PRETTY LITTLE MISS NO NAME." I COULD TELL THEY ALL HAD PITY FOR ME AND MY DOLL. MAMA, EXPLAINED THAT SANTA FELT THAT I WOULD LOVE HER AND GIVE HER TIME AND ATTENTION SHE NEEDED. THAT SHE HAD NO HOME AND HER CLOTHES WERE TORN AND SHE WAS BEGGING FOR FOOD AND MONEY WITH HER LITTLE HAND EXTENDED. I STILL DID NOT EXCEPT THIS AS THE FINAL ANSWER BUT I PRETENED I DID BECAUSE I SAW HOW MAMA WISHED FOR ME TO LOVE HER. WELL, ITS GETS WORST I ALWAYS CARRIED MY DOLLS WITH ME TO MY TWO GRANDMAMA'S ON CHRISTMAS DAY. THE LITTLE GIRL COUSINS IN THE FAMILMIES WERE NUMBERED HIGH. WHEN THEY SAW MY DOLL THAT CHRISTMAS THEY TO HAD THAT LOOK OF DISMAY. BUT...THIS STORY COULD GO ON FOR A WHILE BUT I WILL SAY THIS I DID LEARN TO LOVE HER AND SHE IS ONE OF THE FEW DOLLS THAT I STILL DO HAVE. SHE, I DO NOT THINK I WILL EVER SELL HER. SOME THINGS YOU LEARN TO LOVE AND SOME THINGS YOU JUST ALWAYS HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE IN YOUR HEART FOR...THIS TIME IN MY HEART WAS A SPECIAL PLACE FOR "LITTLE MISS NO NAME"
SHELIA FLEMING
1955
DDTFLEMING6@AOL.COM
This memory was added on: March 18,2005
Little Miss No Name. I got her when I was 2-3. Mom said I wanted her so bad for Christmas. They had already gotten me Suzy Smart. Aunt Bernice saw I loved Little Miss and bought her as a surprise. My heart melted when I saw her, everytime. When I was in my teens, I was digging through the old toy box and came across Little Miss. Little Hair, scary looking. I remembered her and instantly felt LOVE and rememberance. My sister, Stacey, said, "it's hideous, like an alien doll". I defended Little Miss 'No way'. I have my original Little Miss, sans hair, but also bought a mint example for my curio. I sure love them.
Kathy Raye
1962
krhaa@aol.com
This memory was added on: March 16,2005
I got my little miss no name from my brother for christmas wene i was around 7, sometime in the late 60's. i just though about the doll today and decided to look her up. i cannot remember her looking that scary tho!!!!I wanted to try to get one but i am not so sure now. I also looked up Mrs beasley, she didn't look the same either!!! Oh well i am glad to have looked the dolls up.
Suzanne
06/06/1961
ohsuzanna123@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: March 3,2005
I was 4 years old when I got my Lillte Miss No Name (although all theese years I've called her Lil Miss Nobody ). Mom took me to the doll shop to buy a pretty new baby. There were so many pretty dolls to choose from but there stood "Nobody" all alone in her sack dress with sad crying eyes. I knew all the other dolls would find a Mommy & a new home but I believed nobody would be there forever alone if not for me. Mom tried so hard to get me to want a "pretty" new doll but I wanted Nobody. My brothers made fun of her, everyone did but I loved her. Mom said everyone asked her why such a creepy doll. When I was about 22 my husband left me & I threw away a lot of my sentimental stuff including my Nobody. I gave her to the salvation army. He came back & years passed but I so regretted giving away Nobody. One day at a flea market I asked a doll collector about my long lost friend. She told me she had purchased one from a local thrift store a few years earlier. YEA! I bought MY Nobody back. I'm 43 now and I still love my Nobody. I've had to put her away for her own safty now though. One day I came home to find my teenage son & his friends had hung her by the neck to the ceiling fan & spun her around the room for a while. He called her a demon doll. She creeps out a lot of people but i love her.
susan
1962`
cloudwhispers@aol.com
This memory was added on: February 18,2005
My sister was younger and used to cry when the commercial came on TV. She was so sensitive and felt so bad for this little doll out in the rain or snow. And the song on the commercial was SO SAD! My sister did get her and took great care of her! Does anyone remember the words to the song in the commercial? We were talking about this yesterday and couldn't come up with the whole song. Part of it is: Little Miss No Name, there's a tear on her cheek; she's longing for someone.................., So won't someone, won't someone, won't someone, won't you, take home Little Miss No Name, won't someone, won't you?
Mary
1958
maryschw@nycap.rr.com
This memory was added on: February 16,2005
I have 2 of these dolls in near to mint condition...I will sell them for the right price...Email if interested...chasingjayme@yahoo.com
David
9-19-1970
chasingjayme@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: February 15,2005
I had a Little Miss No Name doll when I was 5 or 6. I forgot completely about this doll until I stumbled on one on ebay. I remember that I loved this doll so much. I really wish I still had her and my kiddles. I will try to get a replacement for my daughter (she's a scary kid and likes scary dolls.)
Linda
1960
angelica@gohip.com
This memory was added on: February 5,2005
My all time favorite doll. I wanted this so bad. My Gram got it for me for Christmas.
The tear fell off, and my dad glued it with Elmers Glue All. Not only did she have a tear, but a big blob of white.
Noelle
1960
This memory was added on: February 1,2005
I didn't know anyone else had this doll. I was always afraid of losing her tear that stuck in her cheek. She was in the closet on the floor with the rest of all my dollies, but she scared me. I just knew anytime I heard something strange coming from the closet that it was her trying to get out! I put her next to Baby Hungry and hoped they would share the plastic food in her dish--I did not want to make that doll mad at me for some reason.
Ravyn Giuliani
1962
LadyLvsNyt@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: January 28,2005
When I was a little girl I had a Little Miss No Name doll. I loved that doll like it was my child but unfortunetly after my sister died when i was 9 my father threw out eveything that remined him of her including my precious doll. In my early 30's i had my first child, a girl. It was ironic and a little scary but my daughter looked just like my beloved childhood toy.
Wendy
1960
wendyboyde@cbtek.com
This memory was added on: January 28,2005
I used to have that doll but it didn't look like that. That doll looks creepy.
1960
This memory was added on: January 17,2005
I wanted little miss no name so badly. I made my aunt drive from Andover to Revere to buy me that doll. Oh-no we forgot her in the store! I cryed and cryed until my aunt drove back to Revere and got little miss no name. I finally had my favorite doll in the world!
Anonamous
1961
lilnanci830@netscape.net
This memory was added on: January 16,2005
my mother had a brain tumor in 1967, she grew up during the depression years in a very poor family of nine. during her three years of fighting her illness, she watchedher little miss no name on a shelf, over her bed. a friend gave her the doll, after brain surgery. it was her most cherished gift,as it reminded her of her childhood, even when she had no shoes to wear. i now have the doll, in perfect condition, but without a box. i dont dispay her, and regertfully say shes sitting on a shelf,wrapped so she wont get soiled. after reading your memory page, you can be sure, shes coming out of the closet. thank you for the memories. mary lou
m.l.albright
1932
mlalbrightd22
This memory was added on: December 31,2004
Linda Sparks, you have made me cry... I wish that children of today could feel satisfied with the simplicity WE enjoyed.
Wendy
1969
This memory was added on: December 21,2004
I remember the Christmas of when I was 9 years old. I saw Little Miss No Name in the window of the local 5 & 10 in my small Appalachian home town. I wanted her from the moment I saw her in that window, in later years my mother told me how she had to wait until Christmas Eve when my father got his small bonus pay to send my brother to pick up my doll. I only wish I still had her and that my children could feel the joy I had when I held this doll in my arms.
Linda Sparks
1956
dsparks@bigsandybb.com
This memory was added on: December 5,2004
I was watching Rudolph the Red nose Reindeer tonight and when I saw the little misfit doll with tears coming out of her it just sent me back to when I got "Miss NO Name" for Christmas.
To be honest I couldn't remember her name and for some reason I had this burning desire to see if I could find her on the net, no luck at first going through doll collection sites, so I simply typed in doll with tear and burlap dress and sure enough found this site with a picture of her. My memory of her is not good, I hated that doll I hated her!! I would literally hide her in the back of my closet, I don't know if she scared me or if I felt guilty for hating her so much, I can't remember my first reaction to getting her for Christmas I just recall the painful period following LOL, I do remember bundling her up in a carriage and taking her for a walk and having other children make fun of her which broke my heart but there was something about her that both made me feel guilty, sad and at the same time a little scared of her, I must sound like a complete fool but I just had to share my memory and really enjoyed reading others about her as well. I just don't know what the hell my mother was thinking when she bought me that doll.
Kelli Roberts
1960
krosie@comcast.net
This memory was added on: November 30,2004
Linda
1953
lsabella@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: November 30,2004
Sorry about the blank! I was too old for dolls when Little Miss No Name came out, although I secretly wanted her. I wanted to comfort her and make her feel better. I finally bought one through ebay and just received it yesterday. I'll need to replace her dress and tear, but it doesn't to be original and I see them on ebay all the time. I could probably even make the dress myself. My husband thinks she is awful and can't understand why I would want something so "scary-looking". But I just see someone who needs some love.
Linda
1953
lsabella@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: November 29,2004
Mary
1961
maryanna_12@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: November 29,2004
I was about four years old when I got my Little Miss No Name for Christmas. I wish I could remember my reasons for wanting her, but I do remember asking for her. I had other pretty dolls, and since I was rough on all my toys, I would cut their hair, pull out their eyelashes, loose the clothes, and leave them outside in the weather. I may have done this to Miss No Name too, but I do remember wrapping her in a blanket and replacing that tear drop often. I don't know what ever happened to my doll. To look at her picture now, I wonder what the appeal was back then. But I do remember that I wanted her and loved her. I'm glad to see there are others of you out there who loved her too.
Mary
1961
maryanna_12@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: November 18,2004
When I was a teenager, I inherited a Little Miss No Name from a friend of my Grandmother who passed. I have held onto this intriguing doll, wondering what her story was and why she was so said. It is amazing how differently some people feel about her. 9 out of 10 people will ask me why I would keep such a homely doll. I never felt that way about her, and have always proudly displayed her. One day about a month ago I was sitting in the hairdresser's lobby looking through a hair style book, and there she was. I could not believe it! That is when I found out who she was, and I have since found out her story. She is in great condition, with her headband, undergarments, burlap dress and original tear still attached. The only thing I do not have is the box. Does anyone know who I could contact to find out what she might be worth in this condition?
Sandra
1967
sanderson67@sbcglobal.net
This memory was added on: November 14,2004
I will soon be recieving Little Miss No Name at my home, I won her off Ebay. She's even worse off than normal as she has no tear, headband, pants or even her sack dress, plus someone got grumpy and pulled part of her hair out. Still, I'm glad to get her; doll clothes are easy to get and a hat will hide the bald spot.
To you who've written negitive things about this doll, think about this: she (to me) represents all the children who are unhappy. The ones who are teased daily at school by their peers for being "different", those who are always chosen last in gym class and who are blamed for their side losing the game should that happen, those who always eat lunch by themselves because no one wants to sit by them.
--Did you know any kids like this growing up? Maybe you were one, or were you among those who made the Little Miss No Names of your class lives miserable?
I know, it's a lot to put on a doll, but in this light she makes sense. Barbie and her pals are the shallow, materialistic, beauty-is-everything types. Miss No Name the oppostite.
Why do I say all this? Because I was once a Little Miss No Name too.
Wendy
1967
This memory was added on: October 24,2004
This memory was added on: October 15,2004
I was a teenager when I saw this doll and simply had to have it. I got it for Christmas that year and many children have played with it ever since. My problem is that I need a "New" dress and a tear to replace the one that has been lost. Does anyone have any idea as to where I can get one??
Lucy
1950
lblack@cbgsc.org
This memory was added on: October 14,2004
I love the way my mom tells everyone the story about how she bought me the "little miss no name doll because she reminded her of me. They use to call me sad sack all the time because i never smiled as a child. So when they saw the doll with the sack and the tear they knew she belonged with me. I love my memories and I love my mom when she tells the story over and over again.
Diane
11/07/1956
capro2003@aol.com
This memory was added on: October 11,2004
I cannot believe that I have found other people who feel the same way that I do about this doll!! When I was about 6-7 years old (I am 45 now), my mother took my little sister and I into a 5&10 store called Cater's 5&10 in Dublin, GA. Mom told us we could pick out a doll that we wanted. My little sister quickly picked what she wanted. I looked way up on the very top shelf and there she was, the box all covered in dust. I said, "I want that one." My mom tried to get me to pick another doll because she thought the doll was "so sad." But she knew that was why I wanted her. I was her most sensitive child who picked up strays, always rooted for the underdog, etc. I have thought about that doll many, many times over the years.
Donna Helmuth
1959
dghelmuth@coastalnow.net
This memory was added on: October 1,2004
This memory was added on: August 27,2004
I have a video of my recieving Little Miss No Name on Christmas morning in 1960's. My mom said when ever we would go to the store I would go directly to her an say" Pretty Soon I'm going to take you home". I still have my little Miss No Name in a box in my basement. I have lost the Clothes and small tear but the doll is the same. I will always cherrish the long memories of her as a child.
barb kleiva
1961
momkleiva@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: August 26,2004
I got Little Miss No Name for Christmas in 1966 when I was 7 yrs old. My father had passed away that September. Although I didn't play with the doll much, my mother loved her. She told me how Little Miss No Name kind of reminded her of her childhood growing up during the Depression. So I understood her attachment to the doll. As I got older and parted away with various toys, my mother held on to Little Miss No Name. She would bring her out during the Christmas holidays and display her as proudly as if it were her own daughter. Eventually, my mother gave her a new hair-do and put bows in it and a new outfit for Christmas. Friends and family would always ask my mother what have you done with Little Miss No Name this year. She would point her out and say what do you think? My mother always told me when she was no longer with us, that I must carry on the tradition of Little Miss No Name. Well, my mother passed away a little over a year ago and I picked up Little Miss No Name in her box (which my mother kept her in when she wasn't displayed over the holidays) and I took her to my place. This past holiday season, I took Little Miss No Name out of her box and placed her in my rocking chair that I had since I was 7 years old and sat her right next to my fireplace. I love that doll so much now that I treasure her as much as my mother did when she was still with us. I remember looking over at Little Miss No Name last Christmas and thinking how it felt like my mother was with us. Well, I know my mother is very happy to know Little Miss No Name is still very much loved and taken care of.
Barbarajean Adams
2-5-59
bjadams@massbankers.org
This memory was added on: August 25,2004
My mother still does not believe that I begged her to buy a Little Miss No Name doll. Although she thinks this was the ugliest doll ever made....I am sorry I lost my doll and I still trying to find a replacement. There is something about the sadness of her eyes that made me want to help her and all other people who need my help....what a sucker.....LOL
LA
1958
This memory was added on: August 19,2004
How sinister is that?!
helen
1983
This memory was added on: August 19,2004
When my daughter was 2 yrs old , when bought her "Little Miss No Name" The day I bought the doll for her she was in her stroller . I opened the box took out the doll,and let her hold it . When we got home the doll was gone . It must have fallen out of the stroller. For years I have search for the doll , calling stores, hadnt had any luck finding the doll. I just found it on e-bay. It's selling for $250.00 There are a few of the same dolls on e-bay , but not in good condition.At least after 40yrs we got to see her again
Angie
02-20-1943
Voudoomama@aol.com
This memory was added on: August 16,2004
I have a little miss no name I inherited from my mother-in-law I was just wondering when she came out what year was she made
Debbie
1957
eeyore57@tampabay .rr.com
This memory was added on: August 12,2004
The following is an excerpt from my book, Little Miss No Name" which is the story of an unwanted child growing up in Baltimore in the sixties.
"Lucy stood in front of the stack of boxes and stared through the cellophane at the doll that stole her heart. Standing barefoot in the center of a painted gray, rainy city street was an orphan holding out her hand. She was dressed in an army green burlap dress with patches sewn on to cover the holes. The doll had blonde hair, just like Lucy but the strands hung shinny and straight, unlike the strings and knots in Lucy's. Their eyes matched though, big and brown with long lashes. The girl and the doll had the same pouty mouth and tiny nose. The most striking feature on her face was a single plastic tear, glued to her cheek, just below one eye. Lucy ran her finger down the cardboard side of the box and on to the rain streaked cellophane window, resting it on the tear. She took her eyes off of the face and moved them to the bottom of the box where her story was told. She was an unwanted child that needed someone to take her home and love her. Lucy gazed up to the top of the box that held the doll's title. “Little Miss No Name”. Lucy fell in love with the doll immediately. The little girl was wiping a tear from her own eye when the rest of the family came down the aisle. "Well, there you are," The Mommy called, "Did you find something you like?" Lucy pointed to the doll and stood in horror as the whole family burst into laughter. "Oh for Pete's sake," The Mommy laughed. "What an ugly doll, You can't be serious! Who would want such a pitiful looking thing?" she laughed even harder. "Oh, I know, she reminds you of yourself, that's why!" Lucy broke into tears. She needed to have the doll and that was not going to happen. Everyone was laughing at Lucy. She was teased all the way out to the car and for several weeks after, for wanting the ugliest doll in the world. When Christmas morning arrived, the three children eagerly opened their packages as Grandpop held his movie camera on them. With each new toy that came unwrapped, so came cries of excitement. Lucy carefully opened her three boxes hoping to find Little Miss No Name hidden under the paper. Lucy had dreamt about her many nights since laying eyes on her in the store. Lucy was disappointed. She did not receive the one and only gift she had wanted."
Donna Middlestadt Author of Little Miss No Name
Donna Middlestadt
1957
donnamiddlestadt@msn.com
This memory was added on: July 24,2004
I remember this doll from when I was a small child in the 60's. It was given to me by a relative -- it scared the living daylights out of me!! My mother said that it was the tear that scared me, so she cut the tear off the cheek, but a band-aid on, and said I was happy with her after that. I could still remember that band-aid on her cheek after all these years! But I think it was her overall look -- how depressing can you get!?
Nan
1964
This memory was added on: June 3,2004
I don't have a Miss No Name doll myself, but my mom got one for Christmas when they first came out. She still has her Little Miss No Name doll, but since it was her favorite toy, it was dragged everywhere. She was only about three years old and didn't know how to properly care for a doll, so now it has no tear, dress, headband, or panties. It is just a little naked doll with hair that looks like dreadlocks. This happened because she used to carry her by her hair. When I first saw my mom's doll, I had the same reaction as a few of you do. I thought it was morbid and scary. But then I listened to Mom tell me the stories of Miss No Name and saw the look she got on her face when thinking about them. I became interested and did research and became myself attached to the sad little doll. I now scour estate sales and antique shops looking for another No Name Doll to accompany my mom's. BUT- I have been looking on eBay for a long time now for the perfect little miss no name and have found that a lot of people will say that the tear or dress is original when you can tell if looking carefully that it isn't. And a lot of seller's (although I won't say which) will buy them with bedraggled hair and naked, and then shampoo and condition the hair, and dress the doll with replacement parts and resell it as all original. I think that is really low. People who are willing to pay the high price for the original pieces are obviously doing so because it means something to them. So, watch a seller's pattern (especially if their seller name starts with a C ;) ) And for the person asking if the hole was supposed to be square: No, it is a tiny pinhole shape, just like you suspected. My final word: My mom hated the superficiality of the Barbie when she was growing up, even though she was popular and pretty. She always loved this doll and had a soft spot in her heart for it, even when other girls would make fun of it. My mom is the most giving compassionate person I know today. She doesn't have much, but she makes sure that she benefits those who need something before she ever gets herself anything, even f she needs more than they do. She is completely selfless and will go hungry to feed a stranger. I think that she became this way because of the things that my Grandma and Little Miss No Name instilled in her. She could very easily have become superficial and only surface deep with her popularity as a teen, but she didn't. So, all of you who have a problem with Little Miss No Name, maybe you should think about how giving and compassionate you are and see if there is any corralation. Have a great day, everyone!
Lacey
1985
tylersmomma4_11@comcast.net
This memory was added on: May 19,2004
I wanted a Little Miss No Name in 1965 but couldn't afford it and my husband thought it was really stupid of me. I was 16 and married with a newborn son. I finally got one on Ebay just last month but she had no tear, head band or panties, so I bid on another one and another one! Now I have three! I did finally get one with a tear but when I removed it there was a big square hole in her cheek. I cleaned her face and put the tear back. Can any one help me here . . . Is this an original tear? If it is, why do my other two dolls have just a pin hole under the eye instead of the big square hole? I'ld love an answer to this mistery! Thanks, and I love all your Little Miss No Name stories.
Gayla
1948
gayla_k@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: March 29,2004
Is that like the christmas fruitcake that gets passed around that nobody wants? Should she have been named 'Little Miss Fruitcake'? or 'Demon Child'?, or 'Linda Blair'? or 'Martha Stewart'? or 'Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman'? or 'Gwynneth Paltrow'?
1967
This memory was added on: March 29,2004
She's for sale on ebay. She was made by Hasbro.
This memory was added on: March 29,2004
oh, wait, i just saw at the top of the page that you all already knew that, but what the hell. ......
Al Sharpton
This memory was added on: January 25,2004
I had one of these dolls when I was a young child in the mid 60's. I never could remember her name tho. I knew she had a burlap dress and a fake tear on her cheek. And after losing the doll, I didn't really think much about it until a fundraising "We Care" group started up in our city, Kokomo,In. And believe it or not, Little Miss No Name is the mascot!! They have given her the name "Hope" because she is representing all the needy families here in Kokomo. She actually gets auction off each year and has brought over $30,000 each time and then is given back to the organization to be auctioned off again the next year!! It is really something. But to look at her she does look needy, just like the families they are trying to help. So every Christmas season, she goes back into action. She was actually the only doll I remember having. I am glad she is getting the attention she deserves here in Kokomo, even if it is under a different name.
Pam Ruddell
1963
pkruddell@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: January 21,2004
They should call her Skagity Anne or Little Miss Welfare doll. This doll only depressed children. The maker of the doll probably had a whole line of doll clothes that people would buy in order to make up for the little dish-rag's potatoe sack dress.
Chloe
1966
Chloe66@juno.net
This memory was added on: December 7,2003
I think the girls that wanted a doll like this... rather than the pretty, seemingly well-adjusted,I got the world by the tail dolls...just may be the natural givers in this world...hmmmmm...just a thought.
Deborah Jean
1954
djpa@3rivers.net
This memory was added on: November 3,2003
This was a doll I requested one Christmas...I wanted so badly to have her, so I could wipe the tear off her face, and give her a home, love, and above all else, a name! I didn't get her, and got some other "pretty" doll instead...Oh well, it just goes to show you, how different we all are...I am just glad to finally be able to at least have a picture of her!...
Deborah Jean
1954
djpa@3rivers.com
This memory was added on: November 1,2003
I've had my Little Miss No Name since I was about 4 years old. I was very proud of my doll. I use to cry when people made fun of her. At times I felt just as sad as she looked. I was picked on in school because I was so skinny. I mean skinny. I still get upset at times when people make remarks about her. But guess what she's mine and I love her. If you don't like her that's you. Maybe you have never had anyone pick on you. You probably had a perfect life. But not all kids had a perfect life. I know I didn't. When I was upset my doll and I could cry together. And when the crying was done I felt better.I had someone else that felt like me.
Lori
1962
ladt112062
This memory was added on: October 8,2003
I never had a Little Miss No Name Doll. I was terrified of it and still can remember going to the toy dept. at a local store and running out of the aisle. It reminded me of the picture my mom would paint for my sister and I that if we misbehaived we would be sent to REFORM SCHOOL--whatever that was -- I just knew I was terrified to go there! I saw once about 10 years ago in a doll shop in Old Sacramento and it brought back all those memories --- It made me laugh!!!!
vm
1961
This memory was added on: September 5,2003
how can you love yourself just as you are with orange vampire eyes and chronic depression? does she even have underwear? i'm still not sold.
This memory was added on: July 8,2003
I think there is a little miss no name inside all of us. Reactions somehow represent the level of acceptance of that which we think unlovable about ourselves. I bought my doll for myself when I was 16 in 1966. I had left home and was working and living in another state. It has been interesting, over the years, to see the reaction to her (my ex-husband was very uncomfortable around her and managed to "lose" her in a move) but it has taken all these years to love myself like I have loved little miss no name......just as she is.
Susan Resendiz
Susan
1953
susan_r@comcast.net
This memory was added on: June 20,2003
that's really stretching it, sarah hall. admit it, she's ghastly
nt
This memory was added on: June 17,2003
what an ugly, depressing, scary little toy. like chuckie's sister. sorry, everyone, but she scares me. looks like she could've come with food stamps as an accessory.
jb
1967
This memory was added on: June 17,2003
To Christine: It's too bad you couldn't give her a nice new dress, fix her hair, maybe give her some eyeballs(?)so she wouldn't cry. Maybe that was the intention of the toymaker (that you would help her feel better). I can see how a child could be traumatized by this toy - maybe more a doll for an adult collector.
Faith
1959
radisky@webtv.net
This memory was added on: June 11,2003
I never had a Little Miss No Name....but I am currently looking for one. I think they send a message to little girls that you can still have feelings and not be Barbie beautiful. Barbies are just showing little girls that having material things and physical beauty is all that matters. Which in my opinion is a very shallow thing. But Little Miss No Name shows that possessions aren't the important thing- it's the inside that truely makes the difference. It shows that even children can feel pain and hurt- prissy cheerleader barbies prove that looks are everything- which they are NOT.
Sarah Hall
1988
samurai_snot182@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: May 21,2003
I am reading the other responses and getting a chuckle. To think that this doll would cause you to never want to own another doll must mean you were traumatized by this gift. She is very scary. I would have been horrifid too. That would be like getting coal in your stocking having Little Miss No Name dolly with no friends and a potato sack for a dress and crying to boot under the Christmas tree. What were they thinking when they made her?
Karin Lyn
1962
daydream_karen@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: May 20,2003
I recieved a Little Miss No Name doll when I was 6 years old. I was heartbroken. I didn't know what I did to deserve a doll that had a potato sack dress, shaggy hair and was already crying. I didn't want to play with her. I cried. I wanted to take off her tear so she wasn't crying, buy her a pretty dress and fix her hair. My mom wouldn't let me. I cried. I never wanted another doll after that.
Christine Knowles
1960
CLK40@aol. com
This memory was added on: April 20,2003
I WAS NOT ONE TO PLAY WITH DOLLS MUCH, I WAS A BIG TOMBOY I THINK MY MOM WAS TRYING TO FIND A DOLL THAT WAS DIFFERERENT SO MAYBE IT WOULD CATCH MY INTEREST OR IN THIS CASE SYMPATHY AND I WOULD PLAY WITH IT. WELL IT WASN'T TO LONG UNTIL I HAD LOST THE TEAR ( IT WAS MADE TO COME OFF AND PUT BACK ON ), HOW MANY LITTLE GIRLS YOU KNOW THAT COULD KEEP UP WITH THAT TINY THING. I COULD KEEP UP WITH A BASEBALL AND GLOVE THOUGH. I STILL HAVE MY LITTLE MISS NO NAME SO I GUESS THAT SAD FACE DID MAKE AN IMPRESSSION ON ME. HAVE A GREAT DAY
THANK YOU
TAMMY
TAMMY DAY
1958
DAYTAMMY532@WMCONNECT.COM
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