Hello Dollface

Monica of Hollywood dolls were manufactured for only ten years, from 1941 to 1951, by the Monica Doll Studios of Hollywood, CA. The first dolls appeared in the 1941 Toys and Novelties magazine. The creator of the dolls was Mrs. Hansi Share; at the age of 53 she produced a doll quite unlike any other on the market. Mrs. Share’s great innovation was to root real human hair directly into the composition material of the dolls’ heads. Although a commonplace technique with vinyl dolls nowadays, this was the first time that dolls with rooted hair had been manufactured. Monica dolls are not marked in any way, but find out here how the rooting and the distinctive face paint makes them easily identifiable.