Mrs. Beasley Doll

Remember the Mrs. Beasley Doll? If you grew up during the late 60s and early 70s I bet you do! Mrs. Beasley is a doll who was featured on the TV show Family Affair, which ran on CBS from 1966 to 1971. The show included 6 year-old brother and sister twins - Buffy and Jody. Buffy (played by Anissa Jones) had a doll on the show named Mrs. Beasley. She carried Mrs. Beasley with her everywhere. Mattel released a variety of Buffy and/or Mrs. Beasley dolls from 1967 through the early 1970s. I will cover the Buffy dolls at a later date. There were four sizes Mrs. Beasleys made.

The most popular and valuable today is the 22 inch Mrs. Beasley Talking Doll. This is the same size as the doll used on the TV show. She has a vinyl head and hands and her clothing is removable. Her glasses are often missing and are can be a very valuable addition!

The 22" Talking Doll is tagged:

Mattel
Mrs. Beasley
©1967 Family Affair Co
©1966

Many of the dolls today no longer talk and are said to be "mute", however it does seem to be possible to find one that still talks.

In addition to the 22" talking Mrs. Beasley, there was a 3 1/4" Mrs. Beasley, who came with the Tutti sized (6 inch) Buffy doll. (Tutti was a member of the vintage Barbie family.) There was also a 4 3/4" Mrs. Beasley who came with the 10" "Small Talk Buffy" doll and a 10" all-cloth doll.

Some of Talking Mrs. Beasley's phrases are:
Speak a little louder dear so Mrs Beasley can hear you"
"Long ago I was a little girl just like you"
"Gracious me, your getting to be such a big girl"
"It would be such fun to play jump rope, don't you think?"
"If you were a little smaller I could rock you to sleep"
"If you could have three wishes,what would you wish for?"
"I do think You're the nicest little friend I ever had"

Ashton-Drake did a Talking Mrs. Beasley reproduction in 2000.

Mrs. Beasley is popular with collectors today because of her nostalgic connection to our past.

Here are all of the Mrs. Beasley listings on eBay: