Doll from the miniseries Alex Haley's Queen
date: label: date made
content: 1993
label: date made
content: 1992
name: label: Associated Name
content: Berry, Halle
notes: label: Description
content: Doll used in the 1993 miniseries <i>Alex Haley's Queen. </i>
label: Description
content: The three part program, directed by John Erman, starred Halle Berry in the title role. Other performers included Danny Glover, Ann-Margaret, Jasmine Guy, Tim Daly, Martin Sheen, Paul WInfield and Raven Symone.
label: Description
content: The miniseries was based on author Alex Haley's unfinished novel <i>Queen: The Story of an American Family,</i> which was completed by David Stevens and published in 1993. It is based on the life of the writer's grandmother, Queen Jackson Haley.
label: Description
content: Alex Haley's earlier book, 1976's <i>Roots: The Saga of an American Family</i> was also adapted for television, airing in a groundbreaking miniseries in 1977.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: France
topic: label: Subject
content: African American
label: Subject
content: Television
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Wolper Organization
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1993.0170.01
label: catalog number
content: 1993.0170.01
label: accession number
content: 1993.0170
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Doll
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cloth, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (eyes material)
label: Physical Description
content: yarn (hair material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 21 in x 10 1/2 in x 2 in; 53.34 cm x 26.67 cm x 5.08 cm