There were papers dolls for just about every 1960s TV series

Everyone from the Petticoat Junction girls to the Bradys were transformed into cut-out clothing models.

Younger generations will never comprehend just how popular paper dolls once were. Put it this way: They were the Pokémon of the midcentury. These cut-out, cardboard clothing models were everywhere. And there were sets for seemingly every popular television show and actress of the era. You had to collect them all.

Everyone from Donna Reed and Patty Duke to Buddy Ebsen and Ricky Nelson were transformed into two-dimensional, underwear-clad models. We dug around to find some of our favorite paper doll tie-ins to hit shows of the 1960s — and a couple from the 1950s. 

Do you remember all of these? Better yet — did you own any of these paper dolls?

Petticoat Junction

Image: Linda Paloma / Etsy

The Patty Duke Show

Image: The Paper Collector

The Beverly Hillbillies

Image: Pinterest / home-and-garden.webshots.com

That Girl

Image: Free-Paper-Dolls.com

My Three Sons

Image: Ruby Lane

The Munsters

Image: Ruby Lane

The Flying Nun

Image: Lynn McRae and Tim Cameresi / Pinterest

Ozzie & Harriet

Image: Lynn McRae / Pinterest

Bonanza

Image: The Wonder Years / eBay

The Brady Bunch

Image: iCollector

The Donna Reed Show

Image: mattsko

The Nurses

Image: Pinterest

I Love Lucy

Image: Library of Congress / Hollywood Yesterday

Margie

Image: popscreen and Tim Cameresi / Pinterest

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ruby1326 57 months ago
I was born in Jan of 1966. I had/still have paper dolls of Julia, Trisha Nixon, Buffy from Family Affair, Donny & Marie Osmond, and David Cassidy.
JuanitaIrvine 70 months ago
I had a Connie Francis paper doll which included several evening gowns. this would have been around 1961-62.
Lantern 73 months ago
I had a set of Laugh-in paper dolls, which consisted of six of the original cast. The women were Joanne Worley, Goldie Hawn, and Judy Carne. Arte Johnson was one of the men; I don't remember exactly who the other two were (maybe one was Alan Sues?).
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