Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women

Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women

Documentary | Aug. 9, 2008

Louisa May Alcott, author of "Little Women," leads a literary double life, writing under the pseudonym A.M. Barnard, an identity that remains until the 1940s.

Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women

Documentary | Aug. 9, 2008

Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women
Louisa May Alcott, author of "Little Women," leads a literary double life, writing under the pseudonym A.M. Barnard, an identity that remains until the 1940s.
IMDb rating 7.7
Producers
Original title Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women
Directors Nancy Porter
Writers Harriet Reisen

Cast

Elizabeth Marvel

as Louisa May Alcott

Daniel Gerroll

as Bronson Alcott

Emily Sarah Stikeman

as Louisa May Alcott

Jane Alexander

as Ednah Cheney

Dossy Peabody

as Abigail Alcott

Molly Schreiber

as Teen Louisa

Marianna Bassham

as May Alcott

Maggie Quigley

as Child May Alcott

Linda Amendola

as Anna Alcott

Ellen Adair

as Teen Anna Alcott

Ken Cheeseman

as Ralph Waldo Emerson

Beno Chapman

as Henry David Thoreau

Peter Haydu

as Charles Lane

Michael Philip

as John Suhre