Aunt March — Little Women Character Profile

About Aunt March

A wealthy relative whom Jo visits weekly for reading sessions. She later travels to Europe accompanied by Amy, facilitating Amy's meeting and subsequent romance with Laurie.

Character Facts

Played by

Edna May Oliver

Appears in

Little Women (1933)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (4)

• Aunt March — related — Mr. Laurence (Henry Stephenson)
• Aunt March — Family Niece & Guardian — Amy (Joan Bennett)

  Aunt March acts as a guardian and financial supporter for Amy.

• Aunt March — Family Niece & Relative — Beth (Jean Parker)

  Aunt March serves as a respected family matriarch figure to Beth.

• Aunt March — Family Niece & Relative — Meg (Frances Dee)

  Aunt March provides guidance and social standing to Meg.

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More characters from Little Women

• Jo (Katharine Hepburn)
• Amy (Joan Bennett)
• Prof. Bhaer (Paul Lukas)
• Mr. March (Samuel S. Hinds)
• Beth (Jean Parker)
• Sleigh Driver (uncredited) (Don Harris)
• Laurence’s Butler (uncredited) (Harold Entwistle)
• Kitty Kirke (uncredited) (Dorothy Gray)
• Mrs. Kirke (Marion Ballou)
• Old Man at Christian Commision (uncredited) (Luke Cosgrave)
• Tina Kirke (uncredited) (June Filmer)
• Hannah (Mabel Colcord)