Adaptation of the Louisa May Alcott classic about family life in Civil War Massachusetts. Jo: Susan Dey. Meg: Meredith Baxter Birney. Amy: Ann Dusenberry. Beth: Eve Plumb. Marmee: Dorothy McGuire. Aunt March: Greer Garson. Laurie: Richard Gilliland. Bhaer: William Shatner. Laurence Sr.: Robert Young. John: Cliff Potts. Mrs. Kirke: Joyce Bullifant.