Young Bess

May 29, 1953

1h 52m

★ 5.7

A Great and Spectacular Drama!

Overview

The mother died under the executioner's axe; the daughter rose to become England's greatest monarch -- the brilliant and cunning Queen Elizabeth I. Jean Simmons portrays young Bess in this rich tapestry of a film that traces the tumultuous, danger-fraught years from Elizabeth's birth to her unexpected ascension to the throne at a mere 25. Charles Laughton reprises his Academy Award®-winning* role as her formidable father Henry VIII. Deborah Kerr plays her last stepmother (and Henry's last of six wives), gentle Catherine Parr. And Simmons' then real-life husband, Stewart Granger, adds heroics as Lord Admiral Thomas Seymour. In a resplendent world of adventure, romance and court intrigue, Young Bess reigns.

Genres

Drama

History

Romance

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Cast

Young Bess (Queen Elizabeth I)

Jean Simmons

Thomas Seymour

Stewart Granger

Catherine Parr

Deborah Kerr

King Henry VIII

Charles Laughton

Mrs. Ashley

Kay Walsh

Ned Seymour

Guy Rolfe

Ann Seymour

Kathleen Byron

Mr. Parry

Cecil Kellaway

Prince Edward / King Edward VI

Rex Thompson

Barnaby

Robert Arthur

Mr. Mums

Leo G. Carroll

Lady Tyrwhitt

Norma Varden

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