Young Bess

Young Bess (1953)

A Great and Spectacular Drama!

Drama History Romance

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.

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  • Release Date: 1953-05-29
  • Runtime: 1h 52min
  • Director: George Sidney

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    • Trailer

    Cast

    • Jean Simmons

      Young Bess (Queen Elizabeth I)

    • Stewart Granger

      Thomas Seymour

    • Deborah Kerr

      Catherine Parr

    • Charles Laughton

      King Henry VIII

    • Kay Walsh

      Mrs. Ashley

    • Guy Rolfe

      Ned Seymour

    • Kathleen Byron

      Ann Seymour

    • Cecil Kellaway

      Mr. Parry

    • Rex Thompson

      Prince Edward / King Edward VI

    • Robert Arthur

      Barnaby

    • Leo G. Carroll

      Mr. Mums

    • Norma Varden

      Lady Tyrwhitt

    • Alan Napier

      Robert Tyrwhitt

    • Noreen Corcoran

      Bess as a child

    • Ivan Triesault

      Danish Envoy

    • Elaine Stewart

      Anne Boleyn

    • Dawn Addams

      Kate Howard

    • Doris Lloyd

      Mother Jack

    • Lumsden Hare

      Archbishop Cranmer

    • Lester Matthews

      Sir William Paget

    • Patrick Whyte

      Officer

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