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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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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