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Young Bess
1953 5.8 (18 votes) 1h 52m
Genres
Drama History Romance
Production Companies
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Young Bess

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.

Key Crew

Director: George Sidney

Screenplay: Arthur Wimperis, Jan Lustig

Director of Photography: Charles Rosher

Producer: Sidney Franklin

Top Cast

Jean Simmons
Jean Simmons

Young Bess (Queen Elizabeth I)

Stewart Granger
Stewart Granger

Thomas Seymour

Deborah Kerr
Deborah Kerr

Catherine Parr

Charles Laughton
Charles Laughton

King Henry VIII

Kay Walsh
Kay Walsh

Mrs. Ashley

Guy Rolfe
Guy Rolfe

Ned Seymour

Kathleen Byron
Kathleen Byron

Ann Seymour

Cecil Kellaway
Cecil Kellaway

Mr. Parry

Videos

Young Bess - Available Now on DVD

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