Genres
Duration
112 min
Director
George Sidney
Rating
5.8
Release Date
May 29, 1953
Young Bess
Original title: Young Bess
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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.
Young Bess cast
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Jean Simmons
Character:
Young Bess (Queen Elizabeth I)
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Stewart Granger
Character:
Thomas Seymour
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Deborah Kerr
Character:
Catherine Parr
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Charles Laughton
Character:
King Henry VIII
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Kay Walsh
Character:
Mrs. Ashley
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Guy Rolfe
Character:
Ned Seymour
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Kathleen Byron
Character:
Ann Seymour
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Cecil Kellaway
Character:
Mr. Parry
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Rex Thompson
Character:
Prince Edward / King Edward VI
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Robert Arthur
Character:
Barnaby
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Leo G. Carroll
Character:
Mr. Mums
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Norma Varden
Character:
Lady Tyrwhitt
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Alan Napier
Character:
Robert Tyrwhitt
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Noreen Corcoran
Character:
Bess as a child
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Ivan Triesault
Character:
Danish Envoy
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Elaine Stewart
Character:
Anne Boleyn
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Dawn Addams
Character:
Kate Howard
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Doris Lloyd
Character:
Mother Jack
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Lumsden Hare
Character:
Archbishop Cranmer
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Lester Matthews
Character:
Sir William Paget
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Patrick Whyte
Character:
Officer
