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...read more

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 years of age. 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.

Original Release

05/21/1953

US Release

05/21/1953

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Cast

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Directors

George Sidney

Writers

Margaret Irwin, Jan Lustig, Arthur Wimperis

Cast

Producers

Editors

Ralph E. Winters

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