Young Bess (1953)
1h 52m
Running Time
May 29, 1953Release Date
Young Bess (1953)
1h 52m
Running Time
May 29, 1953Release Date
Network & Production Companies


Plot.
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.
Where to Watch.

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Cast & Crew.

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

Arthur Wimperis
Screenplay

Margaret Irwin
Novel

George Sidney
Director

Charles Rosher
Director of Photography

Henri Jaffa
Colorist

George Rhein
Assistant Director

Jan Lustig
Screenplay

A. Arnold Gillespie
Special Effects

William Tuttle
Makeup Artist

Sydney Guilaroff
Hairstylist

Warren Newcombe
Special Effects
Media.

Details.
Release DateMay 29, 1953
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 52m
Content RatingNR
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
england
queen
biography
historical figure
tudors
16th century
Wiki.
Young Bess is a 1953 Technicolor biographical film made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer about the early life of Elizabeth I, from her turbulent childhood to the eve of her accession to the throne of England. It stars Jean Simmons as Elizabeth and Stewart Granger as Thomas Seymour, with Charles Laughton as Elizabeth's father, Henry VIII, a part he had played 20 years before in The Private Life of Henry VIII. The film was directed by George Sidney and produced by Sidney Franklin, from a screenplay by Jan Lustig and Arthur Wimperis based on the novel of the same title by Margaret Irwin (1944).
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