Young Bess

    Young Bess
    1953

    Synopsis

    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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    Cast

    • Jean SimmonsYoung Bess (Queen Elizabeth I)
    • Stewart GrangerThomas Seymour
    • Deborah KerrCatherine Parr
    • Charles LaughtonKing Henry VIII
    • Kay WalshMrs. Ashley
    • Guy RolfeNed Seymour
    • Kathleen ByronAnn Seymour
    • Cecil KellawayMr. Parry
    • Rex ThompsonPrince Edward / King Edward VI
    • Robert ArthurBarnaby

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