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Young Bess poster
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Young Bess
5.9
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1h 52m
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1953
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Released
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.

Cast
Jean Simmons poster
Jean Simmons
Young Bess (Queen Elizabeth I)
Stewart Granger poster
Stewart Granger
Thomas Seymour
Deborah Kerr poster
Deborah Kerr
Catherine Parr
Charles Laughton poster
Charles Laughton
King Henry VIII
Kay Walsh poster
Kay Walsh
Mrs. Ashley
Guy Rolfe poster
Guy Rolfe
Ned Seymour
Kathleen Byron poster
Kathleen Byron
Ann Seymour
Cecil Kellaway poster
Cecil Kellaway
Mr. Parry
Rex Thompson poster
Rex Thompson
Prince Edward / King Edward VI
Robert Arthur poster
Robert Arthur
Barnaby
Leo G. Carroll poster
Leo G. Carroll
Mr. Mums
Norma Varden poster
Norma Varden
Lady Tyrwhitt
Alan Napier poster
Alan Napier
Robert Tyrwhitt
Noreen Corcoran poster
Noreen Corcoran
Bess as a child
Ivan Triesault poster
Ivan Triesault
Danish Envoy
Elaine Stewart poster
Elaine Stewart
Anne Boleyn
Dawn Addams poster
Dawn Addams
Kate Howard
Doris Lloyd poster
Doris Lloyd
Mother Jack
Lumsden Hare poster
Lumsden Hare
Archbishop Cranmer
Lester Matthews poster
Lester Matthews
Sir William Paget

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