Young Bess (1953)

ALL 05/29/1953 (en) Drama, History, Romance 112 Min
  • Release
    05/29/1953
  • Production
    Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Rotten tomato
    59%
  • Original title
    Young Bess
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

A Great and Spectacular Drama!

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.

  1. George Sidney

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Sidney Franklin

    Producer



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  1. Jean Simmons

    Young Bess (Queen Elizabeth I)

  2. Stewart Granger

    Thomas Seymour

  3. Deborah Kerr

    Catherine Parr

  4. Charles Laughton

    King Henry VIII

  5. Kay Walsh

    Mrs. Ashley

  6. Guy Rolfe

    Ned Seymour

  7. Kathleen Byron

    Ann Seymour

  8. Cecil Kellaway

    Mr. Parry

  9. Rex Thompson

    Prince Edward / King Edward VI

  10. Robert Arthur

    Barnaby

  11. Leo G. Carroll

    Mr. Mums

  12. Norma Varden

    Lady Tyrwhitt

  13. Alan Napier

    Robert Tyrwhitt

  14. Noreen Corcoran

    Bess as a child

  15. Ivan Triesault

    Danish Envoy

  16. Elaine Stewart

    Anne Boleyn

  17. Dawn Addams

    Kate Howard

  18. Doris Lloyd

    Mother Jack

  19. Lumsden Hare

    Archbishop Cranmer

  20. Lester Matthews

    Sir William Paget

  21. Patrick Whyte

    Officer

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 21 , Crews : 20

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Young Bess (1953) 112 Min

ALL 05/29/1953 (en)
Drama, History, Romance
  • Release 05/29/1953
  • Production
    Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Original title Young Bess
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

A Great and Spectacular Drama!

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.

  1. George Sidney

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Ralph E. Winters

    Editor

  4. Sidney Franklin

    Producer