Young Bess

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.

Main Cast

Jean Simmons

Young Bess (Queen Elizabeth I)

Age : 80 | Popularity : 14%

Stewart Granger

Thomas Seymour

Age : 80 | Popularity : 10%

Deborah Kerr

Catherine Parr

Age : 86 | Popularity : 17%

Charles Laughton

King Henry VIII

Age : 63 | Popularity : 25%

Kay Walsh

Mrs. Ashley

Age : 93 | Popularity : 7%

Guy Rolfe

Ned Seymour

Age : 91 | Popularity : 7%

Kathleen Byron

Ann Seymour

Age : 88 | Popularity : 8%

Cecil Kellaway

Mr. Parry

Age : 82 | Popularity : 12%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Sound	Original Music Composer	Miklós Rózsa
	Recording Supervision	Douglas Shearer
Art	Art Direction	Cedric Gibbons Urie McCleary
	Set Decoration	Edwin B. Willis Jack D. Moore
Camera	Director of Photography	Charles Rosher
Editing	Editor	Ralph E. Winters
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Walter Plunkett
Directing	Director	George Sidney
Production	Producer	Sidney Franklin
Writing	Writer	Jan Lustig
	Screenplay	Arthur Wimperis
	Novel	Margaret Irwin
Department	Role	Name

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