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 : N/A | Popularity : 92%

Stewart Granger

Thomas Seymour

Age : N/A | Popularity : 41%

Deborah Kerr

Catherine Parr

Age : N/A | Popularity : 69%

Charles Laughton

King Henry VIII

Age : 63 | Popularity : 73%

Kay Walsh

Mrs. Ashley

Age : 93 | Popularity : 29%

Guy Rolfe

Ned Seymour

Age : 91 | Popularity : 40%

Kathleen Byron

Ann Seymour

Age : 88 | Popularity : 32%

Cecil Kellaway

Mr. Parry

Age : N/A | Popularity : 34%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	George Sidney
	Assistant Director	George Rhein
Writing	Novel	Margaret Irwin
	Screenplay	Arthur Wimperis Jan Lustig
Camera	Director of Photography	Charles Rosher
Editing	Editor	Ralph E. Winters
	Colorist	Henri Jaffa Alvord Eiseman
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Walter Plunkett
	Hairstylist	Sydney Guilaroff
	Makeup Artist	William Tuttle
Art	Art Direction	Urie McCleary Cedric Gibbons
	Set Decoration	Jack D. Moore Edwin B. Willis
Sound	Original Music Composer	Miklós Rózsa
	Recording Supervision	Douglas Shearer
Production	Producer	Sidney Franklin
Crew	Special Effects	A. Arnold Gillespie Warren Newcombe
Department	Role	Name

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