Movielogr
Young Bess (1953)
Directed by George Sidney
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.
Rated NR | Length 112 minutes
Actors
Jean Simmons | Stewart Granger | Deborah Kerr | Charles Laughton | Kay Walsh | Guy Rolfe | Kathleen Byron | Cecil Kellaway | Rex Thompson | Robert Arthur | Leo G. Carroll | Norma Varden | Alan Napier | Noreen Corcoran | Ivan Triesault | Elaine Stewart | Dawn Addams | Doris Lloyd | Lumsden Hare | Lester Matthews | Patrick Whyte