Young Bess

A Great and Spectacular Drama!

Young Bess — Plot

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.

• Release date
• May 29, 1953
• Runtime
• 112 min
• Genres
• Drama, History, Romance
• Director
• George Sidney

Young Bess — Cast

Jean Simmons Young Bess (Queen Elizabeth I) Stewart Granger Thomas Seymour Deborah Kerr Catherine Parr Charles Laughton King Henry VIII Kay Walsh Mrs. Ashley Guy Rolfe Ned Seymour Kathleen Byron Ann Seymour Cecil Kellaway Mr. Parry