Young Bess (1953)
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.
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Jean Simmons
as Young Bess (Queen Elizabeth I)
as Young Bess (Queen Elizabeth I)
Stewart Granger
as Thomas Seymour
as Thomas Seymour
Deborah Kerr
as Catherine Parr
as Catherine Parr
Charles Laughton
as King Henry VIII
as King Henry VIII
Kay Walsh
as Mrs. Ashley
as Mrs. Ashley
Guy Rolfe
as Ned Seymour
as Ned Seymour
Kathleen Byron
as Ann Seymour
as Ann Seymour
Cecil Kellaway
as Mr. Parry
as Mr. Parry
Rex Thompson
as Prince Edward / King Edward VI
as Prince Edward / King Edward VI
Robert Arthur
as Barnaby
as Barnaby
Leo G. Carroll
as Mr. Mums
as Mr. Mums
Norma Varden
as Lady Tyrwhitt
as Lady Tyrwhitt
Alan Napier
as Robert Tyrwhitt
as Robert Tyrwhitt
Noreen Corcoran
as Bess as a child
as Bess as a child
Ivan Triesault
as Danish Envoy
as Danish Envoy
Elaine Stewart
as Anne Boleyn
as Anne Boleyn
Dawn Addams
as Kate Howard
as Kate Howard
Doris Lloyd
as Mother Jack
as Mother Jack
Lumsden Hare
as Archbishop Cranmer
as Archbishop Cranmer
Lester Matthews
as Sir William Paget
as Sir William Paget
Patrick Whyte
as Officer
as Officer
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George Sidney
Director
Director
Margaret Irwin
Novel
Novel
Arthur Wimperis
Screenplay
Screenplay
Charles Rosher
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Jan Lustig
Screenplay
Screenplay
Henri Jaffa
Colorist
Colorist
George Rhein
Assistant Director
Assistant Director
A. Arnold Gillespie
Special Effects
Special Effects
Warren Newcombe
Special Effects
Special Effects
Sydney Guilaroff
Hairstylist
Hairstylist
William Tuttle
Makeup Artist
Makeup Artist
Ralph E. Winters
Editor
Editor
Walter Plunkett
Costume Design
Costume Design
Miklós Rózsa
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Art Direction
Urie McCleary
Art Direction
Art Direction
Jack D. Moore
Set Decoration
Set Decoration
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
Set Decoration
Sidney Franklin
Producer
Producer
Douglas Shearer
Recording Supervision
Recording Supervision
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