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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.
Theatrical
May 29, 1953
DVD / Blu-ray
Aug 3, 2010
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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Cast
Full credits →J
Jean Simmons
Young Bess (Queen Elizabeth I)
S
Stewart Granger
Thomas Seymour
D
Deborah Kerr
Catherine Parr
C
Charles Laughton
King Henry VIII
K
Kay Walsh
Mrs. Ashley
G
Guy Rolfe
Ned Seymour
K
Kathleen Byron
Ann Seymour
C
Cecil Kellaway
Mr. Parry
R
Rex Thompson
Prince Edward / King Edward VI
R
Robert Arthur
Barnaby
L
Leo G. Carroll
Mr. Mums
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Norma Varden
Lady Tyrwhitt
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Alan Napier
Robert Tyrwhitt
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Noreen Corcoran
Bess as a child
I
Ivan Triesault
Danish Envoy
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Elaine Stewart
Anne Boleyn
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Dawn Addams
Kate Howard
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Doris Lloyd
Mother Jack
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Lumsden Hare
Archbishop Cranmer
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Lester Matthews
Sir William Paget
