Young Bess

Young Bess (1953)

Released: 1953-05-29 Duration: 1hr 52min
Rating 5.9
A Great and Spectacular Drama!

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.

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Additional Info

Budget $0.00
Revenue $0.00
Original Language en
Popularity 4.185

Directed By

George Sidney

Crew

Director
George Sidney
Screenplay
Arthur Wimperis
Director of Photography
Charles Rosher
Screenplay
Jan Lustig
Colorist
Henri Jaffa
Assistant Director
George Rhein
Special Effects
A. Arnold Gillespie
Special Effects
Warren Newcombe
Hairstylist
Sydney Guilaroff
Makeup Artist
William Tuttle
Costume Design
Walter Plunkett
Original Music Composer
Miklós Rózsa
Art Direction
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Urie McCleary
Set Decoration
Jack D. Moore
Set Decoration
Edwin B. Willis
Producer
Sidney Franklin
Recording Supervision
Douglas Shearer

TOP CAST

Jean Simmons
Jean Simmons

Young Bess (Queen Elizabeth I)

Stewart Granger
Stewart Granger

Thomas Seymour

Deborah Kerr
Deborah Kerr

Catherine Parr

Charles Laughton
Charles Laughton

King Henry VIII

Kay Walsh
Kay Walsh

Mrs. Ashley

Guy Rolfe
Guy Rolfe

Ned Seymour

Kathleen Byron
Kathleen Byron

Ann Seymour

Cecil Kellaway
Cecil Kellaway

Mr. Parry

Rex Thompson
Rex Thompson

Prince Edward / King Edward VI

Leo G. Carroll
Leo G. Carroll

Mr. Mums

Norma Varden
Norma Varden

Lady Tyrwhitt

Alan Napier
Alan Napier

Robert Tyrwhitt

Noreen Corcoran
Noreen Corcoran

Bess as a child

Ivan Triesault
Ivan Triesault

Danish Envoy

Elaine Stewart
Elaine Stewart

Anne Boleyn

Dawn Addams
Dawn Addams

Kate Howard

Doris Lloyd
Doris Lloyd

Mother Jack

Lumsden Hare
Lumsden Hare

Archbishop Cranmer

Lester Matthews
Lester Matthews

Sir William Paget

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